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Woman's Hour: Kids Against Plastic, Irish Tampon Ad, Zara McFarlane

03/08/2020

Kids Against Plastic, Irish Tampon Ad, Zara McFarlane

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Kids Against Plastic, Irish Tampon Ad, Zara McFarlane

The programme that offers a female perspective on the world

Listen to sisters Ella and Amy. They're behind Kids Against Plastic and talk to us about the world's reliance on plastic, especially single use plastic, and the way we just dump it. On Wednesday they're part of the online climate change forum called ‘Race Against Climate Change’.

We go to Ireland to hear about a tampon TV ad which has  caused a stir, so much so it's been taken off air. Some people have been offended by it due to its straightforward description of how you use them. Two Irish women defend the ad. They're Alexandra Ryan and Ciara Kelly.

After Ireland we go to India to learn about a petition which urges the Indian Prime Minister to encourage men to do their fair share of housework. So far the petition has 70,000 signatures. 

And we go to the jazz and soul singer, Zara McFarlane who talks about her album Songs of An Unknown Tongue. She says that her latest single called Black Treasure is a "declaration, proclamation and celebration of black Britishness and womanhood."

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