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Woman's Hour: Pretty Privilege, Baby Deaths Report, Thea Gilmore, Victory for rubbish stink woman

Pretty Privilege, Baby Deaths Report, Thea Gilmore, Victory for rubbish stink woman

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Pretty Privilege, Baby Deaths Report, Thea Gilmore, Victory for rubbish stink woman

Pretty Privilege - what is it and should it be used? Baby deaths report, and Thea Gilmore.

Pretty Privilege - what is it and should it be used? Baby deaths report, victory for Staffordshire mum Rebecca Currie over landfill stink on her doorstep, and music from Thea Gilmore.

Are you familiar with the phrase ‘pretty privilege’? A new trend on Tik Tok is seeing young women sharing stories about when they first realised good looks can get you far in life. From relationships, to work, and even within the legal system – the association between beauty and talent, social success and health is a real thing. Anita Rani talks about the issue with model Marike Wessels, and Caterina Gentili from the Centre for Appearance Research.

A new report investigating the serious harm or death of babies is calling for midwives, health visitors and social workers to provide more support to fathers. The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel has looked at the lives of 23 babies who were known or suspected to have been seriously harmed or killed by their father, step-father or male carer, with the aim to understand what led the perpetrators to do it, and what could be done to prevent similar incidents. Panel member Mark Gurrey and working NHS midwife in Scotland, Leah Hazard discuss the issues.

Rebecca Currie has won a High Court battle to limit the stench coming from a landfill site near her home which she says was damaging her son’s health. We hear about her campaign and her reaction to the victory

And there’ll be music from Thea Gilmore who talks about her new album Afterlight

Presenter: Anita Rani
Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Studio Engineer: Duncan Hannant

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