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Woman's Hour: Policing & domestic abuse, Breastfeeding, Football, The business of porn

Policing and domestic abuse, Breastfeeding, Football, The business of porn

Policing & domestic abuse, Breastfeeding, Football, The business of porn

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Veteran players share their stories ahead of the Women's Euros.

An investigation has found 'systemic deficiencies' in the way some police forces deal with allegations of domestic abuse against their own officers. We discuss.

A joint investigation by The College of Policing and Fire & Rescue Service and the Independent Office for Police Conduct has found that there are ‘systemic deficiencies’ in the way some police forces deal with allegations of domestic abuse against their own officers. We discuss with Deputy Chief Constable Maggie Blythe, National Police Lead for Violence Against Women and Girls; David Tucker, Head of Crime and Criminal Justice, College of Policing and Nogah Ofer from the CWJ. 

It's a big year for women's football and the Women's Euros begin on Wednesday but women have long been playing the beautiful game. An exhibition at Brighton Museum called Goal Power! Women's Football 1894-2022  features the stories of veteran players and Charlotte Petts asked them for their memories.

A new study has shown that children who are born at or just before the weekend to disadvantaged mothers are less likely to be breastfed, due to poorer breastfeeding support services in hospitals at weekends.  Co-author of the study, Professor Emla Fitzsimons from the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies and Clare Livingstone, professional policy adviser and lead on infant feeding  for the Royal College of Midwives join Emma.

It's probably no surprise to hear that porn is a  multi-billion dollar business and a huge monopoliser of the internet.  A new podcast series, Hot Money by Financial Times reporters Patricia Nilsson and Alex  Barker explores how the business of online porn works and finds out who is actually in control.  Patricia Nilsson joins Emma.

Presenter: Emma Barnett
Producer: Lucinda Montefiore

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