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Woman's Hour: England's netballers - the Roses, School exclusions, South Asian women in WWII, Rape survivors and therapy, Women artists

England's netballers - the Roses, School exclusions, South Asian women in WWII, Rape survivors and therapy, Women artists

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With such excitement around the Lionesses, will football start to outshine netball?

England's netballers, the Roses, play Australia in the semi-finals at the Commonwealth Games tomorrow. Will they make Sunday's final?

This time last week we were looking forward to the big match: The Lionesses at the European Championship Final at Wembley. We hoped, but we just couldn't predict what would happen, but what a great moment when they won against Germany! But don't let the success of women's football overshadow the sport that's been with us all along: netball. At the Commonwealth Games, the English team - known as the Roses - are in the semi-final tomorrow, up against Australia. If they win, they'll be in the final on Sunday. And don't forget: the Roses WON at the  Commonwealth Games last time around, four years ago. We speak to ex-Roses captain, Ama Agbeze.

In the last normal academic year before the pandemic, 7,894 children were permanently excluded from English state schools. However, the data shows that certain groups of children are more likely to be excluded than others. Boys are three times more likely than girls, children on free school meals are four times more likely than other children, and Gypsy Roma, Travellers of Irish heritage, and black Caribbean children are all significantly more likely to face school exclusion than white British children. To explore why these disparities exist, Anita is joined by Dr Amelia Roberts, deputy director of UCL’s Centre for Inclusive Education; Jason Arthur, CEO of Mission 44, a charitable foundation which aims to support disadvantaged young people; and Lisa Smith, chair of the Advisory Council for the Education of Romany and Other Travellers. 

When we think about the World War II war effort, Indian women in saris are not the first people that come to mind. Social historian Kiran Sahota has been researching the role of Indian women in the war, and has curated her research into a documentary and exhibition, which is currently on tour in the UK. 

There’s been anger from counsellors and psychotherapists about new guidelines around access to rape victims therapy notes. The changes introduced by the CPS were first reported exclusively by Woman’s Hour back in May when solicitors raised concerns.  Now five leading bodies representing psychiatrists, psychologists and counsellors have raised their own concerns. Newsnight reporter Anna Collinson has been looking into the story.  We also hear from Dame Vera Baird, the Victims Commissioner for England and Wales.

According to the art market, men are 10 times better at painting than women, with men’s art valued ten times more than women’s. Now, a new Radio 4 documentary, 'Revaluating Art' explores why. Its creator, Mary-Ann Sieghart explains.

Presenter: Anita Rani
Producer: Kirsty Starkey

Interviewed Guest: Ama Agbeze
Interviewed Guest: Dr Amelia Roberts
Interviewed Guest: James Arthur
Interviewed Guest: Lisa Smith 
Interviewed Guest: Kiran Sahota
Interviewed Guest: Vera Baird
Interviewed Guest: Anna Collinson
Interviewed Guest: Mary-Ann Sieghart

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