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Woman's Hour: Weekend Woman’s Hour: Climate activist Vanessa Nakate, Rogue landlords, Deepfake porn, Goth fashion, Childcare in the UK

29/10/2022

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Climate activist Vanessa Nakate, Rogue landlords, Deepfake porn, Goth fashion, Childcare in the UK

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Weekend Woman’s Hour: Climate activist Vanessa Nakate, Rogue landlords, Deepfake porn, Goth fashion, Childcare in the UK

Vanessa Nakate on what she wants to hear from world leaders ahead of the COP27 summit.

Vanessa Nakate on what she wants to hear from world leaders ahead of the COP27 summit, and campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed on why UK childcare needs a complete overhaul.

According to the OECD, the UK is the third most expensive country for childcare. ‘March of the Mummies’ organised by the campaign group Pregnant then Screwed are demanding for government reform. Its founder Joeli Brearley told Elaine Dunkley why. 

25-year-old Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate who launched her own climate movement in 2019 protesting outside the gates of the Ugandan parliament. Now a UNICEF ambassador she joined Jess to discuss her book ‘A Bigger Picture’ and what COP27 next week. 

A new BBC documentary looks at how deepfake technology is being used to create hardcore pornography of women without their consent. Presenter of the documentary Jess Davies and leading deepfake and synthetic media expert Henry Ajder joined Krupa.

In a report out this week, MPs say too many women who’ve survived domestic abuse are ending up in appalling accommodation operated by rogue landlords who exploit housing benefit loopholes to cash in on a ‘gold rush’ of taxpayers’ money. Krupa talked to Becky Rogerson, CEO of Wearside Women in Need & the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Select Committee for Housing and Communities, Clive Betts Labour MP.

Fashion librarian Katie Godman's book 'Gothic Fashion - From Barbarian to Haute Couture' traces the roots of this long-lived, popular and adaptable look. She joined Jess and listeners share their stories of when and why they went Gothic.

Flo & Joan, the multi-award-winning British musical comedy duo Nicola and Rosie Dempsey. They cover everything from women’s safety to dating apps to mental health through their witty comedy songs. Their sell-out 140-date international tour, Sweet Release, has just been extended.

Presenter: Elaine Dunkley
Producer: Surya Elango
Editor: Lucinda Montefiore

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