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22/03/2024

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Woman's Hour: Weekend Woman's Hour:  saris, speaking to kids on Andrew Tate, breast cancer, donor conceived children, Eleanor Williams case

The Offbeat Sari exhibition, Iran latest, coldwater swimming and is AI pushing the boundaries of art?

Weekend Woman's Hour:  saris, speaking to kids on Andrew Tate, breast cancer, donor conceived children, Eleanor Williams case

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Weekend Woman's Hour:  saris, speaking to kids on Andrew Tate, breast cancer, donor conceived children, Eleanor Williams case

Why is the sari having a renaissance & the long-term impact of the Eleanor Williams case.

The impact of the Eleanor Williams case on how rape is reported, how it is handled by the police and which women are believed.

We speak to listeners on how best to talk about Andrew Tate and other social media influencers who are spreading misogynistic messages online. We talk to Dr Emily Setty, Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey who does research in schools with young people about sex and relationships & Michael Conroy, founder of Men at Work, an organisation that trains professionals how to have constructive dialogue with boys.

Listener Hayley got in touch to share her own story, not only of being a donor conceived person herself, but of using a donor to conceive her own children too. She explains why she thinks it’s so important to be open and honest about your child’s conception.

22-year-old Eleanor Williams who claimed she had been trafficked and raped by an Asian grooming gang was convicted of perverting the course of justice. She will be sentenced in March but we consider the possible impact her conviction could have on how rape is reported, how it’s handled by the police and whether women are believed. We hear from the former chief prosecutor for the north west Nazir Ali and Maggie Oliver, the former senior police officer who became a whistle-blower for exposing the poor handling of the Rochdale child sex abuse ring case by her own force.

We hear from Joanna Bourke who is the Gresham Professor of Rhetoric on the history of breast cancer. 

The Offbeat Sari exhibition will include 90 examples of innovative saris – including the first ever sari worn at the Met Gala and a foil jersey sari worn by Lady Gaga. We talk to the exhibition's curator Priya Khanchandani.

Presenter: Anita Rani
Producer: Surya Elango
Editor: Louise Corley

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