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Woman's Hour: The UK’s first woman vascular surgeon, South African choreographer Dada Masilo,  Benefits of older siblings.

The UK’s first woman vascular surgeon, South African choreographer Dada Masilo,  Benefits of older siblings.

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, The UK’s first woman vascular surgeon, South African choreographer Dada Masilo,  Benefits of older siblings.

UK’s first woman vascular surgeon. Choreographer Dada Masilo. Benefits of older siblings.

Averil Mansfield the UK’s first woman vascular surgeon. South African choreographer Dada Masilo on her latest project. The benefits of an older sibling. Online child abuse images.

Averil Mansfield was the UK’s first woman vascular surgeon and first female professor of surgery. She qualified as a surgeon in the early 1970s, at a time when only  two per cent of her colleagues were female – and was often met with disbelief bordering on amusement when telling people what she did. She talks to Woman’s Hour about her medical achievements, which she downplays to, ‘It’s just glorified plumbing,’ as detailed in her memoir ‘Life in Her Hands.’

A a new app to block child abuse images has received £1.8m  pounds of EU funding, with the aim to help combat what has been described as a "growing demand" for child abuse images. According to the NSPCC, child abuse image offences have reached record levels with more than 30,000 reported in the last year.  It  also revealed that the police have recorded the first child abuse crimes in the metaverse, with eight instances recorded last year.  We hear from Rani Govinder, Senior Child Safety Online policy officer from the NSPCC and John Staines, former police officer from E-Safety Training who goes into schools to educate children and teens about online safety. 

Dada Masilo is a South African choreographer, who is known for her re-working of classic stories to reflect black female identity.  Her latest show is called Sacrifice, inspired by Stravinksy’s iconic ballet Rite of Spring is on a national tour of the UK, and will be performed at the Sadler’s Wells in London this weekend.  

Plus the new study from the Cambridge Centre for Family Research which shows that having an older sibling helped keep children well-adjusted during lockdown.  Prof Claire Hughes joins Nuala to discuss how older siblings can provide protection from stress.

Presenter Hayley Hassall 
Producer  Beverley Purcell

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