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Woman's Hour: Martine McCutcheon, anxiety & the perimenopause,  Who is Fani Willis? Period  huts in Nepal

Martine McCutcheon, anxiety & the perimenopause,  Who is Fani Willis? Period  huts in Nepal

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Martine McCutcheon, anxiety & the perimenopause,  Who is Fani Willis? Period  huts in Nepal

Should parents be kept in the loop re health decisions even when a young person is 18+?

Fani Willis, Fulton County District Attorney, is leading the case against Mr Trump and 18 others in attempting to overturn the 2020 election result in Georgia.  We profile her.

Martine McCutcheon describes her rising anxiety levels to do with the perimenopause. 
Who is Fani Willis? On Monday 14 August  a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia voted to charge Mr Trump and 18 others with attempting to overturn the  2020 election result in the state. The woman taking on his case is District Attorney Fani Willis.  Kimberley Peeler Allen the co-founder of HHFA, a national organization building the political power and leadership of Black women from the voting booth to elected office, joins Nuala.
Should parents of disabled children and those with long term health conditions be kept in the loop, even when the young person turns 18 and is an adult?  We hear from parents devastated to be excluded, who say they are not listened to, sometimes until it’s too late. And the Royal College of Psychiatrists tells Woman’s Hour they want to see the period of transition to be extended past 18 and up to the age of 25.
In Nepal there have been reports of a 16-year old girl who has died as a result of the illegal practice of chhaupadi. This is where menstruating women are forced to stay in huts outside their home due to the centuries-old belief that they are unclean and untouchable during menstruation. Journalist Shristi Kafle joins us from Nepal. 
The Invincibles is the untold story of one of the most successful women’s football team of World War One. And as the spirit of the Sterling Ladies lives on in the Lionesses epic Women’s World Cup adventure this summer a play about them opens at the Queens Theatre in Hornchurch Essex early next month. Playwright Amanda Whittington and actor Yanexi Enriquez join Nuala.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern
Producer: Lucinda Montefiore

00:00 Opener
02:10 Martine Mccutcheon
13:53 Fani Willis
26:24 Post - 18	
40:03 Period Huts	
46:40 The Invincibles

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