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Relationship education; Sophie Turner Laing

Should sexual consent be taught in school? MP Stella Creasy joins Jenni Murray to discuss. Woman's Hour Power Lister Sophie Turner Laing on her stellar TV career. Women in Othello.

Yesterday MPs voted against amending the teaching of sex education to include relationships and sexual consent. Labour Shadow MP Stella Creasy joins Jenni Murray to talk about why she is disappointed at the defeat to the Children and Families Bill amendment. Sophie Turner Laing on the stellar TV career that led to her place in the Woman's Hour Power List. Why your home may not be private if it contains teenagers, smart phones and access to the internet. What Othello reveals about women, fidelity and equality. The history of women in the workhouse in the 20th century.

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Wed 12 Jun 2013 10:00
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  • Sex Education: Amendment to Children and Families Bill

    Shadow 麻豆约拍 Affairs Minister Stella Creasy on vote to include relationship ed.

    Duration: 04:44

  • Power List: Sophie Turner Laing

    Sophie Turner Laing, MD, Content of BskyB on her TV career and work-life balance.

    Duration: 08:54

  • Cervical Cancer Screening: Listener Feedback

    Response to item about falling rates of uptake for cervical cancer screening.

    Duration: 02:28

  • Infidelity in Othello

    Discussion with actress Lyndsey Marshal and Professor Lisa Jardine.

    Duration: 08:00

  • Women and the Workhouse

    Feature about a new exhibition at the workhouse at Southwell in Nottinghamshire

    Duration: 09:41

  • Your home isn't private anymore if you've got children....

    Social networking & family privacy, with David Laud & Ruth James.

    Duration: 07:34

Sex Education 鈥� amendment to children and families bill

P鈥檚 voted in the Commons yesterday on the new Clause 20 of the Children and Families Bill 鈥� an amendment which would have made sex and relationship education a statutory part of the National Curriculum.聽 It failed 鈥� there were 219 votes for and聽 303聽 against. The shadow home affairs minister, Stella Creasey was one of three MP鈥檚 proposing the amendment. 聽She joins Jenni to discuss her聽 reaction to the vote and what happens next.

Power List Interview: Sophie Turner Laing

Sophie Turner Laing is the Managing Director, Content of BskyB.聽 She鈥檚 responsible for their entertainment and news channels including聽 the likes of Sky 1 and Atlantic.聽聽 As one of the 100 most powerful women on the Woman鈥檚 Hour Power List - she joins Jenni to talk about聽 what it鈥檚 really like working in TV,聽 the myth of the work-life balance,聽and why it鈥檚 important to realise that you don鈥檛 need to know everything.

Cervical Cancer Screening - Listener Feedback

Response to our聽item about falling rates of uptake聽for

Infidelity in Othello

Actress Lyndsey Marshal and Professor Lisa Jardine join Jenni to discuss infidelity in Othello:

鈥渉ave not we affections,

Desires for sport, and frailty, as men have鈥�

OTHELLO is in repertory at the National Theatre until the autumn and will be broadcast to cinemas worldwide as part of National Theatre Live on 26 September 2013.

Women and the Workhouse

The image of the workhouse is usually that of a harsh Victorian institution made deliberately tough in order to discourage the so-called 鈥榰ndeserving poor鈥� from taking advantage of their shelter.聽 But a new exhibition at the workhouse at Southwell in Nottinghamshire explores life for women there in the Twentieth century when the building was used as a hospital, a children鈥檚 home, and accommodation for elderly women and homeless families.

Your home isn鈥檛 private any more if you鈥檝e got kids鈥�

Social networking and mobile phones have become a huge part of聽 children鈥檚 everyday lives - 聽but how much does this invade聽home privacy? David Laud, Managing partner of i2i business solutions and Ruth James, who runs a Surviving Teenagers programme, join Jenni to discuss the issues.

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Presenter Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest Stella Creasy
Interviewed Guest Sophie Turner Laing
Editor Eleanor Garland

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  • Wed 12 Jun 2013 10:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 4

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