Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley
Trolling and women at public events; Chile's child rape victim and abortion; Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley; topless image of French figurehead Marianne image; how to talk baby.
Research into women's experience of so-called "trolling" when they take part in public events; how an 11 year old rape-victim has sparked an abortion row in Chile; Dame Stephanie "Steve" Shirley - philanthropist and Woman's Hour Powerlister; Marianne - symbol of La Republique, who appears on stamps in France - and now updated in an image inspired by a topless feminist protestor; and baby talk - what is the best way to speak to a young baby? Presenter: Jenni Murray. Producer: Emma Wallace.
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Lis Howell
Is 'trolling' stopping women from taking part in public events?
Duration: 06:21
Eleven year old rape-victim sparks abortion row in Chile
The debate on whether to change abortion laws in Chile
Duration: 10:46
Dame Stephanie 鈥楽teve鈥 Shirley
The philanthropist reveals how she made her fortune and why she gave over 拢65m of it away
Duration: 09:53
Marianne, Symbol of La Republique
The controversy over the recent update of her image
Duration: 07:09
Baby Talk
How do you know if your child鈥檚 language skills are developing at a 鈥榥ormal鈥 rate?
Duration: 09:07
Lis Howell
Lis Howell discusses why we need to know more about women鈥檚 experience of聽 so-called聽 鈥渢rolling鈥 - online abuse or gender based criticism 鈥 and whether it is putting off some women from taking part in聽public events. She has also helped launch its Expert Women campaign last year to raise awareness of the gender imbalance on screen and on the airwaves.
Eleven year old rape-victim sparks abortion row in Chile
Latin America has the world's highest rate of unsafe abortions. In El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Chile, Honduras, Haiti and Suriname abortions are illegal without exception , even in the case of rape or if the mother鈥檚 life is endangered. In Chile the issue has been widely debated following the case of an 11 year old girl, who was raped by her mother鈥檚 partner, and is now pregnant.聽Teresa Valdes, head of a Women鈥檚 Rights group in Chile and Guadalupe Marengo from Amnesty International discuss the issue.
Dame Stephanie 鈥楽teve鈥 Shirley
Dame Stephanie 鈥淪teve鈥 Shirley is a philanthropist and The Shirley Foundation is one of the top 50 grant-giving foundations in Britain.聽Dame Stephanie arrived in Britain on the Kinderstransport in 1939, aged five. In 1962, she founded her first software company.聽She employed only women until the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act made it illegal to do so, and went by the name 鈥淪teve鈥 to open doors in the male-dominated business world.聽She retired in 1993 with an estimated 拢150 million fortune. Dame Stephanie now concentrates on philanthropic work and donates to autism research, which she was drawn to through her late son Giles, who was autistic.Marianne, Symbol of La Republique
She adorns聽French stamps, is represented in statues in every town hall in France, and even holds the red, white and blue together in the official government logo 鈥 but who is Marianne and聽why has President Hollande鈥檚 caused quite such scandal in the present government?聽 Dr Maud Bracke, from the聽University聽of Glasgow聽tells the story of France鈥檚 most recognised 鈥榳oman of the people鈥.
Baby Talk
The moment your baby utters their first words is a magical time for every parent. But what is the typical age when that should happen and how do you know if your child鈥檚 language skills are developing at a 鈥榥ormal鈥 rate? Nicola Lathey is a speech therapist聽 and聽co-author of聽鈥楽mall Talk鈥.
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