Weekend Woman's Hour: Leah Williamson, Performance poet Salena Godden, Sex education in schools
Leah Williamson, performance poet Salena Godden, and what parents want when it comes to sex and relationship education in schools.
The Conservative MP Miriam Cates said in the House of Commons that children were being exposed to βgraphicβ and "age inappropriate" material during their sex education classes. The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has decided to bring forward a review of the Department for Educationβs Relationships and Sex Education guidance in England. Two parents, Fiona, a listener and parent of four and Clare Page who was concerned about what her daughter was being taught discuss.
Sian Richardson from Pembrokeshire in Wales is Number 12 on our Womanβs Hour Power List 2023. Sian started The Blue-tit Chill Swimmers nearly 10 years ago, a cold water swimming community which now boasts an incredible 100,000 members world-wide. She explains why sheβs encouraging people to get in the water and enjoy the outdoors.
Leah Williamson, who took the Lionesses to victory at the Euros in 2022, tops the Woman's Hour Power List 2023. She explains what role her mum plays in her success and talks about male allies in womenβs football.
Money and Love: An Intelligent Roadmap for Lifeβs Big Decisions, is written by Stanford professor emeritus Myra Strober, who is an early feminist economist and Abby Davisson, one of Myra's former pupils who is now a social innovation expert. They give detailed advice about navigating the crossroads of finances within a relationship at different life stages.
Pessimism is for Lightweights is a new collection of poems by the celebrated performance poet Salena Godden. Salena discusses the collection, how poetry can confront misogyny and injustice, and why she personified death as a woman in her debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death.
Presenter: Anita Rani
Producer: Paula McFarlane
Editor: Lucinda Montefiore
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