Period photos on social media, School skirts a distraction? Anti-extremism
Would you post a photo of your period on social media? Are girls' school uniforms a distraction? And the anti-extremism campaign which brought Yazidi Iraqi women to schools.
An anti-extremism campaign has brought Yazidi Iraqi women to schools to talk about being captured by I.S. Baroness Nicholson, Founder of the Amar Foundation explains why she wants to help the women tell their story.
Poet Rupi Kaur on posting an image on Instagram of a fully-clothed woman who had a small menstrual stain on her trousers.
Distracting school uniform - A school has banned skirts because they are 'distracting' to male teachers and pupils. Jessica Ringrose, Professor of Gender at UCL talks to Jenni about the effect of telling girls their bodies are distracting.
Pig farming - In 2002, Tracy Mackness was sentenced to 10 years in jail for plotting to smuggle 拢4 million pounds worth of drugs into the UK. But after leaving prison, Tracy turned her life around and became an award-winning pig farmer. Leeanne Coyle reports.
The Green MP Caroline Lucas has presented a cross-party bill to Parliament which would make the teaching of personal, social and health education (PSHE) compulsory in all schools in England and Wales.
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Anti-Extremism
Duration: 10:54
Rupi Kaur
Duration: 06:01
Compulsory Sex and Relationships Education
Duration: 06:16
Pig Farming
Duration: 08:36
Distracting School Uniforms
Duration: 10:01
Rupi Kaur
Earlier this year the poet and creative director Rupi Kaur shared an image on Instagram of a fully-clothed woman, lying with her back to the camera, who had a small menstrual stain on her trousers. Instagram removed the image, twice, saying it went against their guidelines. But it doesn鈥檛. So why did they remove it? And why is menstruation still so taboo?Compulsory Sex and Relationships Education
The Green MP Caroline Lucas has presented a cross-party bill to Parliament which would make the teaching of personal, social and health education (PSHE) compulsory in all schools in England and Wales. Jenni talks to her about why in this age of the internet she thinks the current situation is manifestly untenable.Anti-Extremism
Saltley Academy, a school in Birmingham at the heart of the alleged 鈥楾rojan Horse鈥� plot is fighting the so-called Islamic State鈥檚 propaganda and radicalisation with a new campaign 鈥極pen Your Eyes鈥�. The campaign was launched by anti-extremism charity聽聽with the support of the聽. It aims to combat the radicalisation of young people by hosting talks from young Iraqi Yazidi women, who escaped sex slavery at the hands of the Islamic State Group. Baroness Nicholson, the Founder and Chairman of the Amar Foundation also joins Jenni to discuss how she managed to get the Yazidi women visas to come to Britain and why she is desperate to help them tell their story.
Distracting School Uniforms
A school in Stoke-on-Trent has banned skirts because they are 鈥榙istracting鈥� to male teachers and pupils.聽 The head teacher says as girls 鈥榞et older their skirts get shorter鈥�.聽 Jessica Ringrose, UCL Professor in Gender and Education, Francis Gilbert, teacher, author and Guardian journalist, and Vic Goddard, head teacher of Education Essex鈥� Passmores academy, are in the studio.
Pig Farming
In 2002, Tracy Mackness was sentenced to 10 years in jail for plotting to smuggle 拢4 million pounds worth of drugs into the UK. But after leaving prison, Tracy turned her life around. Today she's a pig farmer, selling award winning sausages in shops and markets across the south of England. Reporter聽Leeanne Coyle went to meet her on her Essex farm.Credits
Role Contributor Presenter Jenni Murray Editor Alice Feinstein Interviewed Guest Rupi Kaur Interviewed Guest Leeanne Coyle Interviewed Guest Tracy Mackness Interviewed Guest Caroline Lucas Interviewed Guest Jessica Ringrose Interviewed Guest Emma Nicholson Broadcast
- Thu 16 Jul 2015 10:00成人快手 Radio 4
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