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Radio 4,10 Feb 2012,58 mins
Suffragette oral history, Lady Maisery, shared parental rights and the impact of postnatal depression on fathers
Woman's HourAvailable for over a year
Told in their own voices we hear the stories of some of the women involved in the suffragette movement. This week the government announced that it wants to introduce the idea of shared parenting after separation so that every child has a meaningful relationship with both parents. It's a system that was introduced in Australia five years, we'll be finding out how it has worked there. The female folk trio, Lady Maisery who are resurrecting the dying art of diddling sing live in the studio. As many as one in ten women suffer with post natal depression but what impact does it have on the father. We speak to one man who wants to bring partners of affected women together.
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