Newborns & communication, Kirsty Coventry, Women in Construction

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Long before they can speak, babies are brilliant communicators and all that those who care for them have to do is to listen to them, to be curious about them and to be ready to discover who they are, and everything else will fall into place. That's what child psychotherapist and mother of four Marie Derome has written about in her book for new parents - What Your Baby Wants You To Know. She joins Nuala McGovern.

Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the first female and African president of the International Olympic Committee. She beat six male candidates including Britain’s Sebastian Coe. The 41-year-old former swimmer will replace Thomas Bach on the 23 June and will be the youngest president in the organisation's 130-year history. The BBC's Sport Editor Dan Roan tells us more.

We’re hearing more misogynistic lyrics in music, and some of it is from female artists themselves. Is this a good way to reclaim the language or is it women being derogatory about themselves? India McTaggart, entertainment correspondent at The Telegraph, discusses.

Santosh, which was the UK’s official entry into the Oscar’s International Feature Film category for 2025, is set to be released in UK cinemas on 21 March. The Hindi language film follows the title character who, through a government scheme, takes on her deceased husband’s role as a police officer in North India and is quickly embroiled in the murder investigation of a young girl. The film was written and directed by documentarian Sandhya Suri in her narrative feature film debut and she received a Bafta nomination for her efforts. Sandhya is in the Woman's Hour studio to discuss the film.

Work has started on a home extension and renovation that is being built and designed entirely by women. In an industry facing huge labour shortages, women remain a minority in construction, only making up 15% of the industry, and only 1% of those in manual, skilled roles. We hear from the project's lead, Kat Parsons and builder, Yas Poole.

Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Kirsty Starkey Editor: Karen Dalziel

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0:00.0	Did you know that you can listen to many of your favourite podcasts first on BBC Sounds?
0:06.6	Like Desert Island Discs, where you can hear castaways like Cher, Gareth Southgate and Nick Cave,
0:12.7	and enjoy longer versions of the music they've picked. Good things come to those who don't wait.
0:18.7	Listen to your favourite podcasts first on BBC Sounds. Hello, this is
0:23.7	Nula McGovern and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast. Hello and welcome to the programme.
0:29.5	Well, coming up, we'll discuss the election of the first female head of the IOC, the International
0:34.8	Olympic Committee. Also today, maybe you're listening right now at home
0:39.5	with your little baby. We are going to tell you how to decipher what he or she is trying to tell
0:45.9	you, perhaps even through the movement of their little legs that are maybe moving furiously.
0:52.4	Also today, we have the British Indian filmmaker, Sande Suri, with her debut feature, Sancho.
0:58.1	It is a gripping police drama.
0:59.6	We'll talk about all the themes that she explores in that film.
1:03.4	And then from film to music, why are there more misogynistic language being used at the
1:09.1	moment in pop music by women.
1:12.7	Also, lots to talk about there.
1:14.8	Now, we also want to meet the women who set out to build their house using only trades women.
1:21.2	Yep, that's right.
1:22.3	So if you are a tradeswoman this morning, I want to hear from you.
1:25.5	Maybe you're at home with your baby.
1:27.0	Builders, plumbers,
1:28.1	chippies, electricians, roofers, apparently quite hard to find. Is that true? Let me know. All other
1:35.1	trades that are required to build a house. What is it like working in this male dominated industry?
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