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Woman's Hour

Ricki Lake talks about latest project. Sexual abuse in the navy. China protests. Camilla's Squad.

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Ricki Lake is widely known for her American talk show in the '90s and early 2000s. She's an actor and a producer as well as an independent filmmaker. Emma talks to her about her role as Executive Producer, on a new documentary "The Business of Birth Control" which looks at the complex relationship between hormonal birth control and women's health and liberation. The head of the Royal Navy has defended the way the service handles allegations of rape and sexual abuse. Admiral Sir Ben Key says the Navy had changed how it investigates complaints. His defence follows a very memorable interview earlier this month with a woman we called 'Catherine' . She called for the complaints process to be made independent of the Royal Navy. He gave his response on yesterday's Broadcasting House. Over the weekend we learned that Camilla, the Queen Consort, has created a squad of her own. Rather than opting for ladies-in-waiting, she will instead be helped by "Queen's companions". Camilla has picked six of her closest friends and their role will include helping her at public events. We hear from journalist Claire Cohen, author of 'BFF? The Truth about Female Friendship.' Extraordinary protests in China grew over the weekend as people in cities across the country demonstrate their frustration at President Xi Jinping’s zero-covid approach, with some people calling for him to resign. Noticeable among these protestors are the numbers of young women, being called the ‘prominent voices’ of the action. Yuan Ren is a Chinese journalist and former editor of Time Out Beijing, and Isabel Hilton is the founder of China Dialogue, a non-profit independent organisation that works to promote an understanding of China's challenges,. Presenter Emma Barnett Producer Beverley Purcell

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:05.4

Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:10.5

Good morning and welcome to the programme.

0:13.0

Another week, here we go.

0:14.6

And today we're starting the programme with a chance I haven't heard for a while.

0:18.3

We're key, we're key.

0:20.2

As I interview Ricky Lake, who's turned her hand to documentary making on issues pertaining

0:24.9

to women's lives, this time, hormonal contraception.

0:29.3

Also in today's programme, finally a response from the Royal Navy, the first sea-lord

0:34.0

no less, to our interview with Catherine two weeks ago, a woman you may recall broke

0:38.6

her silence about being raped while serving on a ship.

0:43.1

She became pregnant as a result and then a senior colleague suggested she have an abortion.

0:48.1

She didn't and kept the baby.

0:50.2

Now, we hear from the first sea-lord, well certainly my colleague did, on broadcasting

0:54.8

house yesterday and will let you know what was said.

0:58.0

And friendship, the power of those bonds to help you in the workplace, not just on the

1:02.3

home front.

1:03.3

Of course, any stories that come to mind, let me know on 84844, that's the number you

1:07.3

can text me, or get in touch on social media or email us through the woman's hour website.

1:13.3

But today we're also going to hear about young women emerging.

1:16.8

As a prominent voice of these extraordinary protests in China against COVID-0, the policy

1:22.5

that's brought very strict lockdowns and difficulties to millions across the country

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