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🗓️ 31 March 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Eid is a celebration of strength and gratitude where Muslims all around the world come together to mark the end of Ramadan. Nuala McGovern is joined by one of the first Muslim headteachers in the country, Bushra Nasir, author & podcaster Shelina Janmohamed and Executive Board Member at the Muslim Council of Wales Jamilla Hekmoun to discuss what roles they have on this day, from acting as the ‘memory markers’ to passing down the rich traditions that keep religious stories and practices alive as well as some of the pressures women can feel at this time.
Women across England will be able to get the morning after pill for free from pharmacies from later this year, the Government has said. Emergency contraception is already free of charge from most GPs and sexual health clinics. But ministers say getting it in pharmacies is a "postcode lottery" - with some councils funding free prescriptions, while elsewhere women can pay up to £30. Nuala discusses the plan with Dr Janet Barter, President, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare.
The Government says it's going to create 10,000 new school places for children with special educational needs and disabilities in mainstream schools. Ministers are saying £740 million will be allocated in England over the next three years. It comes as a new report is launched at Westminster today which warns that more and more children are 'losing learning' because their needs are not being met, or they are being suspended or excluded. Nuala discusses the issues and possible solutions with the report's author, Ellie Harris, Aaliyah, a young woman who couldn't attend school due to SEND, and the actress and mother Anna Maxwell Martin and Louise McLeod, the Executive Headteacher of two primary schools in Norfolk.
Darkly funny, unsettling, and razor-sharp, I Hope You’re Happy by Marni Appleton is a haunting collection of short stories exploring modern womanhood through the lens of horror and satire. From viral photos to eerie performances in dead-end jobs, these stories capture the weirdness of millennial life... where power struggles, fleeting connections, and social media anxieties collide with the surreal. Marni joins Nuala to discuss the themes and her inspiration.
Presented by Nuala McGovern Producer: Louise Corley
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0:40.9 | Hello, this is Neula McGovern and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast. |
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0:48.2 | Well, the government says it will fund 10,000 new places for children with special educational |
0:53.6 | needs and disabilities or send in England. |
0:57.0 | But what difference will that pledge make to the pupils, parents and teachers who have told us that they need more support? |
1:03.1 | Now, you may have seen the actor Anna Maxwell Martin who say that there should be an end to cruel and idiotic fines for parents whose children struggle to attend school |
1:11.4 | and also ban on what she called shameful school exclusions. |
1:15.1 | Well Anna is here with us, including a panel of guests too, as we're going to look at a new |
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