Podcasts Other Woman's Hour Fashion Revolution Week: 6th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh

Fashion Revolution Week: 6th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh

Published: April 24, 2019, 11:45 a.m.

b'

Today is the 6th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh, where over 1,000 garment workers died. Over half were women. Fashion Revolution Week wants to raise awareness about where and how our clothes are made - and what it\\u2019s doing to the planet. Fashion industry insiders Alice Wilby and Bernice Pan explain why sustainability needs to be more than just a trend.

A home for unmarried mothers and babies in Tuam in Galway was run by Bon Secours Sisters from 1925 to 1961. Nearly 800 babies died there and when it was discovered a few years ago that they\\u2019d been buried in a secretive, undignified way it caused widespread outrage in Ireland and beyond. Since then an official investigation into what happened at 18 mother and baby homes across Ireland began, and is ongoing. Last week \\u2018The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes\\u2019 released its latest report. This one \\u2013 the fifth \\u2013 focuses on how babies were buried at mother and baby homes, and part of it looked at another home called Bessborough in Cork. The BBC\\u2019s Deirdre Finnerty has been investigating.

Why some women choose to become a solo parent using donor sperm and eggs and what they have learnt since making their decision. Jenni speaks to Genevieve Roberts, author of \\u2018Going Solo\\u2019 who has already become a mum using donor sperm and Beth who is using both donor sperm and egg and is pregnant with her first child.

In Salt & Time, food writer Alissa Timoshkina transforms perceptions of the food of the former Soviet Union and in particular her home Siberia \\u2013 the crossroads of Eastern European and Central Asian cuisine. Salt & Time contains recipes from the pre-revolutionary era and the Soviet days that are treated with a modern interpretation. Alissa joins Jenni in the studio to Cook the Perfect\\u2026Borsch.

Presenter: Jenni Murray\\nProducer: Kirsty Starkey

Interviewed Guest: Deirdre Finnerty\\nInterviewed Guest: Alice Wilby\\nInterviewed Guest: Dr Bernice Pan\\nInterviewed Guest: Genevieve Roberts\\nInterviewed Guest: Beth\\nInterviewed Guest: Alissa Timoshkina

'