Martine McCutcheon, anxiety & the perimenopause, Who is Fani Willis? Period huts in Nepal

Published: Aug. 16, 2023, 10:39 a.m.

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Martine McCutcheon describes her rising anxiety levels to do with the perimenopause. \\nWho is Fani Willis? On Monday 14 August a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia voted to charge Mr Trump and 18 others with attempting to overturn the 2020 election result in the state. The woman taking on his case is District Attorney Fani Willis. Kimberley Peeler Allen the co-founder of HHFA, a national organization building the political power and leadership of Black women from the voting booth to elected office, joins Nuala.\\nShould parents of disabled children and those with long term health conditions be kept in the loop, even when the young person turns 18 and is an adult? We hear from parents devastated to be excluded, who say they are not listened to, sometimes until it\\u2019s too late. And the Royal College of Psychiatrists tells Woman\\u2019s Hour they want to see the period of transition to be extended past 18 and up to the age of 25.\\nIn Nepal there have been reports of a 16-year old girl who has died as a result of the illegal practice of chhaupadi. This is where menstruating women are forced to stay in huts outside their home due to the centuries-old belief that they are unclean and untouchable during menstruation.\\xa0Journalist Shristi Kafle joins us from Nepal.\\xa0\\nThe Invincibles is the untold story of one of the most successful women\\u2019s football team of World War One. And as the spirit of the Sterling Ladies lives on in the Lionesses epic Women\\u2019s World Cup adventure this summer a play about them opens at the Queens Theatre in Hornchurch Essex early next month. Playwright Amanda Whittington and actor Yanexi Enriquez join Nuala.\\nPresenter: Nuala McGovern\\nProducer: Lucinda Montefiore

00:00 Opener\\n02:10 Martine Mccutcheon\\n13:53 Fani Willis\\n26:24 Post - 18\\t\\n40:03 Period Huts\\t\\n46:40 The Invincibles

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