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Date Title & Description Contributors
2025-01-17

  AI and IVF, Cousin marriage, Sugarcane documentary, What is 'masculine energy' and how does it affect the workplace?

Can AI improve the success rates of women undergoing fertility treatment? Anita Rani discusses the impact of AI on IVF with Dr Cristina Hickman, an embryologist, co-founder of Avenues, and Chair of the Global AI Fertility Society, and Dr Ali Abbara, a ...
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2025-01-16

  Ofcom's age check guidance, Adwaith, Kamala Harris's legacy, Corridor care

The communications regulator, Ofcom, has published new industry guidance for online services, in which it sets out how it expects online platforms - including social media and porn sites - to introduce highly effective age check measures to prevent chi...
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2025-01-15

  Author Holly Bourne, SEND, Alcohol pilot scheme at Women's Championship football clubs, Women & cycling

Services for children with special education needs and disabilities (SEND) in England are ‘unviable’. That’s the judgement from a report out today by the Public Accounts Committee, who look at the value for money of government services. Anna Dixon MP, ...
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2025-01-14

  Sticky floor jobs, Kiena Dawes, The Mare, Badass Gran

The term ‘sticky floor’ refers to the difficulties women face in progressing to higher-paid and higher-powered job roles whilst balancing the demands of their careers with personal, unpaid responsibilities. They can get stuck at lower levels, leaving t...
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2025-01-13

  Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Fast-fashion company Shein, Abortion in Texas

The Right Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin is the Bishop of Dover and the Bishop in Canterbury - Britain's first black woman bishop. She’s a trailblazer, who has been right at the heart of a changing nation for over 40 years. Despite discrimination due to h...
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2025-01-12

  Weekend Woman’s Hour: Rape gangs, Exploring Antarctica, Deep fakes, Oti Mabuse

Victims groomed and raped by gangs have told the BBC's Senior UK Correspondent Sima Kotecha that they are adamant the crime is still happening to girls across the country. This week, a Tory amendment to the government's Children's Wellbeing and Schools...
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2025-01-10

  Oti Mabuse, Eldest daughters, Hygiene poverty

2025 is a big year for former Strictly professional Oti Mabuse who is judging Dancing on Ice starting this weekend, then going on tour and publishing her first adult novel. She joins Krupa Padhy to tell us all about these projects, becoming a mother an...
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2025-01-09

  Rape gangs, Playing Nice, Cancer friends, Erotica

Victims groomed and raped by gangs have told the BBC's Senior UK Correspondent Sima Kotecha that they are adamant the crime is still happening to girls across the country. Yesterday, a Tory amendment to the government's Children's Wellbeing and Schools...
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2025-01-08

  Deep Fakes, Female membership on Boards, Exploring Antartica

A new law change has made the creation of explicit deepfakes illegal, with those found guilty facing up to two years in prison. Nuala McGovern is joined by Durham Law Professor Clare McGlynn to hear more about what this means, and Channel 4's Cathy New...
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2025-01-07

  Child Sexual Exploitation, Endometriosis reporting tool, Lucy Lawless on Margaret Moth, Evin Prison Iran.

The debate around widescale child sexual abuse and exploitation continues following calls from the Conservatives and Reform UK for a new national inquiry into the issue. Professor Alexis Jay chaired the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. It ...
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