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Intimate skin care, Mothers on marriage certificates, Steelworks job crisis

Intimate skincare products - do women need them?; Caroline Lucas MP, who is still waiting for David Cameron on marriage certificates; and coping with job losses on Teesside.

Do women really need specialist skincare products to keep fresh intimate areas of their bodies? We hear from a feminist blogger and a company behind one of the latest product ranges.

A year ago David Cameron promised to modernise an outdated law that doesn't require mothers' details to be recorded when a couple marries. Green Party MP Caroline Lucas says she's still waiting.

As SSI's Teesside's iron and steel making plant closes with the loss of 1,700 jobs, we look at the impact on women and families in the north of England.

Experts say that Dyspraxia, often known as clumsy child syndrome, is consistently under-diagnosed in girls. We look at why with Paediatric Occupational Therapist Sally Payne.

Elaine Madden was one of only two female SOE agents parachuted into Belgium during WW2. Her story is told in 'I Heard My Country Calling,' an account of wartime service and her dramatic escape from occupied Europe, written by Sue Elliott who joins Jane on Monday.

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58 minutes

Chapters

  • Mothers on Marriage Certificates

    Jane speaks to Caroline Lucas on why the mother's name is not on marriage certificates

    Duration: 04:36

  • Intimate Skin Care

    Jane speaks to Carrie Osman and Jade Moulds on feminine hygiene products

    Duration: 09:53

  • Women at Teeside SSI

    SSI’s female workers on the impact of Teeside’s iron and steel making plant closing

    Duration: 11:32

  • Dyspraxia

    Paediatric Occupational Therapist Sally Payne on why dyspraxia is underdiagnosed in girls

    Duration: 05:31

  • Elaine Madden

    Author Sue Elliot talks about the life of Elaine Madden, a female SOE agent in WW2

    Duration: 10:04

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest Caroline Lucas
Interviewed Guest Sally Payne
Interviewed Guest Sue Elliott
Producer Anne Peacock

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 Oct 2015 10:00

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