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	Podcast:		Woman's Hour
	Episode:		Weekend Woman's Hour: Grenfell campaigners, Menstrual cups, Lies we tell our kids
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:54:31
	Publish Date:		2018-03-10 11:00:00
	Description:		Four women fighting on behalf of the survivors of Grenfell. The co-founder of Justice for Grenfell, Yvette Williams, Lucy Masoud - Treasurer and Head of Discipline for the London Fire Brigade Union, Eileen Short, Chair of Defend Council Housing and Clarrie Mendy-Solomon whose cousins died in the fire. Sheila Hancock talks about playing Maude in the play Harold and Maude and how she copes with the gruelling performance schedule. We discuss the lies parents tell their children with the psychologist Dr Chris Boyle and author Grace Timothy. Patrice Khan-Cullors,one of the three female founders of Black Lives Matter, talks about activism and her new memoir We look at why menstrual cups make financial sense and can be empowering for some women with Mandu Reid Founder of the Cup Effect and Gabby Edlin the founder of Bloody Good Period. The Soprano Nadine Benjamin performs live and talks about her journey from council estate in Brixton to becoming one of the top ten sopranos And as part of our new series Off The Rails about young people on the verge of getting into trouble and the workers and volunteers who try to pull them back from the edge - we hear from Nequela who works with young people in South London and 16 year old Chenique who has been getting into trouble for fighting. Presented by Jane Garvey Reporter Jo Morris Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed Editor: Beverley Purcell.
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