Main content

One Direction; Life at a Food Bank; General Election 2015

Self-harm trends triggered by One Direction's Zayn Malik's decision to quit - what's the role of social media? Lives that depend on a food bank, writer and artist Louise Stern on her debut novel, and counting down to the General Election - it's your vote they're after.

Available now

58 minutes

Chapters

  • General Election

    Duration: 12:27

  • Food Banks

    Duration: 09:25

  • One Direction Fans and Self-Harming

    Duration: 09:33

  • Louise Stern

    Duration: 09:42

General Election

The Prime Minister goes to the Palace today to see the Queen and Parliament will be dissolved. Over the next six weeks the political parties will be after the support of women voters. So, what will the parties be saying to them and how often will we see a female politician in a prominent campaigning role? Jane talks to Allegra Stratton, Political Editor of 大象传媒2鈥檚 Newsnight programme to look at what we can expect over the next few weeks. 聽

Food Banks

900,000 people took free food parcels last year. In December 2012, Steph Hagen set up a food bank 鈥淭he St Anne鈥檚 and Sneinton foodstore鈥 on the St Anne鈥檚 estate in Nottingham.聽 Forty to fifty people use it every week, all with no income.聽 The food is donated by local churches, local companies and people in the local community. The council charge no rent for the building because it is a-hard-to-let property, and is going to be knocked down in the future.聽聽Jane visited St Anne鈥檚 to meet Steph Hagen.

Louise Stern

The writer and artist Louise Stern talks to Jane Garvey about her debut novel and the Maya community she visited for her research. Ismael and His Sisters, is set in a village in Mexico where many of the inhabitants are deaf and both the deaf and the hearing communicate in sign language. She also tells Jane about falling in love while in Mexico.聽

One Direction Fans and Self-Harming

After it was announced Zayn Malik was quitting the band One Direction, many might have been shocked to see the dramatic surge of tweets encouraging fans to self-harm with people sharing photos of their injuries. We talk to Lucie Russell from the charity Young Minds and London鈥檚 Mulberry School head Dr. Vanessa Ogden about the role social media plays in self-harm with young people today.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Jane Garvey
Producer Sarah Crawley

Broadcast

  • Mon 30 Mar 2015 10:00

Follow us on Instagram

Get all the pictures, videos, behind the scenes and more from Woman鈥檚 Hour

Podcast