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The concerns over sexual abuse have been high on the public agenda for several decades now fuelling public anxiety, media uproar and political debate. However the issue of women committing sexual abuse remains uncomfortable and rarely discussed. Childline figures from 2008 to 2009 indicated that 17% of calls they took from children talking about sexual abuse cited women as their abusers. Jenni is joined by Professor Jackie Turton from Essex University to look at what lies behind the resistance to accepting some women can and do abuse, and the consequences of that denial for the survivors of that sexual abuse. They are joined by Claire Lilley, senior analyst in the NSPCC’s strategy unit. Book: Participation, Citizenship and Trust in Children’s lives is edited by Hanne Warming, includes a chapter by Professor Jackie Turton. It is published by Palgrave Macmillan.

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The Nepalese activist Anuradha Koirala has dedicated her life to rescuing vulnerable Nepalese girls from sex trafficking, and imprisonment, torture, and rape in Indian brothels. She set up a charity named Maiti Nepal - or ‘mothers home’ – and has since rescued thousands of girls, giving them refuge in special homes, where they receive care for HIV and sexual health problems in the face of widespread stigma, and also learn new skills. She spoke to Jenni to explain the problem of trafficking, and the ways in which she is battling to save girls and to give them new lives. 

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Please note that when preparing formula feed boiling water (70 degrees or above) should be used to prepare the formula and then subsequently cooled. How to Prepare Formula for Bottle-Feeding at Home.