Krupa Thakrar Padhy
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❓How are staff who work with children with special educational needs trained? 👩🏫Krupa Thakrar Padhy hears about the training class teachers, teaching assistants and SENCOs who work in mainstream schools receive, and asks if it is enough? 📻 ⬇️
🗳️ As results come in from the 2024 US Presidential Election, Krupa Thakrar Padhy speaks to Woman’s Hour presenter Nuala McGovern from Washington DC about what we know so far, and the big ticket issues for women in this election. Listen from 10am 🎧
With Donald Trump declared as the next US President, Krupa Thakrar Padhy speaks to Nuala McGovern live from DC about what's happened overnight. Rozina Sabur from The Telegraph & Leslie Vinjamuri at Chatham House join Krupa to discuss what a second Trump Presidency may look like for women.
From the war in Ukraine and Assad's new life in Moscow, to the cost of living crisis and how being a foreign journalist inside Russia is like "walking a tightrope over a minefield"- I look back at Russia in 2024 and ahead to 2025 with Steve Rosenberg bbc.co.uk/programmes/w17…
‘I learnt not to bottle things up’ Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Amy Dowden tells @krupapadhybbc about the advice she lives by when dealing with her health struggles, including Crohn’s disease, which she’s suffered from since she was a teenager.
If you’re struggling with menopause symptoms, you might spot a “cure” on social media. But the Advertising Standards Authority has banned several ads promising miracle cures. @krupapadhybbc talks to Donna Castle from the ASA, Dr Paula Briggs & lawyer Katrina Anderson ⬇️
Victims groomed by rape gangs have told the BBC's Sima Kotecha they are adamant the crime is still happening to girls across the country. Krupa Thakrar Padhy is joined by Sima Kotecha and former senior investigating officer for Thames Valley Police, Simon Morton, to discuss ⬇️
Gordon Brown’s charity, Multibank, announced it’s ramping up its efforts to tackle childhood hygiene poverty. Krupa Thakrar Padhy is joined by Kay Shaw, who runs the hygiene bank at a primary school in Doncaster, and lecturer and author Katriona O'Sullivan who experienced this herself ⬇️
‘It's the perfect body for me' 💃 Former Strictly Come Dancing Pro Oti Mabuse told Krupa Thakrar Padhy why she rejects the idea that women should 'snap back' after pregnancy, and shared why she thinks it's important to focus on coming back from pregnancy strong, not skinny 🙌⬇️
A weekend of reprieve and hope as we await the start of #GazaCeasefire. Join me & my panel Shashank Joshi & Lina Khatib from 630G BBC World Service as we talk through what this means for both #Palestinians & #Israel bbc.co.uk/programmes/w17…
What lessons India's doubled #tiger population has on offer? #BBC Outside Source's Krupa Thakrar Padhy makes me explain findings of a new study science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… including inclusive & sustainable rural prosperity, connecting protected areas & more bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w1… @ 42:50
❓Before the internet, what did you do if you thought you might be a lesbian? Krupa Thakrar Padhy talks to writer Elizabeth Lovatt and historian Lisa Power about the ‘lesbian lines’ - telephone lines around the country that you could call. Did you ever use them? ⬇️
‘It was three pairs of false eyelashes, yes’ The supermodel, actor and 60s fashion icon Twiggy joined Krupa Thakrar Padhy on Woman’s Hour on Monday to discuss a new documentary about her life ⬇️
Ella Jones vs the Sun Stealer is the first children's book by the presenter & campaigner Lucy Edwards👩🏻🦯, who shares her life online as a blind woman 📚 It follows 12-year-old Ella who's lack of sight gives her the upper hand when the world goes dark. She joins @krupapadhybbc ⬇️
‘I love blindness, it’s given me wings’ Presenter & campaigner Lucy Edwards👩🏻🦯 lost her eyesight aged 17. Since then, she’s been sharing her life online as a blind woman. She told @krupapadhybbc why she wanted to write a children’s book that features a ‘normal’ blind character.
‘There are so many amazing blind mothers out there’ Presenter & campaigner Lucy Edwards👩🏻🦯 lost her eyesight aged 17. Since then, she’s been sharing her life online as a blind woman. She told @krupapadhybbc why she’s sharing her IVF journey publicly.