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More than thirteen hundred people have contracted measles in the Wales epidemic, yet 33,000 children aged between 10-18 have not yet taken up the MMR vaccine.听 Now health officials are warning there could be an outbreak of rubella. Although there has not been a single case of Rubella in Wales since 2004, Public Health Wales says it could easily be brought in by people who have not been vaccinated travelling to countries where the infection is endemic.听 Dr Marion Lyons Director of Health Protection for Public Health Wales joins Jenni to explain why it is vital that young women in particular should ensure they are protected against rubella.

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Facebook has responded to the open letter which Laura Bates, founder of Everyday Sexism, recently posted on the Women, Action and the Media website. Bates and two other objectors spearheaded a campaign calling on Facebook to crack down on content which promotes violence against women on the site. Laura demanded for Facebook to recognise any speech that glorifies violence against women as hate speech, and to make a commitment not to tolerate this. The campaign has already seen Nissan and Nationwide pull their ads from the networking site. On May 28th Facebook announced that they will work with the campaigners and re-evaluate how they identify and remove gender-based hate.

Set in 19th Century New York and based on a true story, My Notorious Life by the author Kate Manning, follows the life of an angry young orphan of Irish immigrants, who grows up to be the most successful (and controversial)听midwife of her time. Kate joins Jenni to discuss the book, how far attitudes to 鈥榳omen鈥檚 business鈥� have changed and how some of the issues at the heart of the book are still very much alive today.

Kate Manning: My Notorious Life by Madame X is published by Bloomsbury on 6th June 2013.

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Rita Hayworth came from a family of actors. From the age of 12,听she worked as a professional dancer and at 16, she took her first acting role in Fox Film鈥檚 1935 鈥淒ante's Inferno.鈥� She went on to make over 60 films, including Gilda with its famously erotic striptease where she removes just one glove! She married five times and was quoted as saying 鈥淢en fall in love with Gilda but they wake up with me.鈥� So what was Rita Hayworth鈥檚 importance as a screen icon, and what is her influence as a role model and style guru? Arts critic and broadcaster, and from the University of Exeter discuss.

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