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Woman's Hour

A Girl Called Jack; Sam Bailey; Constance Markievicz

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Sam Bailey on her X Factor victory, how her life's changed and what it means to be supporting Beyonce on tour.

Two years ago Jack Monroe describe herself as 'unemployed, broke, and broken. Now her blog "A Girl Called Jack" about feeding herself and her son on £10 a week, attracts a huge following, she writes a column for a national newspaper and is about to become the face of one of our biggest supermarkets. We spend time with in her tiny Southend kitchen.

Laurie Graham's husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease last year. It was six years on from when she first noticed that something was wrong. Now she's coming to terms with living with a man who can't even remember their wedding day. We look at the impact of dementia on couples and the peculiar kind of loneliness when you live with someone with the condition.

William Hague recently announced a global summit in London next year to demand justice for victims of sexual violence in warzones. Jane spoke to one of the victims planning to attend, Jineth Bedoya Lima, a top reporter in Colombia. At 26 Jineth was kidnapped, tortured and raped by a right-wing paramilitary group and has since campaigned to give a voice to other victims of conflict-related sexual violence.

And we celebrate the achievements of Constance Markievicz who in 1918 became the first woman ever returned to the Commons at Westminster, but as a member for Sinn Féin she did not take her seat.

Presented by Jane Garvey.
Studio Producer Beverley Purcell
Editor Alice Feinstein. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Sam Bailey
Interviewed Guest:
Laurie Graham
Interviewed Guest:
Jineth Bedoya Lima
Interviewed Guest:
Jack Monroe
Interviewed Guest:
Lauren Arrington

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