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Woman's Hour

Women and Homelessness, Best of the Best, Women's Equality Party, Autism and Relationships

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sophie Walker, party leader of the Women's Equality Party, on the morning of their party conference talks to Jane about the birth and growth of the party.

Two speakers from a National Autistic Society conference talk about the challenges of negotiating a relationship together.

Muriel Gray, Chair of Judges in 2007, for the Women's Prize for Fiction champions "her" winner, Half of A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. You can vote now for your favourite novel from the last ten winners of the Women's Prize for Fiction.

Life expectancy for a homeless woman in the UK is 43. Sleeping rough across England is on the increase and today St Mungo's, the homelessness charity is handing in a petition to Jeremy Hunt to pledge a commitment to better homeless healthcare. Why is women's route into homelessnes often more complex than men's?

Cokie Van Der Velde, winner of the Barclays' Women of the Year award, talks about her work on the front line of the Ebola crisis. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Sophie Walker
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Hendrickx
Interviewed Guest:
Keith Needham
Interviewed Guest:
Muriel Gray
Interviewed Guest:
Esther Sample
Interviewed Guest:
Cokie Van der Velde

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