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Woman's Hour

Evita, Operation Sanctuary, Woman's Hour archive, Women and radicalisation, Unworn wedding dresses

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The musical Evita has returned to London's West End. The production marks the 65th anniversary of the death of Eva Perón. The actor and singer Emma Hatton talks to Jenni about what it's like to take on such an iconic role, and she performs one of the shows best known numbers live in the studio.

Eighteen people have been convicted of abusing young women and girls in Newcastle as a result of a two year investigation by Northumbria Police. Operation Sanctuary began with just one complaint, but revealed an extensive grooming network- similar to those found in Rochdale and Rotherham. We speak to two women at the forefront of the investigation: Detective Chief Inspector Claire Wheatley and Director of the Changing Lives charity Laura Seebohm.

We delve in to the Woman's Hour archive. In 1955 Monica Sims interviews Muriel Easter about her visual impairment.

New research conducted in the UK, Canada, France, the Netherlands and Germany challenges the 'simplistic' notion that women and girls become 'Jihadi brides' after being brainwashed and manipulated. Emily Winterbotham and Elizabeth Pearson, both academics based at RUSI, the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, unpick what they say is a misleading narrative.

Continuing our series on unworn wedding dresses, Emily Thomas talks to Jessica from Larbet in Scotland.

Presenter: Jenni Murray
Producer: Dianne McGregor

Emma Hatton picture credit: Pamela Raith. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Hatton
Interviewed Guest:
Claire Wheatley
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Seebohm
Interviewed Guest:
Monica Sims
Interviewed Guest:
Muriel Easter
Interviewed Guest:
Emily Winterbotham
Interviewed Guest:
Elizabeth Pearson
Interviewed Guest:
Emily Thomas

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