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Woman's Hour

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry engaged. Women and Addiction.

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

As Prince Harry and Meghan Markle prepare to get married next Spring we look at her role and the impact she'll have on the Royal Family.

How do gender differences shape women's experience of and treatment for addiction? We'll be talking to three experts whose work in this field has convinced them that there needs to be more research into why addictions cause women so much harm. Fewer women are taking drugs but more are dying, why? How do mental illness, motherhood, intimate partner violence and stigma affect women's addiction?

Presenter Jane Garvey
Producer Beverley Purcell. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Marlow
Interviewed Guest:
Katharine Sacks-Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Hamilton
Interviewed Guest:
Milly Chowles
Interviewed Guest:
Kelechi Okafor
Reporter:
Milly Chowles

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