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10/03/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, 10/03/2011

With Jenni Murray. Including actor Olivia Williams on her new West End play.

With Jenni Murray. Including actor Olivia Williams on her new West End play, how Whitehall has achieved gender parity, and commemorating Mary Wollstonecraft's childhood.

With Jenni Murray. The actor Olivia Williams talks about her role in the world première of Neil LaBute's new play 'In a Forest, Dark and Deep'. Whitehall has reached gender parity in its top departments, with eight women Permanent Secretaries and eight men - so how has this been achieved? Siphiwe Hlophe talks about her work with HIV/Aids in Swaziland, which has the highest HIV rate in the world. And, a campaign has been launched for a statue to the 'mother of British feminism' Mary Wollstonecraft on Newington Green. Jenni finds out about Wollstonecraft's early life in North London.

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