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Woman's Hour: Yorkshire's greatest women; Women's rights in Afghanistan; Inequalities in female healthcare and author Sarah Hall

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Yorkshire's greatest women; Women's rights in Afghanistan; Inequalities in female healthcare and author Sarah Hall

02/12/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Yorkshire's greatest women; Women's rights in Afghanistan; Inequalities in female healthcare and author Sarah Hall

Presented by Jenni Murray. Choosing the greatest Yorkshirewomen.

Presented by Jenni Murray. Choosing Yorkshire's greatest women; women's rights in Afghanistan; inequalities in female healthcare; plus author Sarah Hall.

Presented by Jenni Murray. The results of a poll to find the greatest Yorkshirewoman ever is about to be released - author and Yorkshirewoman, Joanne Harris, joins Jenni to evaluate the frontrunners.
What's the prospects for women in Afghanistan, as the US and peacekeeping forces prepare to pull out in 2014? Jenni will hear the views from Kabul and the UK ahead of a major conference on the country's future. Are lower paid working women losing out in healthcare? One Yorkshire pharmacist thinks so, and says the inequalities in the health service between rich and poor women has never been so pronounced. Plus award winning writer Sarah Hall on why the darker side of the Cumbrian landscape provides inspiration for her work.

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