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13/06/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Debbie Harry

Singer Debbie Harry, the row over part-time women GPs and gender equality in the EU.

Debbie Harry on the enduring appeal of her music. Health Minister Anna Soubry on the row over part-time women GPs. And how has the UK fared in the first EU Gender Equality Index?

At 67 and still performing, Debbie Harry on the enduring appeal of her iconic music, being a woman in the male-dominated 70s New York punk scene and the music industry today. Plus how it feels growing older as a woman so idolised and celebrated for her looks. The controversy over part time female GPs continues. Are they a burden on the NHS? We speak to the Health Minister Anna Soubry about why she's been drawn in to the argument. How's the UK faired in the first ever EU Gender Equality Index? Is it time to introduce quotas?
Plus author Philippa Gregory and historian Helen Castor discuss the White Queen set in 1464 against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, just who were the women caught up in the conflict for the throne.
Guests on the programme included...
Debbie Harry - Musician.
Anna Soubry, Minister, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health
Dr Fiona Cornish, President of the Medical Women's Federation
Anne Laure Humbert, Gender Expert, European Institute for Gender Equality
Marina Yannakoudakis Conservative MEP for London and a member of Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee.
Mary Honeyball, Labour MEP for London and a member of Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee.
Philippa Gregory - Author
Helen Castor - Historian.

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