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Woman's Hour: Pussy Riot protest; Fertility and media headlines; Colourism

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Pussy Riot protest; Fertility and media headlines; Colourism

25/09/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Pussy Riot protest; Fertility and media headlines; Colourism

Jenni Murray looks at conditions inside a Russian women's prison, live opera and more.

Conditions in a Russian women's prison, hype and hope in reporting of fertility treatment, live opera singing, and discrimination against women of darker skin. With Jenni Murray.

The convicted Pussy Riot protestor, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, is on hunger strike over conditions in her prison - we hear from Judith Pallot who has visited the Penal Colony 14. The film 'Dark Girl' looks at the way women with darker skin suffer discrimination from women with lighter skin. How can patients who hope to get pregnant navigate their way through the reporting of 'breakthroughs' in fertility treatment? Helen Sherman and Paula Sides are performing in The Coronation of Poppea and sing live in the studio. And have you managed to stay friends with your ex after divorce? Jenni Murray presents.

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