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HARDtalk: Eve Ensler - Playwright and activist

13/01/2014

Eve Ensler - Playwright and activist

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Stephen Sackur talks to New York playwright and feminist campaigner Eve Ensler.

Stephen Sackur talks to feminist playwright Eve Ensler about her campaign against the physical and sexual assaults the UN says a third of all women experience in their lifetimes.

Eve Ensler, best known for her play The Vagina Monologues, is leading a campaign to end violence against women. According to the UN, one third of all women experience rape or some kind of physical assault in their lifetime. Stephen Sackur asks this passionate New York feminist what she can do to change the experiences of women around the world.

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