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Woman's Hour: Homes; Debt; Contraception in Africa; Women and Careers

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21/11/2014

Homes; Debt; Contraception in Africa; Women and Careers

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Homes; Debt; Contraception in Africa; Women and Careers

Homes; Debt; Contraception in Africa; Women and careers.

The architect Corbusier called it 'a machine for living in', writer H G Wells, 'the jackdaw dream'. On his desert island Robinson Crusoe set about creating one as soon as he possibly could. All three were referring to the concept of a home. I will be speaking to the author of a new book exploring the challenges of our understanding of what home means.

The artist who used the repossession of her house to inspire her work - Alinah Azadeh - will be talking to me about the Burning the Books Project which has been touring the country since 2011.

A new easy-to-use contraceptive device in the form of a little syringe is to be made available to women in 69 of the world's poorest countries for just $1. So what difference will this device make to women living in poverty?

We look at a study which followed 17 women across 17 years as they pursued their individual career dreams.

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