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Woman's Hour: Sexism in Football, Post-Adoption Breakdown, Desiree Akhavan

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05/03/2015

Sexism in Football, Post-Adoption Breakdown, Desiree Akhavan

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Sexism in Football, Post-Adoption Breakdown, Desiree Akhavan

Football sexism and adopted children contacting birth family. With Jane Garvey.

Why sexism in football continues, post-adoption breakdown when children contact birth family, actor Desiree Akhavan, women in secret services and male feminists. With Jane Garvey.

Sexism in Football - why have there never been any high profile campaigns to tackle it? Jane Garvey talks to BBC sport correspondent Natalie Pirks with contributions from Carolyn Radford, CEO of Mansfield Town, Heather Rabbatts of the Football Association and Anna Kessel from Women in Football.

Post-adoption breakdown - How has social media increased the strain on adoptive relationships? Tammy Wheatley, Gloucestershire's Adoption Team Manager and John Simmonds, Director of Policy at BAAF (British Association of Adoption and Fostering) discuss.

Actor Desiree Akhavan on her latest film "Appropriate Behaviour" and its story of an Iranian bisexual woman living in New York City.

Was 2014 the year of the male feminist? Jane talks to David Brockway who runs the Great Men Project about his "Standby your Woman" session at Wow and what is being done to teach boys about gender equality.

Women in Security Services - ISC committee member and Labour MP Hazel Blears on Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee's three-year inquiry into gender diversity within the security services. 

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Rebecca Myatt.

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