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Women and Chess, The Wild Oats Project, Hina Jilani

21/04/2015

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Women and Chess, The Wild Oats Project, Hina Jilani

Women and chess, the Wild Oats project and Hina Jilani on women's rights in Pakistan.

Are women's brains 'hardwired differently' when it comes to playing chess? Robin Rinaldi on her midlife quest for passion. Pioneering Pakistani feminist and lawyer Hina Jilani.

Should women just accept they are not as good at chess because they are 'hardwired differently'? We hear from Judit Polgar, the world's best female player for 26 years who spoke to Woman's Hour in 2012 and ask if there is any scientific basis for this claim. Robin Rinaldi on her midlife quest for passion and a year of exploring everything she ever wondered about sex in an open marriage. Pioneering Pakistani feminist and lawyer Hina Jilani on her campaign for women's rights in her country, her work against honour killings and founding Pakistan's first all- female law firm. How the discovery of a hidden suitcase allowed a Holocaust survivor to open up to her daughter about her traumatic childhood. And with summer on its way, do men as well as women worry about getting into shape for the beach? 

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Shoku Amirani.

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