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Woman's Hour: International Women's Day and Craftivism - where craft and activism collide

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Weekend Woman's Hour

11/03/2017

International Women's Day and Craftivism - where craft and activism collide

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, International Women's Day and Craftivism - where craft and activism collide

International Women's Day and country singer Alison Krauss.

Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. Celebrating International Women's Day and music from bluegrass and country singer Alison Krauss.

We celebrate International Women's Day hearing from women around the world. Preeti from the Tamil Nadu province of India tells us how an accident transformed her life. The women's rights campaigner Nimco Ali and Brita Fernandez-Schmidt the Executive Director of Women for Women International discuss what needs to be done to improve women's lives.

The bluegrass and country singer Alison Krauss tells us about the release of her first solo album in 17 years.

We discuss the story of the discovery at a former mother and baby home in Tuam in County Galway of the remains of babies found in a septic tank. The first report of human remains being found at the site came from two boys who were playing there in 1975. We hear from the an amateur local historian, Catherine Corless, who began to investigate why and how many bodies were there and we hear from Sally Mulready the Chair of the Irish Women Survivors Network and from the journalist Catherine Sanz from the Ireland edition of The Times. 

Twenty-five years since its publication we discuss the relationship guide 'Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus'. How did its success affect the sexual politics of the time? The television presenter Kate Garraway, author John O'Farrell and the editor of the Sunday Times Magazine Eleanor Mills discuss.

A report has found that Hull was one of the worst places in England and Wales to be a girl. What is it like to grow up in Hull, the City of Culture we hear from Suzanne, Dagmara and James and from Dr Suzanne Clisby who co-authored the report The State of Girls' Rights in the UK. 

'Sporty, clever, lazy or naughty' are just some the labels we give to our children but can it hold them back? We discuss the issue with Scummy Mummy Helen Thorn and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist Ruth Glover.

We discuss Craftivism - when craft and activism collide most recently seen with the pink 'pussy' hats at the Women's March around the world. Sarah Corbett from the Craftivist Collective and Debbie Zawinski from Haddington Spinners and Weavers explain how they do it.

Presented by Jane Garvey
Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed
Editor: Lucinda Montefiore.

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