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Over to You: Will International Women’s Day Bring Greater Empowerment?

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17/03/2018 GMT

Will International Women’s Day Bring Greater Empowerment?

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Listeners react to the remarkable personal stories of women for International Women's Day

Listeners react to the remarkable personal stories of women for International Women's Day. Also does intimidation of the BBC’s Persian Service affect its programme making?

International Women’s Day celebrated the achievements of women from around the globe. To mark the event the BBC World Service heard some truly remarkable personal stories. But will it bring greater empowerment? We gauge listener reactions.

Also on the programme: in a week that saw the BBC lodge an unprecedented formal complaint to the United Nations, how does ongoing intimidation facing those who work for the BBC’s Persian Service in Iran affect their everyday lives and their ability to make programmes?

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