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Woman's Hour: Elif Shafak, Women Chelsea Pensioners, Sports Coaching

Elif Shafak, Women Chelsea Pensioners, Sports Coaching

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Elif Shafak, Women Chelsea Pensioners, Sports Coaching

Elif Shafak, women Chelsea pensioners, getting into sports coaching and modern slavery.

Turkish writer Elif Shafak; on the 75th anniversary of D-Day, we hear from a female Chelsea pensioner; how to get into sports coaching; and what is being done for modern slaves?

Turkish writer Elif Safak’s latest novel '10 Minutes 38 Seconds In This Strange World' tells the story of Leila, a woman whose body has died, but whose mind has a precious ten minutes to reflect on the joy, pain and injustice of her life as a prostitute in Istanbul. Jenni talks to her about tackling controversial subjects and being accused of obscenity. Chelsea Pensioners are well known by the bright red military coats with gold buttons that they must wear when they go out in public. In return for their army pension, 300 residents live at the Royal Hospital cost free - and today they welcome ex-servicewomen. We hear from Chelsea Pensioner Helen Andrews, who served during the Second World War at Bletchley Park as Private Maria Teresa Helen McQuibban, with the Royal Corps of Signals. To celebrate UK Coaching Week Louisa Arnold tells us about Project 500 - a scheme to inspire and support women to become sports coaches - and Kim Johnson explains why she loves being a rugby coach. And, this week’s Woman’s Hour drama, I’m A Slave, has been showing the misery of human trafficking and modern slavery in the UK today. But, how much is this a female problem? To discuss how it affects women and the work being done to help them, Jenni is joined by the Salvation Army’s Anti-Trafficking and Modern Slavery Operations Manager, Emilie Martin.

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