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Woman's Hour: My Best Day - Diane Barker, Victims' commissioner Claire Waxman, Playwright Tanika Gupta

13/09/2019

My Best Day - Diane Barker, Victims' commissioner Claire Waxman, Playwright Tanika Gupta

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, My Best Day - Diane Barker, Victims' commissioner Claire Waxman, Playwright Tanika Gupta

Diane Barker on her Best Day in eastern Tibet, and victims' commissioner Claire Waxman.

Diane Barker on a photo of her taken in eastern Tibet. Victims' commissioner Claire Waxman. Charging migrants for maternity care. Plus playwright Tanika Gupta.

We asked you to get in touch and send us a picture that somehow captured you at your best.  Today Diane Barker tells us about a very special picture that captures an adventure in Eastern Tibet.  

We hear the concerns of midwifes about the role they are having to play in delivering the government policy of charging migrant women for maternity care. 

The London Victims Commissioner and stalking victim, Claire Waxman on  why she's written to the  Ministry of Justice to ask them to change way compensation is paid.   And the playwright Tanika Gupta talks about her latest project an adaptation of  Ibsen’s classic play, A Doll’s House.  

Presenter;  Jenni Murray
Producer;  Beverley Purcell
Guest;       Claire Waxman
Guest;       Tanika Gupta
Guest;       Rosalind Bragg
Guest;       Clare Livingstone
Guest;       Corinne Clarkson

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