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Woman's Hour: Weekend Woman’s Hour: Mona Eltahawy; Scarlett Moffatt; Female astronauts

15/05/2021

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Mona Eltahawy; Scarlett Moffatt; Female astronauts

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Mona Eltahawy; Scarlett Moffatt and Montana Brown; Female astronauts

Mona Eltahawy on using anger to fight the patriarchy; Scarlett Moffatt and Montana Brown talk about online abuse and mental health; Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.

Egyptian-American writer and activist Mona Eltahawy believes women should start actively defying and disrupting the patriarchy now - with force if necessary.  Mona explains why she wrote her new book ‘The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls’ with enough 'rage to fuel a rocket.'

Tech entrepreneur, Tabitha Goldstaub who chairs the UK's AI Council and Carly Kind, director of the Ada Lovelace Institute, discuss concerns that because Artificial Intelligence algorithms are created from the data we give it, biases in society will be replicated and even amplified by it in the future. 

TV presenter Jan Leeming and dating expert Charly Lester share tips and advice on how to go about dating in your late 60’s. 

Scarlett Moffatt, famous for Gogglebox and winning I'm A Celebrity, has just become an ambassador for the Samaritans. She talks about how reality television has affected her mental health, and exchanges experiences with Montana Brown who appeared on Love Island. 

The last time the European Space Agency recruited for their Class of 2009, only 16% of applications came from women. One of the women chosen, Samantha Cristoforetti, talks about the ESA's latest recruitment drive and what skills are needed to make it in space.

Iranian artist Mentrix talks about her new single and video '99 Names of God', a well-known Muslim chant, traditionally sung by men during Ramadan. Mentrix explains the ideas behind the accompanying video which has generated a lot of criticism, with some people describing it as offensive, disrespectful and sinful.

Presenter: Anita Rani
Producer: Paula McFarlane
Editor: Kirsty Starkey

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