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Woman's Hour: Rachel Wood & Dr Penny Coombes Monicah Kamandau, Brianna Fruean &  Farhana Yamin , Dani Larkin, Dr Asma Khalil

Roman remains with Rachel Wood and Dr Penny Coombes Monicah Kamandau. Brianna Fruean & Farhana Yamin & music from Dani Larkin

Rachel Wood & Dr Penny Coombes Monicah Kamandau, Brianna Fruean &  Farhana Yamin , Dani Larkin, Dr Asma Khalil

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Rachel Wood & Dr Penny Coombes Monicah Kamandau, Brianna Fruean &  Farhana Yamin , Dani Larkin, Dr Asma Khalil

Roman sculptures including women & children unearthed during the HS2 rail construction.

Archaeologist Rachel Wood discusses the Romano-British sculptures unearthed during excavations for the HS2 rail project with Dr Penny Coombes and Anita Rani.

Following last week’s astounding discovery of a set of Roman sculptures on the HS2 rail link route in Stoke Mandeville, we hear from the lead archaeologist for HS2 contractor Fusion Rachel Wood and also from Dr Penny Coombes, a Teaching Associate in Roman Archaeology at the University of Sheffield. 

Studies consistently show that women are more vulnerable than men to the impacts of climate change. This is due to women being more likely to live in poverty, more likely to be dependent on the land and natural resources in their day to day lives, and less likely to hold positions of power that could bring about change. Given the stakes, we ask if these women from developing countries are being heard at the climate conference COP26? Anita Rani talks to Monicah Kamandau from Kenya,  Brianna Fruean from Samoa and Farhana Yamin, an expert in environmental law and giving a voice to vulnerable nations in international climate negotiations.

When you look back over your relationships do you see patterns? Today the story of a woman we are calling Katy who feels that her earliest experiences shaped what she looked for and needed from her partners.

And Dani Larkin, a folk musician from the Armagh-Monaghan border joins Anita live in the studio, along with her banjo, to perform her new single – Bloodthirsty!

Presenter: Anita Rani
Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Studio Engineer: Bob Nettles.

 

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