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Woman's Hour: Helen O'Hara, International Day of the Girl, photojournalist Anastasia Taylor-Lind on Ukraine

Helen O'Hara, International Day of the Girl, photojournalist Anastasia Taylor-Lind on Ukraine

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Helen O'Hara, International Day of the Girl, photojournalist Anastasia Taylor-Lind on Ukraine

Violinist Helen O'Hara from Dexy's Midnight Runners.

Violinist Helen O'Hara on choosing Dexy's Midnight Runners over a career in a symphony orchestra.

The Royal College of Nursing, the world's biggest nurses' union, has a culture of bullying and misogyny, according to an internal report.  Jessica Creighton speaks to Pat Cullen, the General Secretary and Chief Executive of the RCN who commissioned the report.
Helen O’Hara is a violinist and composer who plays the ear catching violin on the massive No.1 hit Come on Eileen.  She joins Jessica to  explain why she chose to become a key member of Dexy’s Midnight Runners rather than join a symphony orchestra, how she picked up her violin again after a long break to raise her sons, and the story behind the title of her memoir – What’s She Like. 
Today is International Day of the Girl, a global day of action for girls rights. The CEO of the charity Plan International, Rose Caldwell is the CEO of Plan International UK & the Welsh Social Justice Minister Jane Hutt will join Jessica Creighton to discuss how to get more women into leadership and where we are with achieving gender equality. 
At the end of the Coperni show during Paris Fashion Week, two men spray painted a white dress onto model Bella Hadid. After a few minutes the dress moved with Hadid’s body like a regular, fitted fabric as she walked down the runway. Will we all be spraying on our clothes in the future?  We speak to sustainable fashion journalist Megan Doyle to find out more.
The war in Ukraine may have reached its culmination with the Russian invasion earlier this year, but for people living on the front lines, the fighting has been constant since 2014. Photojournalist Anastasia Taylor-Lind joins Jessica to discuss her work and new upcoming exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. 

Presenter: Jessica Creighton
Producer: Lucinda Montefiore

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