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Woman's Hour: Finding My Voice. Afghanistan. Do you live with a 'man child'? Colourism. The great Christmas Sandwich debate

28/12/2022

Finding My Voice. Afghanistan. Do you live with a 'man child'? Colourism. The great Christmas Sandwich debate

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Finding My Voice. Afghanistan. Do you live with a 'man child'? Colourism. The great Christmas Sandwich debate

Finding My Voice. Taliban ban on women working for NGOs. The Christmas sandwich debate.

Author Milly Johnson. The Taliban ban on women working for NGOs. Colourism. Plus do you live with a ‘man-child’? And the Great Christmas Sandwich debate.

When did you realise you you had something to say or something you want to stand up for.  In the first in our series "Find My Voice" 
Jessica talks to Milly Johnson  the author of 20 novels which have sold over 3 million copies worldwide. She’s the winner of the Romantic Novelist Association's Outstanding Achievement Award, as well as Channel 4’s Come Dine With Me – Barnsley edition. But all that success seemed like a pipe dream, until she got her first book deal at the age of 40.

As the UN Security Council calls on the Taliban to revoke its ban on women in Afghanistan working for aid agencies - we look at the impact it will have on humanitarian operations in a country heavily dependent on aid. 

When our reporter Ena Miller gave birth to her baby called Bonnie just over a year ago - she expected to receive the standard comments..."Oh she's so beautiful, aww look at her little nose,  she's so cute, aww what a big baby..." she did get those but she also got negative remarks from friends and strangers about the colour of her baby's skin. Ena realised she was not alone  and went to meet two other mothers Fariba and Wendy to talk about their experiences and ask for their advice.

Plus do you live with a ‘man-child’? Research shows that it’s a real phenomenon, and can damage the relationship dynamic between a man and a woman, typically meaning the woman is less sexually interested. Professor @SarivanAnders joins @JessCreighton1 to tell us more

And the Christmas Sandwich.  Is it more popular than Christmas lunch? What should be in them? How important is the bread you choose? And can you ever add gravy? Nell Carter who reviews Christmas sandwiches is in the studio to tell us.

Presenter  Jessica Creighton
Producer   Beverley Purcell

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