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Woman's Hour: Nicola Sturgeon resignation; Sharon Rose plays Sylvia Pankhurst; The power of sport; Femicide in Europe

Nicola Sturgeon resignation; Sharon Rose plays Sylvia Pankhurst; The power of sport; Femicide in Europe

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Nicola Sturgeon resignation; Sharon Rose plays Sylvia Pankhurst; The power of sport; Femicide in Europe

After a decade as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced she's stepping down.

Nicola Sturgeon's resignation - we discuss her legacy, the reasons why she's chosen to go now and who might take her place.

As Scotland’s First Minister announces her resignation after nearly a decade in the job we consider her legacy, the reasons for and the timing of her decision to go and consider who might take over with the Scotsman’s Political Editor Alistair Grant and journalist Ruth Wishart.

The musical Sylvia has just opened at the Old Vic celebrating the life of Sylvia Pankhurst – feminist, activist, pacifist, socialist, rebel who was at the heart of the Suffragette movement, with her sister Christabel and mother Emmeline.  Actor, singer and musical theatre performer Sharon Rose who plays this lesser-known Pankhurst discusses her role.

Woman's Hour is in the process of putting together our Power List for 2023 - this year focussed on finding 30 of the most powerful women in sport. But what about the power of sport itself? Hayley Compton and Jessica Morgan who say sport got them through very difficult times in their lives explain why.

What is Europe doing to tackle the issue of femicide? Since the start of 2023, there has been a wave of news coverage in Europe on violence against women, and specifically, femicide, the act of killing a woman because she is a woman. The Spanish government has called its second emergency meeting of domestic violence experts after the murder of six women and a young girl since the start of January. And in France, 18 women have been murdered this year, according to the organisation ‘Femicide by a partner or ex partner’. This is despite both countries having introduced measures to fight against gender based violence. Mélina Huet, a journalist at the French news channel LCI and director of the documentary on femicides ‘Protect the Living, Honour the Dead’ and Susana Pavlou, the director of the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies join Anita to discuss.

Presenter: Anita Rani
Producer: Kirsty Starkey

Interviewed Guest: Alistair Grant
Interviewed Guest: Ruth Wishart
Interviewed Guest: Sharon Rose
Interviewed Guest: Hayley Compton
Interviewed Guest: Jessica Morgan
Interviewed Guest: Melina Huet
Interviewed Guest: Susana Pavlou

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