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Woman's Hour: The rise of right-wing female leaders in Europe.

The rise of right-wing female leaders in Europe.

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What's behind the increase in women leading right-wing political parties across Europe?

From Giorgia Meloni, the prime minister of Italy, to the recent success of the Dutch populist leader Caroline Van De Plas, who leads the Farmer Citizen Movement.

Nuala McGovern talks to Costanza Hermanin from the European University Institute in Florence and Sarah De Lange from the University of Amsterdam about the success of this new breed of female leader.

In Afghanistan, the new school year has started. But for the second year running, a Taliban ban is keeping teenage girls out of school. The BBC World Service has launched a brand-new education series for children in the country aged 11-16 who are deprived from school, including girls whose secondary education has been stopped by the ruling Taliban. It's called Dars, which means 'lesson' in Dari and Pashto, the two national languages in Afghanistan. It is the first multi-platform educational programme for Afghan youth. We hear from one of the presenters of the programme Shazia Haya and one of its producers, Mariam Amam.

Are you afraid of the big, bad wolf? Where does this fear come from? Author Erica Berry was determined to find out after researching wild wolves in her home state of Oregon. In her book ‘Wolfish’ she searches through folklore and literature to see how wolves have become the symbol of predatory men and how that has shaped our fear. 

Presenter: Nuala McGovern
Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Studio Manager: Bob Nettles

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