Women in Egypt; Emma Pooley
Women in Egypt. Angry women in fiction. Is it time for a women's Tour de France? Jane Garvey presents the female perspective on the world.
Women in Egypt. Emma Pooley on why she thinks it's time for a women's Tour de France. Angry women in fiction with Clare Massud and Joanna Briscoe. How to be an Ambitious Woman - lessons from the Woman's Hour Power List with Heather McGregor. Jamila Abbas on her new app for African farmers. Presented by Jane Garvey.
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Women In Egypt
Independent journalist in Cairo Shahira Amin on women in Egypt in the political turmoil
Duration: 05:53
Angry Women In Fiction
Claire Messud and Joanna Briscoe on Nora Eldridge and other angry women in literature
Duration: 09:22
Women鈥檚 Tour De France
British cyclist Emma Pooley on why there should be a female stage of the Tour de France
Duration: 06:55
Be Ambitious
MD, writer & presenter Heather McGregor & careers consultancy Chief Executive Penny DeValk
Duration: 11:04
Jamila Abass
Jamila Abass on her mobile phone app for farmers in rural Kenya
Duration: 07:29
Women In Egypt
Women were a big part of Egypt鈥檚 Arab Spring protests, coming out onto the streets and making their voices heard as they called for a new Egypt. But following the ousting of President Morsi, the country鈥檚 first freely elected leader, how have women鈥檚 rights progressed? Tens of thousands of protesters have been taking to the streets, and there have been reports of a rise in sexual assault and harassment against women. So has anything changed? And what does the future look like for Egypt鈥檚 women?
Angry Women In Fiction
鈥淗ow angry am I? You don鈥檛 want to know. Nobody wants to know about that.鈥 So says, Nora Eldridge, in the opening sentence of Claire Messud鈥檚 new novel, The Woman Upstairs.聽 Nora has always been a good girl 鈥 a good daughter, colleague, friend, and employee - but inside she is fuming.聽 Claire Messud and novelist and reviewer Joanna Briscoe join Jane to discuss Nora Eldridge and other angry women in literature.
Women鈥檚 Tour De France
Is it time for a Women鈥檚 Tour de France? British Cyclist Emma Pooley has called for a female stage of the Tour de France when the race comes to Yorkshire next year. Why isn鈥檛 there a high profile women鈥檚 road race?
Jamila Abass
Jamila Abass has designed a mobile phone app which allows farmers in rural Kenya to receive crop prices and market information via SMS. This means that farmers can contact buyers directly, cutting out the middle man and achieving the best prices for their produce.聽 Jamila joins Jane to talk about her work in IT, and how it is transforming the lives of ordinary farmers in Africa.
Be Ambitious
Do women lack ambition when it comes to making it to the top of the career ladder? While men don鈥檛 have much of a problem owning their victories, if you admit to being ambitious as a woman you're somehow seen as unfeminine, unsexy, or macho. Women face unique challenges, but are they unlikely to achieve as much as men unless they assume full responsibility for their own success?
Credits
Role Contributor Presenter Jane Garvey Interviewed Guest Heather McGregor Interviewed Guest Emma Pooley Interviewed Guest Jamila Abbas Interviewed Guest Clare Massud Interviewed Guest Joanna Briscoe Editor Alice Feinstein Broadcast
- Tue 9 Jul 2013 10:00成人快手 Radio 4
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