Turkish Election, Soprano Anna Devin
Discussion on what the outcome of the Turkish election will mean for women, and soprano Anna Devin talks about battling with dyslexia and how music helped. Jane Garvey presents.
What will the outcome of the Turkish Election mean for women?
Women over 55 make the best bosses according to a recent report from the International Labour Organisation. Why? We look at how some companies are finding ways to challenge the glass ceiling: an obstacle for many women in business and management.
Soprano Anna Devin who has battled with severe dyslexia since she was young, talks about 'learning the right way for your brain' and how music can help.
Eliza Kennedy, on her debut author 'I Take You'. Just how did she balance writing a funny novel about a free-spirited woman with more serious questions about monogamy, female sexuality and realities of happily-ever after.
And a look ahead to England's first match in the World Cup in Canada.
Presented by Jane Garvey
Producer Beverley Purcell.
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Women & The Turkish Elections
Duration: 11:39
Why do women over 50 make the best bosses?
Duration: 04:51
Eliza Kennedy
Duration: 09:56
Consider the Fork
Duration: 05:55
Women鈥檚 World Cup Football
Duration: 03:06
Dealing with dyslexia through music
Duration: 05:43
Women & The Turkish Elections
Parliamentary elections in Turkey on Sunday bring new hope for greater gender equality in the country. The vote brought an end to President Erdogan鈥檚 13 year majority rule and also returned the highest number of female MPs ever. It鈥檚 welcome news to those who called for greater equality during the election and felt concern that Turkey ranked 125 out of 140 countries in last year鈥檚 Global Gender Gap Index. President Erdogan had angered many by saying 'women and men are not equal' and last week social media was filled with photos of Turkish 'women turning their backs' on him in protest at comments he made about women. So what do the election results and Erdogan鈥檚 loss of political power mean now for women and gender equality in Turkey? To explain, Jane Garvey is joined by the 成人快手's Rengin Arslan in Istanbul.
Why do women over 50 make the best bosses?
Women over 50 make the best bosses suggests a recent report from the International Labour Organisation. Having spoken to 1200 companies across the world Deborah France 鈥揗assin from the ILO joins Jane to explain why, and how some companies are finding ways to challenge the glass ceiling: an obstacle for many women in business and management that is only now showing cracks, remaining firmly in place. Sue Langley, CEO of UKTI, Financial Services Organisation and member of the Women鈥檚 Business Council joins them.
Dealing with dyslexia through music
Anna Devin is an opera singer who has battled severe dyslexia all her life. Performing at the Royal Opera House next month, she joins Jane in studio to talk about 鈥榣earning the right way for your brain鈥 and how music can help.聽Anna will be performing Nannetta in Verdi's Falstaff at the ROH from Monday 6th July.
Eliza Kennedy
Eliza Kennedy鈥檚 first novel, I Take You, stars feisty litigator Lily in the run up to her wedding.聽Lily lives in New York but is heading home to Key West to get married. The problem is Lily likes nothing better than drinking to excess and hooking up with random men, because, as she says, 鈥淚 like men. A lot.聽 I like sex.聽 A hell of a lot鈥.聽 She has not told her fianc茅, Will, the truth about herself.聽Eliza talks to Jane about how she balanced writing a very funny novel about a free-spirited woman with more serious questions about monogamy, female sexuality and realities of happily-ever after.聽I Take You by Eliza Kennedy is published by Jonathan Cape.
Consider the Fork
The next time you refer to the daily grind, or putting your nose to the grindstone, spare a thought for where the expression comes from 鈥 the hours women spent turning raw grain into edible meals.聽In her book 鈥楥onsider the Fork鈥 food journalist Bee Wilson looks at the history of the world through the objects we use to prepare the food we eat.聽 She invited Catherine Carr into her kitchen where she used the most ancient of technologies 鈥 the pestle and mortar 鈥 to knock up a quick basil pesto.Credits
Role Contributor Presenter Jane Garvey Interviewed Guest Rengin Arslan Interviewed Guest Anna Devin Interviewed Guest Eliza Kennedy Interviewed Guest Deborah France-Massin Interviewed Guest Sue Langley Producer Beverley Purcell Broadcast
- Tue 9 Jun 2015 10:00成人快手 Radio 4
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