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24/03/2011

Presented by Jenni Murray. Including Anne-Marie Duff on her new play, Cause Celebre; are businesses or families winners in the Budget?; Ivory Coast; and breast reconstruction.

Jenni Murray presents: including Anne-Marie Duff who rose to fame as Fiona in the BAFTA winning TV drama Shameless. She is now back on the London stage as Alma Rattenbury in Terence Rattigan's play Cause Celebre - a tale of love, betrayal, loyalty and obsession set in the 1930s. Yesterday's Budget: has there been too much help for business at the expense of those with family responsibilities and those less well off? Jenni is joined by Frances O'Grady, deputy general secretary of the TUC, and by Katja Hall, chief policy director of the CBI. Ivory Coast is the midst of a serious and violent political stand-off following disputed presidential elections that culminated on 28 November 2010. A recent peaceful demonstration of 15,000 women ended in the deaths of seven women. Jenni speaks to Aya Virginie Toure who organised the march, and then to Liesl Gerntholz, Director of the Women's Division for Human Rights Watch and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ correspondent John James. And a national audit has produced the first figures on how breast cancer patients view the outcome of mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery. Jenni asks Dick Rainsbury, President of the Association of Breast Surgery, who chaired the audit, how important reconstructive surgery is for women, and whether enough women are offered it.

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45 minutes

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Thu 24 Mar 2011 10:00

Chapters

  • Anne-Marie Duff

    Anne-Marie Duff is back on the London stage in Terence Rattigan's play Cause Celebre - a tale of love, betrayal loyalty and obsession set in the 1930s.

    Duration: 09:26

  • Budget winners? Families v Business

    Has there been too much help for business at the expense of those with family responsibilities and those less well off?

    Duration: 07:50

  • School Report

    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News School Report gives 11-14 year old students the chance to make their own news reports. Two reporters from Cardinal Newman Catholic School in Hove investigate high heels.

    Duration: 05:12

  • Breast Reconstruction

    Women who choose breast reconstruction at the time of their mastectomy report higher levels of well being - but the level of uptake of reconstructive surgery differs greatly across the country.

    Duration: 06:25

  • Ivory Coast - Female Protestors Defiant in their Fight for Democracy

    A recent peaceful demonstration of 15,000 women supporting the rightful president-elect Ouattara ended in the deaths of seven women shot by soldiers loyal to Laurent Gbagbo.

    Duration: 12:27

Broadcast

  • Thu 24 Mar 2011 10:00

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