27/07/2012
Celebrating, informing and entertaining women, presented by Jenni Murray. Around 20,000 people will attend the WOMAD festival this weekend as it celebrates 30 years.
Presented by Jenni Murray. Around 20,000 people are expected to attend the 30th WOMAD festival in Wiltshire this weekend. WOMAD - World of Music, Arts and Dance - was founded by singer Peter Gabriel, and part of its success is due to the work of three women. We're joined by two of them, festival programmer, Paula Henderson, and Annie Menter who's the director of the WOMAD foundation, to explain the event's continuing success. The economic crisis in Greece has led to an increase in prostitution and now sex workers are being blamed for a rise in HIV infection rates. Some prostitutes have been rounded up by the police and demonised in the press. What happens when you are a grandparent and you have two or three sets of grand children living in different parts of the country? How do you share out your resources fairly and if you refuse to do long-distance caring, how best to handle any family fallout? The UK's first female accredited beer sommelier is Sophie Atherton. She joins Jenni to explain how to make the best beer.
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Beer sommelier
Jenni is joined by the UK’s first female accredited beer sommelier Sophie Atherton.
Duration: 07:36
Womad Women
We hear from festival programmer, Paula Henderson, and Annie Menter, director of the WOMAD foundation.
Duration: 15:06
Grandparenting
Jenni is joined by agony-aunt Suzie Hayman and Jan Etherington, comedy writer and journalist.
Duration: 08:32
HIV among Greek prostitutes
Jenni speaks to Reveka Papadopoulou, General Director of Medecins San Frontieres Greece and Alexander E Kentikelenis, Department of Sociology at Kings College, Cambridge.
Duration: 10:35
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- Fri 27 Jul 2012 10:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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