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Elif Shafak on Turkey; Music industry; Tory candidate selections; Accents over the years

Jenni Murray hears about the women working behind the scenes in the music industry. And what progress are the Tories making to find women candidates to field at the next election?

Dr Sarah Wollaston MP joins Jenni to talk about whether the Conservatives are doing enough to increase the number of women candidates selected to run at the next election.

Female performers are hugely visible in the music industry - but what of those behind the scenes? We look at the work of women in business and technical roles.

Turkey is one of the world's fastest growing economies. However, with just one in four women looking for work, economic participation is the lowest of all the MINT countries. Elif Shafak and Alev Scott join us to discuss life for women in Turkey today.

And we delve into the Woman's Hour archive to hear how the accents of our guests and presenters have changed.

Presenter: Jenni Murray
Producer: Rebecca Myatt
Editor: Ruth Watts.

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Thu 9 Jan 2014 10:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4

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  • Conservatives Selection Process

    Only 30% of candidates selected to fight seats for the Conservatives are female.

    Duration: 09:16

  • How have women's voices changed in broadcasting over the past 60 years?

    How and why women’s voices and accents in broadcasting have changed over the years.

    Duration: 09:36

  • Women in the Music Industry

    How do women build careers 'behind the scenes' in the music industry?

    Duration: 10:06

  • MINT Economies: Turkey

    Why is women's economic participation lower in Turkey than any other MINT country

    Duration: 11:24

Conservatives Selection Process: where are the women?

To date only 30% of candidates selected to fight seats for the Conservatives at the next election are female. Jenni is joined by Dr Sarah Wollaston Conservative MP for Totnes and Times columnist, Alice Thomson to discuss why, despite reports of David Cameron’s frustration with the situation, women continue to be passed over in constituencies and what needs to happen to reverse this pattern.

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How have women’s voices changed in broadcasting over the past 60 years?

is an archive of interviews from notable women from 63 years of the programme. The whole collection is available to listen online on the .Ìý Each week we will be broadcasting one of the interviews and making it available as a download.Ìý One of the earliest recordings is from 1946 with the actress Dame Lillian Braithwaite. Anne Karpf joins Jenni to discuss how and why women’s voices and accents in broadcasting have changed over the years.

MINT Economies: Turkey

In the last of the Woman’s Hour discussions about the reality for women in each of the emerging MINT economies of Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Turkey, today Jenni Murray turns to Turkey to find out whyÌýwomen’s economic participationÌýis the lowest of all the MINT countries?ÌýDespite being one of the world’s fastest growing economies onlyÌýone in four women are in or looking for work.ÌýJenni is joined by the writers and commentators Elif Shafak and Alev Scott.

Listen to our items on the situation for women in the other MINT economies:

Women in the Music Industry

British female artists have dominated the music industry over recent years withÌýEmeli Sande, Adele, Susan Boyle and Amy Winehouse leadingÌýthe way in album sales. But what about on the other side of the mixing desk?Ìý What do the women do behind the scenes? What goes on in the world of A&R, what do you do as a record producer and how does an engineer spend her day? Jenni talks to three women at the top of their game within the world of music. Guests: Jo Charrington, Amy MorganÌýand Mandy Parnell.

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Credits

Presenter Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest Alev Scott
Interviewed Guest Sarah Wollaston
Interviewed Guest Amy Morgan
Interviewed Guest Mandy Parnell
Interviewed Guest Jo Charrington
Interviewed Guest Anne Karpf
Producer Rebecca Myatt
Editor Ruth Watts

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  • Thu 9 Jan 2014 10:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4

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