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The A-Z of Mrs P; Compensation for Libyan rape victims; Game Changers; Losing your mum

A play about the woman who claimed to be responsible for London's first A-Z map, plus compensation for Libyan rape victims and the impact of losing your mother. With Jenni Murray.

Phyllis Pearsall says she was responsible for creating the first A-Z of London. A new play, The A-Z of Mrs P, is inspired by her story. We hear from the female duo behind the production.

What does being a Game Changer mean? Two women share their very personal experiences of changing other people's lives.

The Libyan government's plan to compensate women raped during the 2011 revolution.

And we look at the impact of losing your mother. How does it change you and how does your grief change over time?

Presenter: Jenni Murray
Producer: Laura Northedge
Editor: Karen Dalziel.

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Woman's Hour Power list 2014- Game Changers

What does being a Game Changer mean? Jenni Murray talks to two women whose personal experience turned them into game changers. Cynthia Barlow began a after her only daughter was killed in a collision with a cement truck. This year she was awarded an OBE for services to road safety. Carmel McConnell was a business consultant when teachers at a school she was visiting told her children were arriving so hungry they couldn’t learn. The result was, now a national charity that has delivered more than 6 million breakfasts to schools over the past ten years.Μύ

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Compensation for Rape Victims in Libya

Last week, the Libyan government announced that itΜύwas going to compensate women raped during the 2011 revolution. At the time of the uprising, the International Criminal Court collected evidence that pro-Gadaffi forces were using rape as a weapon of war to spread fear among its opponents. It is a bold move for the government of a conservative Muslim country to recognise women who have been subject to sexual violence in conflict as war victims. But in a country where victims of rape are often ostracised and where discussion of the crime remains taboo, how many women will be willing to come forward and admit that have been raped? Jenni is joined from Libya by Dr Laila Bugaighis – a human rights activist and Deputy Director of Benghazi Medical Centre – and by journalist and commentator Nabila Ramdani.Μύ

The impact of losing your Mother

Whether your relationship with your mother is a close and loving one or more difficult, how does it change you and the decisions you make in your own life after she’s gone? We’ll hear from three people who lost their mother at different stages of their lives.Μύ Louise Gray was 3 when her mother died without warning and has written about the effect on her on a blog called β€œβ€, Rachael Chadwick was shattered when she lost her mother to cancer just 16 days after her diagnosis. On the anniversary of what would have been her 60th birthday, and Michele Hanson’s book, Living with Mother – Right to the End chronicles her often difficult relationship with her mother who moved in with her.ΜύΜύ

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The A-Z of Mrs P

The A-Z of P, which describes itself as a musical fable opened last week at the Southwark playhouse. The production is inspired by the story of Phyllis Pearsall who claims she was responsible for creating the first A-Z of London.ΜύJenni spoke to the female duo behind the production:Μύ Gwyneth Herbert who wrote the music and lyrics and bookwriter, Diane Samuels about what drew them to the story.

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest Cynthia Barlow
Interviewed Guest Carmel McConnell
Interviewed Guest Nabila Ramdani
Interviewed Guest Laila Bugaighis
Interviewed Guest Gwyneth Herbert
Interviewed Guest Diane Samuels
Interviewed Guest Rachael Chadwick
Interviewed Guest Louise Gray
Interviewed Guest Michele Hanson
Producer Laura Northedge
Editor Karen Dalziel

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  • Wed 5 Mar 2014 10:00

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