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Weekend Woman's Hour: Kirsty Wark on misogyny; Mindfulness

Kirsty Wark on misogyny, blurred lines and confused messages for teenage boys. Plus the politics of childcare, mindfulness, The Testament of Mary and recorder quartet I Flautisti.

The Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark discusses misogyny, teenage boys, computer games, and the blurred Lines that exist when it comes to sexism.

Molly Campbell was front page news in 2006 when, as a school girl, she left her home in the Outer Hebrides to live with her father in Pakistan without her mother's consent. She and her mother Louise talk about the new stage play that tells their family's story.

There is just a year to go to the British election and childcare policy will be one of the battlegrounds so what do parents want from government? Setting up a business in the rural economy.

The writer Colm Toibin has given a voice to the mother of Jesus in the play the Testament of Mary. The play's Director Deborah Warner tells us why she was so keen take on the project. This year some MPs and Peers have been to Mindfulness classes and this month the All Party Parliamentary Group on Mindfulness is launched. We find out more about what it is and how it can help depression and anxiety.

And music from all female recorder quartet I Flautisti.

Presenter Jane Garvey
Producer Rabeka Nurmahomed
Editor Jane Thurlow.

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58 minutes

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Sat 10 May 2014 16:00

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Role Contributor
Presenter Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest Sudha Bhuchar
Interviewed Guest Naomi Eisenstadt
Interviewed Guest Samantha Callan
Interviewed Guest Kirsty Wark
Interviewed Guest Rebecca Rayner
Interviewed Guest Helen Culshaw
Interviewed Guest Polly Gibb
Interviewed Guest Deborah Warner
Interviewed Guest Tracey Crouch
Interviewed Guest Lisa Stephenson
Performer I Flautisti
Producer Rabeka Nurmahomed
Editor Jane Thurlow

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  • Sat 10 May 2014 16:00

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