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Leyla Hussein and Nimco Ali; coding in schools; #YesAllWomen; Kate Millett

With Jenni Murray. Leyla Hussein and Nimco Ali from Daughters of Eve discuss their work as anti-FGM activists; coding lessons at state schools; and Laurie Penny on #YesAllWomen.

Leyla Hussein and Nimco Ali from Daughters of Eve discuss their work as anti-FGM activists and their reaction to being named as Game Changers on the Woman's Hour Power List.

Laurie Penny explains why so many women have turned to Twitter to share their experiences of harassment, fear and sexual assault under the hashtag 'YesAllWomen' as a response to the shootings by Elliot Rodger in California.

From September the national curriculum will change and all children over the age of 5 will have coding lessons at state schools. So how can teachers prevent this being seen as a 'boys' subject?

Joanna Rakoff talks about her job reading and responding to the fan mail of the world's most reclusive writer - Catcher in the Rye author J.D. Salinger.

Kate Millett, author of 'Sexual Politics', is considered of the pioneers of modern feminism, so why has she been largely forgotten?

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Chapters

  • Game Changers Leyla Hussein and Nimco Ali

    what continues to propel them to campaign against female genital mutilation?

    Duration: 09:22

  • Yes All Women

    Laurie Penny explains why over 1.2 million people have used the #YesAllWomen hashtag.

    Duration: 14:22

  • Coding in Schools

    As of this September all children over the age of 5 will have coding lessons at school.

    Duration: 09:49

  • Joanna Rakoff

    Joanna Rakoff on working for a very famous client, the reclusive author J.D. Salinger

    Duration: 06:30

  • Kate Millett

    Kate Millett's book 'Sexual Politics' caused controversy when it was published in 1970.

    Duration: 10:43

Game Changers Leyla Hussein and Nimco Ali

We hear from Nimco Ali and Leyla Hussein, joint number six on our t. It was felt they both deserved recognition because of β€œsaving the lives of girls across the UK with their work” in challenging the practise of Female Genital Mutilation. Judge Reni Eddo-Lodge said their organisation, Daughters of Eve, came to the fore because it has managed to change national discourse on this issue and mainstreamed it. They both join Jenni in the Woman’s Hour studio to talk about what continues to propel them to work toward a culture change and a legacy around the safety.Β 

Yes All Women

Over the weekend the world was shocked by news reports that a 22 year-old student called Elliot Rodger had murdered six people and injured several others at his university in California.Β  Laurie Penny joins Jenni to explain why over 1.2 million people have used the #YesAllWomen hashtag to describe their experience of misogyny in response to the killings.

Coding in Schools

This is – and in September the national curriculum will change– meaning that all children over the age of 5 will have coding lessons at school. To get ready for the changes, many schools are starting coding clubs, teaching children how to create programmes and understand how a computer works. But while there is a drive to get the next generation coding, this field is still male dominated - only 13% of all jobs in Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) in the UK are occupied by women. Β So what can be done to make computer science more appealing to girls?

Jenni will be joined by , an education pioneer at the Β and vice chair of , an initiative to get more girls and minority groups into computing. And by , who runs her own tech marketing company and has been coding since she was at primary school.

Joanna Rakoff

Joanna Rakoff was twenty-three when she accepted a job at an old-fashioned literary agency with a very famous client; reclusive author J.D. Salinger.Β  One of Joanna’s responsibilities was replying to the piles of letters that fans of his books, including Catcher in the Rye and Franny and Zooey, sent to the agency in the vain hope that Salinger would reply to them.Β  Through reading the letters, Joanna began to realise the importance of Salinger’s work, and eventually the impact that both the letters and the books were having on her.Β  Jenni talks to Joanna about her memoir My Salinger Year.

Kate Millett

is one of the pioneers of modern feminism.Β  Her book 'Sexual Politics' caused huge controversy when it was published in 1970. It became the handbook of the Women’s Liberation Movement.Β  After appearing on the cover of Time magazine she became one of the feminist movement’s most recognizable faces. But since then she has largely disappeared from both the public eye and contemporary feminism.Β  On Friday takes place to discuss what her contribution has been to the feminist movement. Jenni is joined by Liz Shorrocks, who taught on one of the first Women’s Studies courses in the UK, and by Victoria Hesford,Β Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Stony Brook University, New York who will be giving a talk on Kate Millett.Β 

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Jenni Murray
Producer Karen Dalziel
Interviewed Guest Leyla Hussein
Interviewed Guest Nimco Ali
Interviewed Guest Laurie Penny
Interviewed Guest Carrie Anne Philbin
Interviewed Guest Tamara Sword
Interviewed Guest Joanna Rakoff
Interviewed Guest Liz Shorrocks
Interviewed Guest Victoria Hesford

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  • Wed 28 May 2014 10:00

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