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Joss Stone, Yazidi women, Karen Blackett

Joss Stone performs a song from her latest album. The project bringing young Yazidi women to talk to schools in Birmingham about being kidnapped. Sara Paretski on her latest novel.

Joss Stone performs a song from her latest album.

An anti-extremism campaign has brought Yazidi Iraqi women to schools to talk about being captured by IS. Baroness Nicholson, founder of the Amar Foundation explains why she wants to help the women tell their story.

One of the new Dragons in Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two's Dragon's Den, Sarah Willingham on combining motherhood and business. The supermarket equal pay claims: why are female dominated shopfloor workers paid less than those in male dominated distribution centres?

American crime writer Sara Paretsky talks about her latest book featuring her female private eye V I Warshawski. A school in Stoke on Trent has banned skirts because they are 'distracting' to male teachers. We discuss.

Woman's Hour Power List influencer Karen Blackett OBE runs the largest media agency in the UK, Mediacom. She talks about the world of advertising and its impact on our everyday life.
Presented by Jane Garvey
Produced by Rabeka Nurmahomed.

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58 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Jane Garvey
Producer Rabeka Nurmahomed
Interviewed Guest Emma Nicholson
Interviewed Guest Sarah Willingham
Interviewed Guest Sarah Veale
Interviewed Guest Sara Paretsky
Interviewed Guest Jessica Ringrose
Interviewed Guest Vic Goddard
Interviewed Guest Francis Gilbert
Interviewed Guest Karen Blackett
Interviewed Guest Joss Stone

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  • Sat 18 Jul 2015 16:00

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