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Women Fighting Fire

A female firefighters talks about why she was drawn to the job, and the USA forest fires

At a time when more and more women are becoming firefighters, the show talks to a female firefighter working to help control the forest fires blazing in the USA.

Also on the programme: Who does the housework in South Korea? Why a new film in which a woman chooses a career over housework is causing great controversy. Plus, the Zambian woman who worked her way up (or down?) from secretary to owning her very own mine.

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28 minutes

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project