08/05/2009

Human stories from behind the global headlines. With Lucy Ash.

On today's programme: Zimbabwe; Saudi Arabia's women-only hotel; Martin Pratt.

Zimbabwe
A teacher's strike may have been averted, and schools are now re-opening in Zimbabwe, but problems in the country are far from over. The BBC journalist Sue Lloyd-Roberts has been undercover to talk to ordinary people about how they're coping, three months after the creation of a new coalition government.

Saudi Arabia's women-only hotel.
The Luthan, or 'sanctuary', boasts 25 rooms and a luxury spa. It's the first women-only hotel to open in the Middle East. But how far is it fuelling segregation in Saudi Arabia?

Martin Pratt
The International Boundaries Research Unit has reached its 20th birthday. The study centre at Durham University in the north of England has taken on some of the most heated border disputes in the world. The head of the centre, Martin Pratt, explains how difficult it can be to create new boundaries.