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Radio 4,10 Mar 2011,45 mins

10/03/2011

Woman's Hour

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With Jenni Murray. The actor Olivia Williams talks about her role in the world première of Neil LaBute's new play 'In a Forest, Dark and Deep'. Whitehall has reached gender parity in its top departments, with eight women Permanent Secretaries and eight men - so how has this been achieved? Siphiwe Hlophe talks about her work with HIV/Aids in Swaziland, which has the highest HIV rate in the world. And, a campaign has been launched for a statue to the 'mother of British feminism' Mary Wollstonecraft on Newington Green. Jenni finds out about Wollstonecraft's early life in North London.

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