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Radio 4,07 Jul 2011,45 mins

Shirin Ebadi; selection and Free Schools; Sudan

Woman's Hour

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Free schools: will they be accessible to a wide social mix? Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi on her new book and why she had to leave Iran. What will independence mean for the women of Sudan, both in the north and the south. Jane Austen's greatest rival, the author Maria Edgeworth: why have so few of us heard of her? Presented by Jenni Murray.

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