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Radio 4,17 May 2012,58 mins

Sweden: Are Women Living the Dream?

Woman's Hour

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Sweden is a country that's rated top for gender equality, while its furniture finds space in our homes and our TV schedules make space for the latest Scandi-crime series,The Bridge. But what is life like for women in a country where shared parenting in the norm and childcare is unquestioningly subsidised by the state? Jenni Murray travels to the capital Stockholm to find out whether the egalitarian dream is all it's cracked up to be. Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Ruth Watts.

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