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Radio 4,28 Jul 2012,58 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour

Woman's Hour

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Highlights from the Woman's Hour week, including a performance by Rumer. The Guardian's West Africa correspondent Afua Hersch talks about combining her work with having a young child. The Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Maureen Dowd discusses whether Marilyn Monroe was a "smart dumb blonde". One of the country's first female beer sommeliers Sophie Atherton talks about her profession and selects some beers for the summer. There are discussions on why there haven't been any prosecutions in this country over female genital mutilation; and why are more and more women opting for surgery on their labia? Presented by Jane Garvey.

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