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Radio 4,24 Jan 2014,58 mins
Edith Cavell; Part-time working men; Women and blindness; Children's Emergency Rescue
Woman's HourAvailable for over a year
Sheila McClennon is joined by neonatal consultant Dr Hazel Talbot and Lisa, the mother of Chance, a 14-year-old boy who urgently needs a heart transplant. Both are featured in a new series for BBC2, Children's Emergency Rescue, narrated by Fiona Bruce and made by BBC Yorkshire. Sheila asks whether more part time men could be the key to unlocking women's potential in the workplace and talks to Professor Tom Schuller about his theory, 'The Paula Principle', of why women aren't fulfilling their potential in the workplace, and why there needs to be a transformation of attitudes to part-time working if women are to get ahead. There is a new online petition to have Edith Cavell's image on a limited edition £2 marking the centenary of WW1, Cavell's biographer discusses her life. And escaping the perceptions of, and stereotypes around, blindness, isn't it harder women than it is for men? Presenter: Sheila McClennon Producer: Rozina Breen Editor: Nicola Swords.
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