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Radio 4,02 Sep 2014,58 mins

Who is Marina Silva? Behaviour in class; Life on Rainbow Warrior

Woman's Hour

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The sexual abuse and exploitation of 1400 mainly white girls in Rotherham by men predominantly of Pakistani origin has caused shock and outrage. What can be done to give British-Pakistani women in these communities a louder voice? Sara Khan of Inspire and Zlakha Ahmed join Jane. Marina Silva was born into a poor, mixed-race family in the Brazilian Amazon. She didn't learn to read and write until the age of 16. Yet this 56 year old environmentalist is posing a very real threat to the President of Brazil. So who is Marina Silva, and how did she come to pose such a huge challenge? Stop talking and face the front. What do children think of the behaviour management techniques used in the classroom and what really motivates them to work hard and behave well? Dr Ruth Payne of Leeds University has been surveying pupils in West Yorkshire and Birna Helgadottir is Head of English at Lampton School in Hounslow in London. Three ships have now sailed the world as the Rainbow Warrior - the physical emblem of the campaigning environmental group, Greenpeace. Maite Mompo has been a Greenpeace activist for over 10 years and spent six years on the second Rainbow Warrior. She's written a book - Rainbow Warriors - which follows the lives of the three ships, and her experiences, on board. This year is the 20th anniversary of the end of the Rwandan genocide. In 2004 Kiki Katese, an actress, director and writer, believing that music sooths the soul and brings people together, formed a drumming group called Ingoma Nshya - 'New Era', with women from her local community in Butare who came from different backgrounds. The country has a rich cultural tradition of drumming but this had previously been a completely male domain. The group now perform across Rwanda, Felicity Finch met them. Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Erin Riley.

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