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Radio 4,07 Oct 2014,58 mins
Jo Swinson; Childcare and chores; Afghan girls living as boys
Woman's HourAvailable for over a year
Jo Swinson M.P. on how the Liberal Democrats plan to win back women voters. Chore wars - continuing our investigation into who does what at home: should childcare be considered a chore? With Beccy Asher, author of Shattered: Modern Motherhood and the Illusion of Equality and Imogen Thompson from Mothers at Home Matter. Tim Samuels on men and domesticity. Happy birthday, Woman's Hour - 68 today. We celebrate with a classic archive interview from Olive Shapley, one of the first presenters of the programme. Journalist Jenny Nordberg on the Afghan girls who are dressed and treated as boys by their families. Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Eleanor Garland.
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