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Radio 4,09 Oct 2018,57 mins

Women of the civil rights movement, SNP conference, Kavanaugh confirmation

Woman's Hour

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American civil rights activist Jean Stallings is one of the women who features in a new exhibition at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, we hear from her and from the curator Carrie Supple. Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon addresses her party conference today, the BBC’s Scotland Editor, Sarah Smith explains the challenges Nicola Sturgeon is facing and how she’s handled them so far. We ask what happens now Brett Kavanaugh has been sworn in to the US Supreme Court? What will it mean for women worried about future rulings on abortion? And, hear this year's Nobel Peace Prize winners, Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege, discussing their life and work. Photo: Jack Rottier photograph collection, George Mason University Libraries. Courtesy of Journey to Justice.

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