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World Service,21 Aug 2009,28 mins

21/08/2009

Outlook

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Personal stories behind the news from all over the world. With George Arney. On today's programme: Japanese sex discrimination; Organic Family Farm; Running in South Africa. Fighting for Equality As the UN reports on the failure of Japanese businesses to counter sexual discrimination in the workplace, George Arney talks to one woman who has been fighting for equal pay for the last 14 years. Farming Families Geoff and Annie Main are city kids who created an organic farm from scratch in California. Part of Outlook's series on Five Farms in the USA. Comrades ultra-marathon Poppy Simpson talks about the runners who take part in South Africa's annual 89 km race.

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