Harnessing the Power of Women

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In the Balance discusses whether getting more women into business will improve their human rights. Justin Rowlatt discusses how encouraging women to be entrepreneurs can give them independence and greater power in developing economies. Justin is joined at the Said Business School in Oxford by guests Cherie Blair, founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, which is doing work on training entrepreneurs in developing countries; Wu Qing, founder of the Beijing Cultural Development Centre for Rural Women and an activist for women's rights. And Muna AbuSulayman, the first Saudi UN Goodwill Ambassador. Muna was also the first Saudi woman to become a media personality and she is an entrepreneur with her own fashion line. And Justin learns how to taste coffee - as he slurps a brew produced by women from the International Women’s Coffee Alliance.