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World Service,16 Jan 2014,55 mins

Standing up to India's Sex Abusers

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Meet the Red Brigade - a female self-defence group in India confronting the problem of sexual violence by training young women in basic martial arts and gender rights. How did US pilot Captain Chesley Sullenberger stay calm and focused when he made that remarkable emergency landing in the Hudson river five years ago? 'Digital nomads' Sean Casey and Aidan Lister are travelling across the world working as web developers along the way. Algerian novelist Ahlem Mosteghanemi explains the challenge of writing about love in the Arab world. Her million-selling book The Bridges of Constantine has just been published in English. (Picture: The Red Brigade female self-defence group courtesy of the Red Brigade)

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