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World Service,03 Jun 2002,28 mins

Women In The Italian Mafia

Everywoman

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A shootout between two rival Mafia clans in Southern Italy left three women dead - and the perpetrators and victims were all women. What does this say about the changing role of women in the Italian Mafia? Also on the programme: An interview with the woman who built Somaliland's first maternity hospital for the poor. Plus, a look at the Chinese women adapting to life in Hong Kong.

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