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World Service,08 Mar 2018,53 mins

International Women's Day - Is There Equality?

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In a special programme marking International Women's Day, we examine Saudi Arabia's record on women's rights as Mohammed Bin Salman meets PM Theresa May and Queen Elizabeth on a visit to London. We speak to Manal Al Shari, the founder of the women's driving movement in Saudi Arabia. And why is the number of women working in India falling? We hear from the BBC's Rahul Tandon in Kolkata. Plus, Mattel launches a range of Barbies portraying famous women - but do they challenge stereotypes? Roger Hearing is joined throughout the programme by Jyoti Malhotra of the Indian Express in Delhi, Dr Jill Stein, who stood as Green Party candidate in the 2016 US presidential election, from Boston and Amy Bernstein, Editor of Harvard Business Review. (Picture: Theresa May with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at 10 Downing Street. Credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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