Questions of Character

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Pascale Harter introduces stories of women's and children's rights, political wrongs and personal drama from around the world. Jonathan Head has reported on South East Asia for the BBC for many years - so he's well placed to weigh up the dramatic ironies of recent events in Malaysia. After a shock election result, many of the old characters are back in power, but playing very different roles. It's all rather Shakespearean... Vincent Woods reflects from Dublin on why both sides of the Irish abortion-law referendum campaign are calling on figures and symbols from the past - and what the vote could reveal about where power in the land lies today. Sonia Faleiro exposes a national scandal hidden in plain sight: India's many thousands of missing children. Parents searching for sons or daughters who disappear often feel that due to their own low status, or disinterest on the part of the police, there's no chance of tracking them down. And Vicky Baker meets two Nicaraguan women who won't turn down the volume on women's rights - a musician and a radio host who're using their work to discuss everything from LGBT identity to domestic violence (and groping taxi drivers.) PHOTO: Former (and now present) Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad celebrates with other leaders of his coalition during a press conference following the 14th general elections in Kuala Lumpur on early May 10, 2018. ( MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images)