Women's rights
The Forum. Olympe de Gouges: France’s forgotten revolutionary heroine. Audio, 40 minutes
The French social activist, feminist and playwright who was executed at the guillotine
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Witness History. Cornelia Sorabji: India's first woman lawyer. Audio, 9 minutes
She was the first to graduate from Oxford and was a pioneer for women lawyers in Britain.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted30 December 2020
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- Posted28 December 2020
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- Posted18 December 2020
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- Posted15 December 2020
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- Posted7 December 2020
Witness History. Iraq's pioneering feminist. Audio, 9 minutes
Dr Naziha Al-Dulaimi was the first woman to hold a ministerial office in the Arab world
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted26 November 2020
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- Posted25 November 2020
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- Posted18 November 2020
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- Posted5 November 2020
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- Posted5 November 2020
In Our Time. Mary Astell. Audio, 52 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher Mary Astell (1666 – 1731).
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted29 October 2020
Poland abortion ruling sparks national strike. Newshour. Audio, 00:03:22
A strike is under way in opposition to a ruling introducing a near-total ban on abortion
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted28 October 2020
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- Posted13 October 2020
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- Posted7 October 2020
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- Posted26 September 2020
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- Posted19 September 2020
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- Posted18 September 2020
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- Posted25 August 2020
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- Posted18 August 2020
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- Posted18 August 2020