Afghan women and the current peace talks

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

As International Women’s Day approaches and peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban continue, what are the most pressing issues facing women in Afghanistan? We hear from BBC Afghan reporter Mahjooba Nowrouzi and scholar and women’s rights advocate Dr Orzala Ashraf Nemat.

We're missing hugs, but maybe we'll get them back soon. A retired nurse in Scotland has been able to give her elderly mother a big hug for the first time in five months. Fiona Scott went to see her mum, Mary Cook, who's 90 and in a care home in Scotland yesterday. It's because restrictions have been eased a bit in Scotland - now people can go and see the one they love, INSIDE a care home, and touch them. Fiona and sex and relationships columnist for the Times, Suzi Godson, join Emma.

Actor Sue Johnston has spoken about the sexism older women face in theatre and screen. Johnston 77, has been cast as 61-year-old Sean Bean’s mother in Jimmy McGovern’s new BBC prison drama. Thirty years ago she played Sean Bean’s wife in a 1992 episode of Inspector Morse. Actor Dame Harriet Walter and film journalist and broadcaster Karen Krizanovich discuss why female actors age into older roles, while male actors remain in similar parts throughout their careers.

Pregnant women who lose their babies should be given two weeks' paid bereavement leave, according to campaigners. At the moment, only women who lose their baby after 24 weeks are entitled to statutory leave. Taylor Moss, who had a stillbirth at 23 weeks, has started a petition to change the law after she was not entitled to any time off. Her campaign is being backed by Cherilyn Mackrory, the Conservative MP who co-chairs the baby loss All Party Parliamentary Group. Taylor discusses her experience of loss, her impetus for starting the petition and what she hopes to achieve.

Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Kirsty Starkey

Interviewed Guest: Mahjooba Nowrouzi Interviewed Guest: Dr Orzaa Ashraf Nemat Interviewed Guest: Fiona Scott Interviewed Guest: Suzi Godson Interviewed Guest: Dame Harriet Walter Interviewed Guest: Karen Krizanovich Interviewed Guest: Taylor Moss

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0:41.0	Hello I'm Emma Barnet and welcome to Womensa from BBC. podcasts. eye and stopped you in your tracks. It certainly caught hours. The sight of
0:53.8	Fiona Scott hugging her 90-year-old mom Mary in a care home in Scotland, both
0:58.9	vaccinated and with rules easing in Scotland around care home visits and embraces
1:04.1	hugs are slowly coming back and into the places which have arguably needed them the
1:08.1	most care homes. I'm going to talk to Fiona shortly in a moment about that moment.
1:14.0	And we're going to also explore the importance of hugs and embraces and what they give to us.
1:19.3	But how about you? Who is top of your hugging list as and when you are allowed in particular
1:25.4	circumstances who can you not wait to wrap your arms around again? I mean what
1:30.6	have you been doing without those hugs hugs I tried this morning I was told
1:33.9	perhaps a self-hug is the way to go it's quite hard and it's not that great but what have you
1:39.0	been doing in lieu of that tell us who you can't wait to hug again what it would mean to you and and what it's taken from your life really
1:45.8	84844 is the number you need to text women's hour your text will be charged at your standard
1:51.1	message rate on social media at BBC Woman's
1:53.8	out or email us through your website our website and with your messages I personally
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