4.2 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Amy Dowden was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer last year, and she shared her treatment journey in a BBC documentary. Now, Amy is preparing for a comeback with the show's live tour, as well as a tour of her own: Reborn, with dancer Carlos Gu. Amy joins Krupa Padhy to tell us more.
South Korea is currently experiencing huge-scale protests against President Yoon Suk Yeol. Young women are instrumental to these protests, campaigning against the President who is often seen as a representation of a patriarchal society. BBC News Correspondent Jean Mackenzie is in Seoul – she joins Krupa to tell us more about the role being played by women.
Metal detecting is an activity often linked to men, but there’s a women-only metal detecting group on Facebook that has thousands of members. Jade Cuttle is a member – she’s also a BBC New Generation Thinker, journalist & PhD Researcher at Cambridge. She joins Krupa to tell us why she thinks more women should consider taking it up as a hobby.
In a significant development for Syria, Aisha al-Dibs has been appointed as the head of the Women's Affairs Office under the Syrian interim government. What does this mean for women in Syria, and what has their reaction been? Krupa speaks to Dr Rim Turkmani, Director of Syria Conflict Research Programme at the London School of Economics.
As a new production of Oliver! hits the West End, we look at the character of Nancy. Who was she and what does she mean to us today? Professor Jenny Hartley, academic advisor to the Charles Dickens Museum, and Shanay Holmes, who is playing Nancy in the new production, join Krupa to discuss Nancy and to perform a song from the musical.
Presenter: Krupa Padhy Producer: Lottie Garton
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0:45.8 | Hello, this is Krupa, party, and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast. |
0:50.2 | Good morning, thank you for being with us at the start of this festive week. |
0:55.4 | For some people around the world, the year is ending with more questions than answers. |
1:02.2 | In Syria, there are thoughts about the consequences and the next steps after the fall of the Assad family. |
1:08.8 | As the nation looks to carve out a new future, its interim government is now starting to take shape. |
1:11.7 | And that includes a head of women's affairs. |
1:13.3 | Her name is Aisha Aldibs. |
1:15.1 | And we're going to learn more about her and what her role might mean for the women of Syria. |
1:18.6 | And from Syria to South Korea, |
1:20.6 | which over the weekend saw yet more protests, |
1:23.1 | both for and against President Yun, |
1:25.6 | a week after his impeachment for imposing a short-lived |
1:28.9 | martial law. Our correspondent in the Capitol will tell us how women have been leading the way |
1:34.2 | in the protest in a nation that has long treasured its democracy. We're also joined by the |
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