Lucy Mangan, Girls & Education in Afghanistan, Sexual Assault, Consent & 'Grey Areas'
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Who does what in your home? Sourcing school shoes? Calling the plumber? Sorting the threadworms? In her debut novel 'Are We Having Fun Yet?' author and columnist Lucy Mangan reveals the comic diary of Liz who is 'outwardly mute, inwardly mutinous' as she does her best to keep the domestic show on the road.
In her new book Rough, Rachel Thompson looks at how violence has found its way into the bedroom. A study released this summer set out to gauge the extent of violence against women. One shocking finding revealed that half of respondents had "woken up to their male partner having sex with them or performing sex acts on them whilst they are asleep." Emma discusses these findings and the impact on women with Rachel and Dr. Jessica Taylor, co author: Understanding the Scale of Violence Committed Against Women in the UK Since Birth.
For 26 days teenage girls in Afghanistan haven't been able to go to school. The Taliban has banned them from secondary schools. If girls don't go to secondary school, that means they're unlikely to go to further education or university. Under their new government, Taliban officials said that women will be allowed to study and work in accordance with the group's interpretation of Islamic religious law. Emma discusses the current situation with Yalda Hakim, presenter on BBC World; and a teacher in Afghanistan.
Presented by Emma Barnett
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts |
| 0:05.2 | Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:09.8 | Hello and welcome to the programme. |
| 0:12.4 | Today marks 26 days since Afghan girls have been stopped from going to secondary school, |
| 0:17.9 | this after the Taliban took over the country. |
| 0:20.5 | Today we speak to one teacher on the ground and our correspondent to get the latest |
| 0:24.4 | on a reality we must not forget. |
| 0:27.0 | And sex in the middle of the night with your partner, |
| 0:29.4 | while you're asleep, concerns about concerns and other aspects of behaviour in the bedroom |
| 0:34.5 | we seldom discuss. Two experts will be on hand. |
| 0:38.4 | But the question I want to ask you today is around what's going on in our homes or some of them. |
| 0:43.8 | Often written off as unimportant, soft, frilly, homes and how we live our lives have been under |
| 0:49.7 | the spotlight more than ever because of the pandemic. |
| 0:52.6 | And the poll about equality that we did for Women's Hour's 75th anniversary |
| 0:57.0 | also told us that the place that 75% of women feel most unequal, |
| 1:01.7 | and that was the highest number I should say, |
| 1:03.7 | that about any other subject is in the home, |
| 1:06.7 | with more housework and domestic chores falling to women. |
| 1:10.4 | And yes, it was also the area women felt least compelled to do anything about |
| 1:15.4 | or make any changes too, so a bit of a mismatch there. |
| 1:18.6 | And on the programme last Thursday, the special programme if you missed it, |
| 1:21.5 | you can catch up on BBC Sounds. |
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