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Woman's Hour

Priti Patel on Afghan crisis, Aisha Jawando as Tina Turner

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The UK government has announced plans to resettle 20,000 Afghan refugees over the coming years, with 5,000 coming to the UK in the first year. This will be in addition to those such as interpreters and teachers who helped UK forces on the ground, and are already being offered homes here. Emma speaks to the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, on how the announcement will aim to prioritise vulnerable women and children.

“I am more than evidence, more than a witness, more than a product of rape. I am not your shame.” That was what our next guest said in her court victim statement, after a man was convicted of raping her mother, when she was then 13, and had gone to his house to babysit. Our guest was conceived from that rape. The man is called Carvel Bennett and he was found guilty of rape, and a fortnight ago he was sentenced to 11 years in prison. Now in her 40s, it's taken years for our guest to secure his conviction. We're not giving her name for legal reasons.

A musical on the life of the singer and songwriter Tina Turner has just reopened in London’s West End. Aisha Jawando previously played the part of Tina’s sister, Alline Bullock. Now, she has stepped into the lead role telling the story of a woman who dared to defy the bounds of racism, sexism and ageism to become the global Queen of Rock n’ Roll. Aisha joins Emma and sings live in the Woman’s Hour studio.

Presented by Emma Barnett Produced by Frankie Tobi

Transcript

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Hello, I'm Emma Barnet and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:40.0

Hello and welcome to today's program.

0:42.0

Yesterday, I asked you what this country and the world should do to help Afghans as they return to life

0:48.0

under Taliban rule. Today our government has responded.

0:51.8

20,000 Afghan refugees will be offered asylum in the

0:54.8

UK over the coming years. Within the first year 5,000 refugees will be eligible

1:00.0

with women and girls having priority.

1:02.6

Shortly you'll hear about that specific point from the Home Secretary Priti Patel.

1:06.6

But this focus on women comes amid reports that women and girls have disappeared off the streets in Afghanistan, haven't returned to work,

1:14.2

are fearful that girls will be denied an education as they were under previous Taliban

1:18.3

rule and that prominent female politicians and public figures homes are being

1:22.3

targeted.

1:23.7

And yet a spokesman for the Taliban gave a press conference yesterday,

1:27.4

in which he had this to say about women.

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