The rise of right-wing female leaders in Europe.

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Nuala McGovern talks to Costanza Hermanin from the European University Institute in Florence and Sarah De Lange from the University of Amsterdam about the success of this new breed of female leader. In Afghanistan, the new school year has started. But for the second year running, a Taliban ban is keeping teenage girls out of school. The BBC World Service has launched a brand-new education series for children in the country aged 11-16 who are deprived from school, including girls whose secondary education has been stopped by the ruling Taliban. It's called Dars, which means 'lesson' in Dari and Pashto, the two national languages in Afghanistan. It is the first multi-platform educational programme for Afghan youth. We hear from one of the presenters of the programme Shazia Haya and one of its producers, Mariam Amam. Are you afraid of the big, bad wolf? Where does this fear come from? Author Erica Berry was determined to find out after researching wild wolves in her home state of Oregon. In her book ‘Wolfish’ she searches through folklore and literature to see how wolves have become the symbol of predatory men and how that has shaped our fear. Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Bob Nettles

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:06.0	Hello, this is Nulem O'Goveren and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast.
0:10.6	Welcome to Woman's Hour.
0:12.0	Now, if I say wolf, what comes to mind?
0:15.6	Fairytale, or maybe you think of a werewolf, or maybe you think it's an animal you'd like
0:21.0	to see reintroduced to the UK?
0:23.0	Oh my guest, Erika Berry, has written a wolffish.
0:26.0	It is a fascinating journey about the place of wolves in our consciousness.
0:31.0	And she actually follows real life wolves in Oregon, but she also looks at
0:36.0	has some of our early introductions to wolffish characters, shape our actions and our fears.
0:42.0	As we grow up, it's fascinating stuff, that's coming up.
0:45.0	We also want to speak about the rise of a female right-wing politicians, Rika Bura.
0:50.0	You might have seen her, the leader of the Finn's party.
0:53.0	She's got success in yesterday's election, though not winning outright.
0:57.0	She could form part of a coalition government.
1:00.0	If I talk about Italy's Georgia Maloney, you might know that name.
1:04.0	She grabbed headlines since she took power initially in October 2022 as Prime Minister.
1:10.0	Recently, her government banned chat Gbt.
1:13.0	She's now trying to penalize using English words in official Italian communications.
1:19.0	So we'll talk about her, but I'm also wondering if you've been following the Netherlands,
1:24.0	where Caroline Vanderplace caused what was called a Dutch political earthquake.
1:28.0	What is it about this particular moment that is seeing this upsurge of women on the right in these positions?
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