Weekend Woman's Hour: Leah Williamson, Women and Partition, Afghan women's radio

Woman's Hour

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🗓️ 13 August 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Having led the England women’s team to Euro 2022 victory, the Lionesses' captain, Leah Williamson, reflects on the Euro 2022 victory and answers young listeners' questions. The Armed Forces are not reaching their targets in terms of recruiting women. The MOD is hoping to increase the proportion of women in the armed forces to 30% by 2030 but they have not met the target set for 2020. We discuss with Lauren Godier-McBard and Ria Jackson. It's the end of an era - the actor playing Peggy in The Archers is hanging up her mic at the age of 103. June Spencer has played the matriarch since 1951. Her last appearance was on Sunday's omnibus edition. Felicity Finch who plays Ruth Archer, shares how the rest of the cast has reacted to the news. It’s been described as one of the most seismic events of the 20th century, but how did the Partition of India affect women? The split led to violence, disruption and death with women facing kidnapping, rape and forced suicide. It was a time of huge destruction and disruption but it was also a time of courage, compassion and survival of the women who overcame trauma to somehow rebuild their lives. We hear from Shruti Kapila, Professor of Indian History at Cambridge University and Ritu Menon, feminist publisher and writer, and author of Borders & Boundaries: Women in India’s Partition. BBC Afghan have a new radio programme called 'Women' which focuses on women and girls, especially those in rural areas. It's presented by Shazia Haya in Pashto, and Aalia Farzan in Dari who fled their home country last August when the Taliban retook control. Faranak Amidi is the presenter of World Service's The Fifth Floor and caught up with Shazia and Aalia. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lucy Wai Editor: Lisa Jenkinson

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour, where we bring you the must-here interviews from
0:04.8	the week just gone and what a week it's been. On today's programme, Leah Williamson Captain
0:10.1	of England Women shares her experience of leading the lionesses to the stunning Euro-22 victory.
0:16.6	Women and Partition, we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Partition of India
0:21.6	with Professor Shruti Kapilar and feminist publisher Ritu Menon, and we pay tribute to June Spencer,
0:27.6	who's retiring from her role as Peggy from the Archers at 103 years old. What have you been doing
0:34.0	with your lives? But first, if you were listening to Thursday's programme, you will have heard that we
0:38.9	had a new captain for the day, Leah Williamson, captain of England Women who did an exclusive takeover
0:45.3	for Woman's Hour. Leah and the lionesses are European champions, yes they are. Bringing home
0:50.8	the first senior major trophy for England since 1966. She's 25 and was named Captain just a few
0:58.0	months ago. She's been a popular face amongst women's football fans for years as an Arsenal defender,
1:03.1	but now she's a household name, and Leah is using her success to boost the grassroots,
1:08.7	especially getting more girls playing football at school. Jess Kytton caught up with Leah to reflect
1:14.2	on her stunning victory and began by asking her what was going through her mind when the final whistle
1:19.7	blew? I was going a bit crazy in my head and I actually thought that extra time finished at 115
1:25.8	minutes, so I've been screaming at her for about five minutes to blow the whistle. So when it finally
1:31.1	went, yes, massive relief to be honest. I broke down in tears because obviously you talk about
1:37.5	things, but that's been my dream since I was a little girl, and yeah, to finally say that we've
1:42.9	done it is pretty special. I think the whole team were in tears, not just the team, the whole
1:47.4	stadium. I was in that stadium. The energy was electric. We really could feel everything that
1:53.1	you guys were feeling on the pitch. Everyone was jumping around at the full-time whistle, but then
1:57.2	I saw you go over to one of the opposition players who was obviously crying her eyes out, one of
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