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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Malala Yousafzai, Grassroots sport, Talking about not having children

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani education activist and the world’s youngest Nobel Prize laureate. Since she was shot by a member of the Taliban at just 15, Malala has spent nearly a decade fighting for the educational rights of girls and women across the globe. Now she’s turning her attention to Hollywood, as Executive Producer of the short documentary film Stranger At The Gate. She shares why she’s made this move into the world of film. What happens if you and your partner disagree on whether or not to have children? If you have different opinions, do you walk away from an otherwise happy relationship? Relationship counsellor Val Sampson and Woman’s Hour listener Sarah discuss the healthiest ways to navigate the situation. As the selection of finalists for the Woman's Hour Power List 2023 gets well underway, we speak to one woman who’s been put forward for consideration. Yvette Curtis is the founder of Wave Wahines, a surf club for women and girls. She talks about the power of grassroots sport and the importance of diversity in surfing. One month after a powerful earthquake devastated parts of Turkey and Syria, hundreds of thousands of people still need adequate shelter and sanitation. But why are women and girls disproportionately feeling the aftershocks of the disaster? Novelist and political scientist Elif Shafak shares updates on the situation. Willie Mae Thornton, better known as Big Mama Thornton, wrote the hits ‘Ball N’ Chain’ and ‘Hound Dog’ which won Elvis Presley great acclaim. But why is her contribution to rock and roll rarely recognised? The poet, writer and performer Pamela Sneed discusses the life and legacy of Big Mama Thornton. Presenter: Krupa Padhy Producer: Hatty Nash

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BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts

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Good afternoon, I'm Crouper Bati and welcome to Weekend Women's Hour.

0:08.8

This is the programme each Saturday where we bring you a selection of all the best bits

0:12.7

of women's hour from the week.

0:14.6

Coming up on the programme, hundreds of thousands of people still need adequate shelter and

0:19.5

sanitation after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

0:24.1

Elif Schaffak explains why it's women and girls who are disproportionately feeling the

0:28.7

aftershocks of the disaster.

0:30.7

And we'll ask the question, what happens when you and your partner disagree on whether

0:35.6

or not to have kids?

0:37.2

I am increasingly feeling that I don't want kids and my husband had always assumed he

0:43.8

would and I think although he's open to the possibility of not having them, the big question

0:48.8

is whether he will get to a point where he decides that actually he needs to have kids

0:52.6

in his life.

0:53.6

Plus, the power of grassroots sport, as the selection of finalists for our women in sport

0:59.2

powerless gets well underway, we hear from one woman who started her own women in

1:03.7

girls surf club and we learn more about Big Mama Thornton, the black woman who was one

1:08.8

of the architects of rock and roll and wrote songs for Elves Presley, but his legacy is

1:13.7

rarely recognised today.

1:16.0

She was so powerful that basically she was like, she closed down the show every single

1:23.3

night and they didn't even give her a microphone because she was so powerful.

1:28.2

That's Pamela Sneed, he'll tell us more about Big Mama Thornton a little later on.

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