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22/11/2010

Presented by Jane Garvey. Women and the role silence plays in their spiritual lives, female unemployment, primogeniture, singles therapy, and a documentary on Islamabad bombings.

Presented by Jane Garvey. Women and the role silence plays in their spiritual lives the Rev'd Lucy Winkett and Christy Casley from the Self Realisation Meditation Healing Centre in Somerset discuss the issue. We look the phenomenon of "singles therapy" as a route to forming a lasting relationship. Cathy Scott Clark talks about her new documentary Terror in Islamabad. The latest employment figures have revealed that the number of women who are out of work has reached more than one million, its highest level for more than 20 years. At the same time women will reportedly be hardest hit by the Government's spending cuts. To discuss these figures Jane is joined by Ceri Goddard, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society and Professor Len Shackleton, Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs and Dean of Business School at the University of East London. And as If the laws of succession were to be changed and Prince William and Kate Middleton's first born was a girl, she would be heir to the throne. We speak to Lorely Burt MP for Solihull who has tabled a Commons motion to eventually allow that possible succession to take place, and look at why these so-called discriminatory laws remain unchanged despite support for them to be amended.

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45 minutes

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Mon 22 Nov 2010 10:00

Chapters

  • Women and Unemployment

    The number of women who are out of work has reached its highest level for more than 20 years. Ceri Goddard, Fawcett Society and Professor Len Shackleton at the Institute of Economic Affairs discuss.

    Duration: 11:16

  • Royal Succession

    If the laws of succession were changed and Prince William and Kate Middleton’s first born was a girl, she would be heir to the throne. Jane is joined by Lorely Burt MP.

    Duration: 05:17

  • Singles therapy

    Author Katy Regan has been in “singles therapy” for nearly a year. Is singles therapy the key to finding happiness? The journalist Tanya Gold joins Katy to discuss.

    Duration: 09:25

  • Cathy Scott-Clark

    Last year there was a double suicide attack at the Islamic University of Islamabad, with the deadliest bomb targeting the girls’ cafeteria. The journalist Cathy Scott-Clark joins Jane to discuss.

    Duration: 06:54

  • Silence and Retreats

    The Rev Lucy Winkett who has written a book about silence and Christy Casley from the Self Realization Meditation Healing Centre in Somerset dicscuss the power of silence.

    Duration: 08:36

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  • Mon 22 Nov 2010 10:00

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