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Women and employment
Government figures show that more women are entering the labour market. Katie Schmuecker from the Institute for Public Policy Research and Katie Donovan from Mumsnet discuss.
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Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John talks about her new book which includes advice and recipes that she claims have helped her remain healthy since her diagnosis of breast cancer.
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Olympic hopefuls: Boxing Nicola Adams
Nicola Adams is a flyweight boxer and is hoping to qualify for Olympics. Reporter Louise Adamson met her in training.
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Elizabeth Taylor and her jewellery
A new documentary explores Elizabeth Taylor through some of her most precious possessions. Director Michael Waldman and Dr Lucy Bolton Queen Mary, University of London discuss.
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Bra hunt
Jenni finds out why Oxfam wants women to donate their unwanted bras to their shops. She talks to Fi Gilfeather, Head of Marketing of Oxfam Shops.
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Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John has never been afraid to diversify. Her music career has included country hits like “Let Me Be There”, Eighties work-out anthems like “Let’s Get Physical” and the starring role of Sandy in the phenomenally successful 1978 film Grease. Now she’s turned her hand to food writing with her book LivWise, which includes advice and recipes that she claims have helped her remain healthy since her 1992 diagnosis of breast cancer. Olivia joins Jenni to discuss her four-decade career and why she describes herself as a “cancer thriver”.
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Women and the labour market
Government figures show that more women are entering the labour market – but are they stay-at-home mums looking for part-time work or over 50s worried about their income? We’ll be discussing this and asking what today’s unemployment figures mean for women with Katie Schmuecker from the Institute for Public Policy Research and Katie Donovan from Mumsnet.
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Oxfam's big bra hunt
According to a recent YouGov report UK women are a nation of bra hoarders. Women own an average of nine bras but don't wear a third of them. Now Oxfam have launched the ‘Big Bra Hunt’. They are asking women to delve in to the depths of their drawers and donate their forgotten and unwanted bras to their shops. Jenni speaks to Fi Gilfeather, Head of Marketing of Oxfam Shops about 'the hunt'.
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Elizabeth Taylor and her jewellery
The jewels belonging to the actress Elizabeth Taylor recently featured in landmark auctions in New York and London and at her death were valued at more than £100m. Elizabeth once declared that jewels were one of the three loves of her life, alongside two of her seven husbands – the producer Mike Todd, who died in 1958, and actor Richard Burton, whom she married twice. Now a new documentary explores the Hollywood legend's extraordinary life story through some of her most precious possessions. Jenni speaks to the Director Michael Waldman and Dr Lucy Bolton Lecturer in Film Studies at Queen Mary, University of London.
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Olympics : Boxing Nicola Adams
It is exactly a hundred days until the opening ceremony. In the next in our series of features about women who are hoping to take part in London 2012, we’re meeting someone who’s competing in a sport where women are participating in the Olympics for the first time.
Nicola Adams is a flyweight boxer and is the current European champion. Nicola won’t know for sure whether she’s qualified for the Olympics until after the World Championships next month. Reporter Louise Adamson met Nicola at the GB boxing squad’s headquarters at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.
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BBC Radio 4Wed 18 Apr 2012 10:00 BBC Radio 4
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