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Are Things Getting Better For Women?

Angela King talks about her job of improving the lot of women in the United Nations

In the five years since the Bejing Women's Conference, some issues are as bad or worse than ever, including FGM and sex trafficking. The show talks to Angela King, Assistant Secretary General of the UN, the woman tasked with putting the ideas into action.

Also on the programme: Why Africa's slimmer of the year has been accused of abandoning her African heritage. Plus, the Norwegian prince who's picked a single mother to be his princess.

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29 minutes

91热爆 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project