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From Leah Borromeo: So is a woman's place just writing about the home?
I've just come back from ten days' filming in Pakistan's North West
Frontier Province. Solo. In 35-40 degree heat. Wearing full hijab. At the Sheffield Documentary Festival this weekend, I was approached by a journalist / filmmaker who was once kidnapped in the same area I was filming in. His comment: "That's a very dangerous part of the world. It's awfully brave of you to be filming there as a woman."
In retort, I asked him if he was due to be kidnapped again.
Equal pay is in the news
By Maureen Paton
Equal pay is in the news again, particularly with the nudge provided by the film Made In Dagenham that reminds us how the Equal Pay Act came into being. Although journalism has (had?) a reputation for paying men and women equally, I'm willing to bet that it ain't necessarily so.
Simon Cowell! As the mother of teenage boys, I salute you...
by Fiona Bawdon
The man behind shows like X-Factor and Britain’s Got Talent is no shrinking violet but one of his greatest and most surprising achievements has yet to receive any recognition.
By giving a platform to the likes of street dance troupes Diversity and Flawless in these shows, Simon Cowell has (no doubt unwittingly) done more than anyone to challenge public and media stereotypes of young urban men as thugs and hoodies.
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