Please note the special programs below:
First, “BBC Global Questions: What Does Equality mean for Women in Africa?” will air on November 14-15 on “The Weekend Documentary.”
Global Questions travels to Kenya to examine sexual politics and gender equality for women in Africa. The African Union declared 2015 the ‘Year of Women’s Empowerment’ – and while there have been examples of improved legislation on sexual violence, education and equality, for the majority, progress has been uneven and slow. Twenty years ago, the Beijing Conference on Women set ambitious targets to transform the lives of women across the world, but few women in Africa are in positions of power and influence and patriarchal politics still dominates. Many African women have poor access to land, credit, health care and education. Violence against women has reached alarming proportions and many girls still face the daunting threat of trafficking, female genital cutting, early or forced marriages and unwanted pregnancies.
The programme, chaired by BBC presenter Zeinab Badawi, brings together a panel of five high-profile Africans from the worlds of politics, civil society and the international community, including Supreme Court Judge Lady Justice Njoki Ndungu, Director of the United Nations Population Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, Co-founder of African Women are Free to Choose (AWA-FC) Fuambai Sia Ahmadu, and Somali opposition politician Junet Mohamed MP. The discussion will give ordinary Africans the chance to question key decision makers about how women can have a bigger role in influencing policy decisions and in shaping the future of their continent.
Broadcast details:
Airing: Saturday, November 14 at 1500 ET and Sunday, November 15 at 0700 ET.
Broadcast window: November 14 – December 12, 2015.
Duration: 49 minutes 30 seconds (23 minutes & 26 minutes 30 seconds) or 59 minutes including the News Bulletins, billboards & promos.
Download availability on www.bbc.co.uk/partners: from Saturday, November 14 at 21:30 GMT for 28 days.
Second, in a special 4-part series titled “Home”, Aasmah Mir hosts intimate and revealing conversations between women who travelled to the UK to create a new life and the younger female members of their communities in Britain. We hear from four women from Bangladesh, Jamaica, Poland and Nigeria to create new lives. Each woman speaks with younger female members of their communities in Britain to explore how their communities have grown and how the immigrant experience has influenced later generations.
Broadcast details:
First airings:
Episode 1 – Saturday, November 14 at 23:00 ET,
Episode 2 – Saturday, November 21 at 23:00ET,
Episode 3 – Wednesday, November 25 at 02:00 ET,
Episode 4 – Saturday, November 28 at 23:00 ET
Broadcast window: Episode 1 – Nov 14 to Dec 12, Episode 2 – Nov 21 to Dec 19, Episode 3 – Nov 25 – Dec 22, Episode 4 – Nov 28 – Dec 26.
Duration: 49 minutes 30 seconds (23 minutes & 26 minutes 30 seconds) or 59 minutes including the News Bulletins, billboards & promos.
Download availability on www.bbc.co.uk/partners: Episode 1 – from Saturday, Nov 14 at 10:30 GMT for 28 days, Episode 2 – from Saturday Nov 21 at 10:30 GMT for 28 days, Episode 3 – from Wednesday, Nov 25 at 10:30 GMT for 28 days, Episode 4 – from Saturday, Nov 28 at 10:30 GMT for 28 days.
Please see the series’ partners page for individual episode broadcast times under the “APM” heading: http://www.bbc.co.uk/partners/english/programme-series/home