‘Shame is the one disease I really hate’

To mark International Women’s Day 2017, we hear a snapshot of women’s lives around the world as they tell us what’s on their minds. Mpho is a rape survivor and HIV positive. She runs a care centre in South Africa for children and women affected by HIV, rape and abuse.

07 March 2017

4 minutes

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Woman's Hour—International Women's Day

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