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Haxie MEYERS-BELKIN

2024 European elections: Women's groups brace for a lurch to the right

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With EU elections now just around the corner, women's rights groups are anxiously waiting to see if pollsters have been correct to predict a surge in support for the far right. At a country level, parties associated with the far-right groups in the European Parliament have a long history of seeking to erode sex-specific protections, including access to abortion. Haxie Meyers-Belkin speaks to Jéromine Andolfatto, a policy and campaign officer with the European Women's Lobby.

Also, ahead of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, we hear about the fight to get dozens of women who worked alongside WWII codebreaker Alan Turing the recognition they're due.

Plus we meet the dissident Iranian taekwondo star Kimia Alizadeh, as she prepares to go for gold for her adoptive Bulgaria in the upcoming Paris Olympics.

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