France's National Rally seeks to woo women voters
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As the far-right National Rally party works hard to win votes from French women in this month's parliamentary elections, feminist groups accuse it of using women's rights in order to advance their agenda. To discuss what's at stake with women's rights in these French elections, Annette Young talks to Paris-based feminist journalist, Megan Clement. Plus the women taking to the stage in one of Japan's ancient forms of theatre, a domain still very much dominated by men.
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