Woman's Hour - 11/08/2008

With Jenni Murray. Including: Director Beate Arnestad discusses her award-winning documentary My Daughter the Terrorist, which follows the experiences of two young female suicide bombers who are members of the Tamil Tigers elite force, the Black Tigers. She talks about her experiences of filming in Sri Lanka and the devastating effects of 25 years of civil war on the population. Jenni is joined by Lu Kemp, director of The Pillow Book, and Japanese academic Hitomi Tobe to discuss the 10th-century Japanese noblewoman Sei Shonagon and her legacy. Kate Gilmore, Executive Deputy Secretary General of Amnesty International, and Moira Carmody, Associate Professor of Social Justice and Social Change at the University of Western Sydney, discuss violence against women in Australia. Isobel Eaton visits blacksmith Melissa Cole at her forge in Marlborough in Wiltshire. Including drama: The Pillow Book (1/5).