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Woman's Hour - 23/06/2008

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With Jane Garvey. Including: Are girls risking sporting injury from overtraining? Author Michael Sokolove and sociologist Elizabeth Pike discuss the UK culture of youth sports. Champion athlete Liz McColgan describes how injury affected her sporting career. Jennifer Worth talks about her latest book Shadows of the Workhouse, which continues the story of her experiences as a district nurse and midwife in London's East End during the 50s. Following the death of her husband Clive from prostate cancer in 2003, 57-year-old Rosie Swale-Pope embarked on a 20,000-mile run around the world to raise money for charity. Jane talks to Rosie about her epic run. What can be done to help British ladybirds under threat? With Christina Majerus and Remy Ware. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has missed quotas on appointing female cabinet ministers. Emma Wallis reports. Including drama: The Way We Live Right Now (6/15).