now on bbc news, the first black woman to become a headteacher in london, and the story of the south asian women who galvanised britain s trade union movement in the 1970s. in the run up to international women s day, a special edition of witness history. you may find some of the historical images shown disturbing. hello, and welcome to witness history, with me, razia iqbal, here at the royal academy in london. today, to celebrate international women s day, we present five extraordinary moments from the recent past, as told to us by women who were there. this month, we are featuring some remarkable women. we meet carmen callil, who founded the feminist publishing house, virago press, in the 1970s. we are going back to the 60s to talk to the first female black head teacher in britain. we will find out about joseph stalin s final purge, the so called doctors‘ plot , as experienced by a young girl whose parents were arrested in moscow. and we will head to south africa to speak
the first black woman to become a headteacher in london, and the story of the south asian women who galvanised britain s trade union movement in the 1970s. in the run up to international women s day, a special edition of witness history. you may find some of the historical images shown disturbing. hello, and welcome to witness hostory, here at the royal academy in london. witness history. we present five moments in the recent past as told to us by women who were there. we are featuring some remarkable women. we meet carmen callil, who founded the publishing house virago press. we go back to the 60s and talk to the first black female head teacher in britain. and the plot experienced by a young girl whose parents were arrested in moscow under the stalin regime. and we go to south africa and see how it moves on from the horrors of apartheid. at first, london and the story of the strikers in saris. a group of south asian women employed at the grunwick factory. they decided to
us down compared to elsewhere. most of us will come out of the grey start history, with me, razia iqbal, and get to see some sunshine. a here at the royal academy in london. today, to celebrate little breezier towards the western international women s day, isles, with some showers, but most we present five extraordinary moments from the recent past, places light wind and sunny spells as told to us by women into the afternoon. temperatures who were there. well above normal for the time of this month, we are featuring year. some remarkable women. we meet carmen callil, who founded the feminist publishing house, virago press, in the 1970s. we are going back to the 60s to talk to the first female black head teacher in britain. we will find out about joseph stalin s final purge, the so called doctors plot , as experienced by a young girl whose parents were arrested in moscow. and we will head to south africa to speak to a judge who served on the truth and reconciliation commissi
the opposition called, and from early morning, they came. that word freedom was on many lips in caracas today. and we met plenty who believed venezuela s opposition leader, juan guaido, will be the one to deliver it. we are very proud of him, because he has taken us through the right route to have liberty, democracy and what we have yearned for so many years. 20 years, more or less, yearning for this moment. well, there s a sense here of celebration, the mood is very relaxed, but the intent is serious to send a message to president nicolas maduro that time is up. the opposition has gathered here in numbers. they believe that a process of change is under way in venezuela and that it won t be stopped. a military helicopter passed overhead, but the security forces kept their distance. speakers told the crowd this was a moment of history, a moment of hope for venezuela. beaming on stage, the man many now look to as a saviour, juan guaido. already being called venezuelan‘s
that word freedom was on many lips in caracas today. and we met plenty who believed venezuela s opposition leader, juan guaido, will be the one to deliver it. we are very proud of him, because he has taken us through the right route to have liberty, democracy and what we have yearned for so many years. 20 years, more or less, yearning for this moment. well, there s a sense here of celebration, the mood is very relaxed, but the intent is serious to send a message to president nicolas maduro that time is up. the opposition has gathered here in numbers. they believe that a process of change is under way in venezuela and that it won t be stopped. a military helicopter passed overhead, but the security forces kept their distance. speakers told the crowd this was a moment of history, a moment of hope for venezuela. beaming on stage, the man many now look to as a saviour, juan guaido. already being called venezuelan‘s obama, he s a powerful symbol, but an untested leader. to