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Singles Special

What does it mean to be a single woman round the world, and do you need love to be happy?

In a special Everywoman devoted to the lives of single women around the world, the show looks at what being single means in different parts of the world, and asks 'do you really need a partner to be happy?'

Also on the programme: In the Congo, polygamy is still legal, and life is not easy for young, single women, as the show discovers. Plus, why being single is increasingly being seen as a positive thing in Tokyo.

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28 minutes

麻豆社 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project