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Lis Howell discusses why we need to know more about women鈥檚 experience of聽 so-called聽 鈥渢rolling鈥� - online abuse or gender based criticism 鈥� and whether it is putting off some women from taking part in聽public events. She has also helped launch its Expert Women campaign last year to raise awareness of the gender imbalance on screen and on the airwaves.

Latin America has the world's highest rate of unsafe abortions. In El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Chile, Honduras, Haiti and Suriname abortions are illegal without exception , even in the case of rape or if the mother鈥檚 life is endangered. In Chile the issue has been widely debated following the case of an 11 year old girl, who was raped by her mother鈥檚 partner, and is now pregnant.聽Teresa Valdes, head of a Women鈥檚 Rights group in Chile and Guadalupe Marengo from Amnesty International discuss the issue.

Dame Stephanie 鈥淪teve鈥� Shirley is a philanthropist and The Shirley Foundation is one of the top 50 grant-giving foundations in Britain.聽Dame Stephanie arrived in Britain on the Kinderstransport in 1939, aged five. In 1962, she founded her first software company.聽She employed only women until the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act made it illegal to do so, and went by the name 鈥淪teve鈥� to open doors in the male-dominated business world.聽She retired in 1993 with an estimated 拢150 million fortune. Dame Stephanie now concentrates on philanthropic work and donates to autism research, which she was drawn to through her late son Giles, who was autistic.

She adorns聽French stamps, is represented in statues in every town hall in France, and even holds the red, white and blue together in the official government logo 鈥� but who is Marianne and聽why has President Hollande鈥檚 caused quite such scandal in the present government?聽 Dr Maud Bracke, from the聽University聽of Glasgow聽tells the story of France鈥檚 most recognised 鈥榳oman of the people鈥�.

The moment your baby utters their first words is a magical time for every parent. But what is the typical age when that should happen and how do you know if your child鈥檚 language skills are developing at a 鈥榥ormal鈥� rate? Nicola Lathey is a speech therapist聽 and聽co-author of聽鈥楽mall Talk鈥�.