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Where would you use beeswax, onion peels and egg shells?听 They are all part of the ancient art of decorating Pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs.听 It鈥檚 a skill which has been handed down from mother to daughter for centuries.听听 Genia Mandzij talks to听Sheila McClennon 听about the history and symbolism of this tradition and how to decorate the eggs with beeswax and dye.

Why do girl鈥檚 abuse?听 Pioneering research is being undertaken by into girls engaged in sexually harmful behaviour.听听 Denise Moultrie, Manager of Taith and Richard Beckett, a Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, talk to听Sheila McClennon 听about why some girls abuse and why research in this area has never been done in this way before.

Preparations are underway for the Oxford v Cambridge Women鈥檚 boat race this Sunday. Founded in 1927, the women鈥檚 race only became a permanent fixture in the 1960s. But even then the women鈥檚 crews faced some hostility from some of their male counterparts, who didn鈥檛 believe that women should be allowed to row, let alone race. In 2015, the women鈥檚 race will take its place alongside the men鈥檚 race for the first time.听听Sheila McClennon talks to Olympic Gold medallist Anna Watkins, and historian Jean Williams about the history and the future of women鈥檚 rowing.

Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher brings her passion for ancient Egypt to 麻豆社 2 with a new series starting tonight which casts light on the everyday lives of ordinary ancient Egyptians.听听She does this through the story of the Chief Architect and royal tomb builder Kha and his wife, Meryt, who lived around 1400BC.听

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听starts on 麻豆社 2 on Friday听22nd March at 9pm.

This week the Indian Parliament passed legislation containing harsher punishments for rapists and sex offenders.听 The new law was drawn up in response to protests as thousands took to the streets demanding more needed to be done to protect women after the fatal gang rape of a student in Delhi.听Veena Nayyar, President of Women鈥檚 Political Watch gives her reaction to the legislation and whether it will change attitudes towards women in India.