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Radical Feminists from around the world will be meeting in London this weekend for . The conference has attracted protests from men’s rights activists as well as those who claim the event is transphobic, and one venue has even pulled out. So what is radical feminism, what is behind the resurgence of the movement associated with the 1970s, and what does it contribute to the modern debate about equality? Jenni is joined by Finn Mackay, feminist researcher and activist, and by , feminist author and Contributing Editor at the New Statesman.

It is often remarked that history is written by men and so the great women of the past are sometimes forgotten. A group of volunteers in Dundee thinks that one such ‘forgotten woman’ is , the social reformer who brought about massive change to the lives of women and children in industrial Dundee at the turn of the twentieth century. Although she died suddenly, just five days before reaching her 50th birthday, Mary’s ideas about maternity leave, childcare, tackling poverty, and preventing child mortality lived on long after her death and had an influence on the creation of the National Health Service. Jenni is joined by Dr Suzanne Zeedyk, a Developmental Psychologist from Dundee, who has been campaigning for greater recognition of Mary and her work,100 years on from her death in 1913.

The Government has announced new measures designed to encourage girls and their parents to be more ambitious about their education and career prospects, however one initiative already operating is . They take female mentors into primary schools where they lead sessions with girls and their mothers to show them the wide range of career choices and educational opportunities open to them, and to boost the girls’ confidence.ÌýReporter Louise Adamson met pupils and parents who had recently completed the Mosaic programme at Leigh Junior School in Birmingham.

A new study by looking at the benefits of breast cancer drug tamoxifen for women with tumours fuelled by oestrogen, hasÌýfound that those taking it for ten years - rather than the recommended five - are better protected from recurrence and less likely to die from the disease.ÌýBaroness Delyth Morgan, Chief Executive of the , joins Jenni to explain the impact of the research on future cancer treatment.

Up to 70 per cent of schools have a bereaved pupil in their care at any given time.ÌýHow does a child’s understanding of death develop?ÌýAnd what would be most helpful in normalising death and helping support bereaved children?ÌýJenni talks to Hannah Eaton, primary school learning mentor and author of the book Naming Monsters, and to , part-time primary school teacher and author of the educational resource Helping Children Think About Bereavement.

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Naming Monsters by Hannah Eaton is published by Myriad Editions at the end of June

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Helping Children Think about Bereavement by Heather Butler is published by Routledge this month in partnership with Child Bereavement UK