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This week Woman’s Hour examines the case for and against criminalising those who pay for sex. Yesterday we heard fromÌý.ÌýToday we hear the opposing view. Jane speaks to three Glasgow based sex workers about their working lives and why the proposed legal changes would endanger them and anyone who sells sex.Ìý The criminalising of paying for sex is often called the Nordic model as it was introduced in Sweden in 1999.ÌýPye Jacobsson, an ex-sex worker who now speaks on prostitutes rights for the Rose Alliance says that the Swedish experience proves the Nordic model does the exact opposite of its stated intentÌý- it endangers women, does not decrease the numbers of prostitutes and it negates women’s rights.

And in the coming weeks we will be talking to men who buy sex and to the MPs wanting changes in the law – both those in favour of criminalising men who buy sex and those in favour of decriminalising both buying and selling sex work.

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The government is trying to encourage more women into the cyber security industry - defeating computer viruses and protecting the UK government, businesses and citizens from hacking and online crime. It’s an area with few females in the workforce. We speak to Stephanie Daman and Lucy Horne about their work in the industry. And find out more about the set up to find the best in the business, and the benefits to cyber security of having more women.

Guests: Stephanie Daman, CEO Challenge andÌýLucy Horne, one of the finalists in the

Viper Wine, the title of Hermione Eyre’s first novel, refers to a beauty tonic consumed by the ladies at the court of Charles 1.ÌýIt’s also the tonic thatÌýVenetia Stanley, who in real life inspired Ben Jonson's poetry and Van Dyck'sÌýpainting,Ìýconsumes in an attempt to restore her dazzling beauty.ÌýHermione Eyre discusses what inspired her to write a historical novel set in the 17th century, with the intriguingÌýVenetia Stanley and her alchemist, explorer, philosopher husband, Sir Kenelm Digby at its centre.