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The Muslim women's charity,聽聽is setting up a聽聽designed to encourage Muslim women to write about gender discrimination and inequality and we hear from listeners from the聽聽about their experiences.听Jane Garvey is joined by Asian Network presenter Tina Daheley; Sara Khan, director of Muslim Human Rights organisation, Inspire; Salma Yaqoob, former Vice Chair of the Respect Party and Birmingham city councillor, Mirina Paananen who is training to be an Islamic scholar and Julie Bindel, journalist and founder of聽聽to discuss feminism, equality, women and Islam. We will also be hearing from two girls who set up the website聽.听

A stage version of the iconic 1980鈥檚 film Fatal Attraction opened this week in London鈥檚 West End. Its creator, James Dearden, says the central character Alex Forrest - portrayed as a 鈥榖unny-boiler鈥� in the original movie - will be seen in a far more sympathetic light in the stage version. What issues does it raise for a modern audience鈥�?

We hear a聽, and Observer journalist Lucy Siegle discusses the extent to which she was a game changer in the beauty industry.

Are we putting too much pressure on teenagers to perform in exams? 麻豆社 School Reporters at Richmond Park Academy in London talk about the strain they鈥檙e under and interview their head teacher about the ranking system at their school. And we hear from Andrew Halls, Head Teacher at King鈥檚 College School, Wimbledon about the wider extent of stress at school and how to help pupils deal with pressure.听

The latest annual聽聽reveals female participation rates have risen to 20.7 per cent of board positions in the FTSE100 鈥� up from 17.3 per cent since nearly a year ago. The report鈥檚 author, former Trade Minister, Lord Davies, originally set a target of achieving 25 per cent for 2015 which they鈥檙e on course to achieve if the current improvements continue. The report states there鈥檚 still聽a noticeable discrepancy between executive directorships held by women in comparison with women holding non-executive Directorships and聽48 all-male boards remain.听 So does the lack of increased female visibility on executive boards indicate women鈥檚 successes aren鈥檛 wide-reaching enough and what should the government do to make it happen? Could women do more to put themselves in line for leadership? Business Secretary Vince Cable 鈥� who鈥檚 responsible for the report鈥檚 launch - and founder of The Women's Business Forum, Heather Jackson, join Jenni to discuss.

The 19 year old singer-songwriter and guitarist from Edinburgh performs live in the studio.

On Saturday 29th March the first same sex marriage ceremonies will take place in England & Wales. For the first time, gay and lesbian people who choose to get married will have the same rights as heterosexual married couples, including the right to legally refer to their spouse as 鈥渉usband鈥� or 鈥渨ife鈥�. But, given the history of patriarchy connected with marriage, when in the past many wives were in fact seen as the property of their husbands, how comfortable will lesbians feel using the term 鈥渨ife鈥� to refer both to their partner and to themselves? Many heterosexual married couples prefer alternative terms like 鈥渙ther half鈥� or 鈥渟ignificant other鈥� 鈥� but are these terms appropriate for lesbians, or should they insist on using 鈥渨ife鈥� in order to mark the social milestone that is their marriage? Jenni speaks to former 麻豆社 Radio 4 newsreader Alice Arnold, who is currently in a civil partnership with the broadcaster Clare Balding and plans to marry in the future, and Sue Wilkinson, who married her partner Celia Kitzinger in Canada in 2003 and subsequently fought to have their marriage legally recognised in the UK.