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Sarah Champion, the Labour MP for Rotherham introduced a bill on December 16th 2014 calling for big companies to reveal their gender pay gap. A majority of 258 MP’s backed the proposed legislation that would make it compulsory for companies with more than 250 staff to be transparent about the difference between male and female pay.  7 male conservative MP’s voted against  including the MP for Windsor, Adam Afriyie. Both Sarah and Adam join Jane to discuss how best to ensure pay equality in 2015, why Adam opposes the bill and how likely it is that the bill will be backed by the government and eventually become law. 

Readerships of print magazines are falling in favour of digital and mobile editions. Is online a poor substitute for the real thing or is that view outdated? together to ask what is the future of women’s magazines and what are they ?

This programme also featured part of an interview with the magazine journalist  , classic interviews from the history of the programme

 in London, Liverpool and St Ives has unveiled an unprecedented line up of Women artists for 2015, including a Marlene Dumas exhibition; the first ever UK Sonia Delaunay retrospective; the first Barbara Hepworth exhibition in almost 50 years and the displaying of Tracey Emin’s famous ‘My bed’.  Jenni is joined by Head of International Collections Frances Morris who will be telling us about some of the highlights.

Over the past couple of months we have been running a series on domestic violence and the funding crisis faced by all across the country. The government recently injected £10 million into the national network of refuges and just before Christmas psychological and emotional abuse was made a criminal offence with a potential lengthy prison term. But with rising cases of domestic violence is more legislation and a one off large sum enough to maintain such a vital service in the long term? Nicky Morgan, Women’s Minister, responds to some of the concerns raised on Woman’s Hour. And Polly Neate, CEO of also joins Jenni in the Woman’s Hour studio.

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For years, men dominated medicine and women faced numerous obstacles to advancing their careers.  Are they finally breaking down barriers to leadership roles in medicine? 

Jane Garvey talks to four women who lead Royal colleges,Ìý,,Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌý,Ìýabout medicine as a profession for women and what they hope to achieve by taking on these roles. 

 was orphaned in Sierra Leone, adopted by American parents and is now a professional ballerina. Michaela talks about her life and how her dream to become a dancer came after a faded picture blew into her orphanage gates.

The average age of buying your first house was revealed to be 30 this week,Ìýand as many landlords are predicting rent increases in 2015, record numbers of young adults now live at home with their parents. More than 3.3 million 20-34 year olds live at home, and it’s getting harder for children to fly the nest. But what about the impact it has on the parents,Ìýand should those parents charge rent? Jenni’s joined by parenting expert Sue Atkins and Financial Journalist Annie Shaw.