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The Victim\\u2019s and Prisoner\\u2019s Bill heads to the House of Lords today for the Committee Stage. What is it trying to achieve, and what difference will it make to women? Emma is joined by the Independent London Victim\\u2019s Commissioner, Claire Waxman OBE, and a woman who will share her personal experience of a partner convicted of child sexual abuse who, under the current law, still had access to his daughter.

China is experiencing its biggest population drop in six decades. In an attempt to recover from the \\u2018one-child policy\\u2019 introduced in 1980, the government are now urging women to have more children. But a large amount of women in China are saying no \\u2013 they don\\u2019t want children, or to get married. To discuss this further, Emma is joined by Dr Ye Liu from King\\u2019s College London and Cindy Yu, host of the Spectator\\u2019s Chinese Whispers podcast.

D-MER is a relatively unknown condition that could affect around nine percent of mothers who breastfeed. Emma speaks to Charlie Middleton from the University of Dundee, who is leading a study into the condition to find out more about it, and Beth Strachan, who has D-MER and is currently breastfeeding.

The Oscar nominations are out, and many feel that there are some key women who haven\\u2019t made the list, but should have. Among these are Barbie director Greta Gerwig and actor Margot Robbie \\u2013 although Ryan Gosling has been nominated for his role in the movie. There\\u2019s only one woman director nominated \\u2013 Justine Triet. Are women being snubbed? Film journalist Karen Krizanovich joins Emma to discuss.

Presented by Emma Barnett\\nProducer: Louise Corley\\nStudio Engineer: Donald MacDonald