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As India goes to the polls in the penultimate round of voting in their general election, Anita speaks to the BBC\u2019s Divya Arya in Delhi. They discuss what political issues are most important to women in this election, and how the main parties have been wooing them.

Val\xe9rie Courtois was recently announced as the winner of the 2024 Shackleton medal for her work revolutionizing climate conservation in the Canadian arctic, most notably for her vision connecting Indigenous Guardians as \u2018the eyes and ears on the ground\u2019 to preserve ecosystems. Val\xe9rie talks to Anita about leading the movement for indigenous-led conservation and land stewardship.\n\xa0\nCarys Holmes is a 17-year-old girl with an ambition to join the British Army. She passed all of her army selection tests but says she was later taken aside and told she was being rejected because of an 'extensive' history of breast cancer in her family. Anita is joined by Carys who explains that the army has now retracted its decision. Emma Norton, a lawyer and Director of the Centre for Military Justice, also joins.

Clara Schumann was one of the greatest female musicians of the 19th Century \u2013 a virtuoso performer who gave over 1,500 concerts in a 60 year career, all while raising eight children and financially supporting her household. Concert pianist Lucy Parham and actress Dame Harriet Walter join Anita to discuss their concert I, Clara which celebrates the ground-breaking life and work of Clara Schumann in her own right.

Presenter: Anita Rani\nProducer: Maryam Maruf\nStudio managers: Donald McDonald and Bob Nettles