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As Scotland\u2019s First Minister announces her resignation after nearly a decade in the job we consider her legacy, the reasons for and the timing of her decision to go and consider who might take over with the Scotsman\u2019s Political Editor Alistair Grant and journalist Ruth Wishart.

The musical Sylvia has just opened at the Old Vic celebrating the life of Sylvia Pankhurst \u2013 feminist, activist, pacifist, socialist, rebel who was at the heart of the Suffragette movement, with her sister Christabel and mother Emmeline. Actor, singer and musical theatre performer Sharon Rose who plays this lesser-known Pankhurst discusses her role.

Woman's Hour is in the process of putting together our Power List for 2023 - this year focussed on finding 30 of the most powerful women in sport. But what about the power of sport itself? Hayley Compton and Jessica Morgan who say sport got them through very difficult times in their lives explain why.

What is Europe doing to tackle the issue of femicide? Since the start of 2023, there has been a wave of news coverage in Europe on violence against women, and specifically, femicide, the act of killing a woman because she is a woman. The Spanish government has called its second emergency meeting of domestic violence experts after the murder of six women and a young girl since the start of January. And in France, 18 women have been murdered this year, according to the organisation \u2018Femicide by a partner or ex partner\u2019. This is despite both countries having introduced measures to fight against gender based violence. M\xe9lina Huet, a journalist at the French news channel LCI and director of the documentary on femicides \u2018Protect the Living, Honour the Dead\u2019 and Susana Pavlou, the director of the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies join Anita to discuss.

Presenter: Anita Rani\nProducer: Kirsty Starkey

Interviewed Guest: Alistair Grant\nInterviewed Guest: Ruth Wishart\nInterviewed Guest: Sharon Rose\nInterviewed Guest: Hayley Compton\nInterviewed Guest: Jessica Morgan\nInterviewed Guest: Melina Huet\nInterviewed Guest: Susana Pavlou