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Victoria Atkins MP is Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding). Her portfolio includes modern day slavery, domestic abuse and violence against women and girls, including FGM. What support can vulnerable women and children expect during lock-down, what has happened to the stalled Domestic Abuse Bill and what are her priorities under lockdown in her constituency?

The Tokyo Paralympics 2020 have been postponed. Three female athletes tell us how the delay is affecting them. Lucy Shuker has won two Paralympic bronze medals in Wheelchair Tennis, 17 year old para powerlifting champion Olivia Broome is looking forward to her first games and Mary Wilson is a para badminton athlete and hoping qualifying events will go ahead so that she\u2019ll make it to Tokyo.

A man lies dying in his bed at home. Meanwhile, his lover of nearly three decades is sitting for a portrait being painted by his wife. Ilaria Bernardini explores women\u2019s stories in her first novel in English, The Portrait.

Since lockdown how are women managing with their beauty maintenance - from chipped shellac to bushy eyebrows and body hair? Sarah Jossel, beauty director for the Sunday Times Style magazine, discusses how we can keep up appearances.

Since the coronavirus outbreak, Annie Henderson and her friends from Sheffield, have been in daily communication via the medium of haiku \u2013 a form of short Japanese poetry. In today\u2019s Woman\u2019s Hour Corona Diaries, she explains how it\u2019s helping them to record their thoughts and feelings from this unprecedented time.

Presenter - Jenni Murray\nProducer \u2013 Louise Corley\nGuest - Victoria Atkins MP\nGuest - Lucy Shuker \nGuest -Olivia Broome \nGuest - Mary Wilson \nGuest - Ilaria Bernardini \nGuest - Sarah Jossel\nGuest - Annie Henderson