Current Affairs Videos

EU unknowns take top jobs / Flooding in Cumbria / Nepal food shortages / Killing for fat in Peru .

with Jenni Murray:nnRights for cohabiting couples - would a cohabitation law 'retard the emancipation of women' as Baroness Deech said in a lecture this week, or protect women in such relationships?nnInspirational women: the artist Charlotte Newson appeals for your photos to use in a tribute to the suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst.nnRachel Crolla, a teacher from Bradford, has just become the first woman to climb to the highest point of every country in Europe. Caz Graham joins her on Scafell Pike.nnGrandchildlessness - the double whammy of infertility. How do you cope when your friends show off their children's children? nnAnd Australian virtuoso Genevieve Lacey talks about her love for the recorder.

Powerful, creative + inspiring women like JULIA GILLARD, NATASHA STOTT DESPOJA, LEIGH SALES + CLARE BOWDITCH talk to triple j. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 20/11/2009

THE SHAKE UP

Afghan president inauguration / Ireland's football pain / Semenya keeps gold / Liver drug denied / CJD secrets from PNG villages / Yes Minster.

The Mums' Vote - Why are politicians targeting mothers? Do mothers have a collective political identity? Vaira Vike-Freiberga - Former Latvian leader's bid to become EU's first president. The Washing Line - Is it time to ditch the dryer? Lizzie Mickery - On her new TV drama series, Paradox.

If your doctor told you you had an 85 per cent chance of developing breast cancer, would you have a mastectomy in your 20's? Hear from two young women with different approaches to dealing with the threat of breast cancer. Also today: Body dismorphic disorder, endometriosis, and midwives versus doctors.

Far from the 'perfect love', is Bella + Edward's relationship actually abusive? This story was first broadcast on triple j on 19/11/2009

The Federal Govt is considering changes to insure midwives, but the Australian College of Midwives says home births could be driven underground. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 19/11/2009

Can you imagine fearing your own reflection in the mirror? This story was first broadcast on triple j on 19/11/2009

Queen's speech / Cyber bulling / Iraq Syria / Israel 'illegal' building in East Jerusalem / Osama's son / Somali stoning / EU Presidential hopefuls.

Schools out on Australia's political divide around Climate Change and the pressures on for the Govt to come to a conclusion on our approach in the lead up to Copenhagen next month. Patrick Abboud takes the Climate Skeptics Roll Call. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 10/11/2009