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The search is on for the women who are changing the way power operates in Britain today. Building on Woman鈥檚 Hour鈥檚 inaugural Power List which named the 100 most powerful women in the country, this year鈥檚 list will shine a spotlight on 鈥楪ame Changers鈥�. From high profile whistle-blowers to grass-roots twitter campaigners, who鈥檚 forging new rules of engagement in the circles of power? In this digital age, significant experience and age might not necessarily mean power 鈥� so who are the new players? A new panel of judges will choose a ranked top ten. Joining Jenni Murray is chair of judges Emma Barnett, The Telegraph Women鈥檚 Editor, and fellow judge Rachel Johnson, columnist and author. 听

Jack Monroe made a name for herself as a food blogger writing recipes for people on the breadline. Despite only having a weekly food budget of 拢10 for herself and her small boy, she managed to create healthy and delicious recipes. Many of those recipes were handed out at food banks and now she has 2 million weekly visitors to her blog. Now Jack writes on food for the Guardian, she鈥檚 become the face of Sainsbury鈥檚 and she has just published a new book of money saving recipes.听

Figures obtained from 27 police forces in England and Wales show that female police officers are more likely to fail a compulsory fitness test than their male colleagues. Of the 353 officers who failed fitness 鈥渂leep鈥� tests last year, 236 were women, representing 67% of those that didn鈥檛 make the grade. The test is the same for men and women, and in the future those officers who fail to pass could face sanctions such as reduced pay or even dismissal. But a leading health and psychology expert says that women often fail fitness tests because they are intimidated and stressed by the test conditions rather than being unfit. Jenni is joined by Professor Craig Jackson, Head of Psychology at Birmingham City University, and Rob Price, Assistant Chief Constable of Kent Police, who is the lead officer for police fitness for the College of Policing.

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Debbie Harry will be the first female performer to receive NME's Godlike Genius award. The award is for Blondie, the American rock band that she helped form in the mid 1970s. Blondie have enjoyed huge international success and their music has influenced the fashion and art worlds as well as the music industry. With hits like 鈥淗eart of Glass,鈥� 鈥淐all Me鈥� and 鈥淎tomic鈥� they have sold over 40 million records worldwide. Why then, when previous recipients of NME鈥檚 Godlike Genius award have included Noel Gallaher, Paul Weller and听 The Smiths鈥� song-writer and guitarist Johnny Marr, is tonight鈥檚 award going to Blondie the band rather than Debbie Harry the performer? And why haven鈥檛 any female performers won the award in the past?听Deborah Coughlin, Editor of the Feminist Times will be joining Jenni in the studio.

Last week we heard from Lara, a young woman who gave evidence last summer in the Oxford grooming trial. She was first approached by the gang at the age of 11. Lara criticised Social Services for not challenging her behaviour earlier or being more accessible when she was in trouble. Her mother, Elizabeth, has said she doesn鈥檛 think social workers should be responsible for vulnerable young girls at risk of sexual exploitation. Jenni speaks to Janet Foulds, an ex-Chair of the British Association of Social Workers and a senior social worker specialising in child sexual abuse, and Bina Parmar an advisor in safeguarding from the charity National Working Group, an umbrella organisation for those working in child sexual exploitation.