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An estimated five hundred and fifty western women have joined Islamic State, the youngest being just thirteen years old. According to a new report by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King鈥檚 College London, the idea that most young women are joining to become 鈥榡ihadi brides鈥� is a myth. They often end up facing 鈥榟arsh realities鈥� but far from being passive agents, they are involved in its campaigns from propaganda to recruitment. The research also reveals that programmes aimed at preventing girls and women from joining are too few, ill-informed and under-resourced. Erin Saltman, co-author of the report, who has also monitored the online messages of some of the women who joined Islamic State, joins Jenni to discuss.聽

Nicola Batemen was appointed the CEO of the Suffolk Agricultural Association in January 2015, the first female in the role in the 184-year history of the organisation. Fresh from the success of her first county show she tells Jenni how she intends to get more people from all backgrounds engaged and learning about food, and why agriculture needs more women.

The process of having IVF, or In Vitro Fertiiisation, is often a painful and emotionally draining rollercoaster, even when there is a successful outcome. But how do you make the decision to stop if it鈥檚 not working? And how do you come to terms with that decision ?聽Jenni looks ahead to Radio 4鈥檚 documentary聽聽which goes out at 1100 on Friday. She talks to Lesley and Roger Pyne about how they coped when they finally聽stopped after years of IVF聽and to Kate Brian from the聽

Jenni speaks to Dr Rachel Fenton, Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of the West of England and the creator of the Bystander Intervention Initiative 鈥� a compulsory eight week course for first year students aimed at tackling sexual abuse on campus. The government is recommending the course to universities across the UK, but should all new students have to take part?

Sophia Burley founded the charity 鈥淲omen on the Front Line鈥� in 2012 to help make a difference in the lives of women involved in聽sex work. Her work involves going out to offer support to street聽sex workers, often working late at night. She joins Jenni to talk about what she says is her calling to share compassion and love and her strategies for getting women out of sex work.