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There is huge pressure in the rental market and women are being hit hardest of all, according to The Financial Times. Average rents have increased so much that 鈥渢here are almost no affordable one-bedroom lets in London and the East of England for the average single mother鈥�, according to ONS and rental market data analysed by the Financial Times. Women, and especially single mothers, are being forced to relocate away from networks of family and friends and even their children鈥檚 schools, in order to find somewhere affordable to live. Amy Borrett, a Data Journalist at the Financial Times and Victoria Benson, CEO of Gingerbread, the charity for single parent families, join Anita Rani to discuss the issues.
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The singer/songwriter and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson has collaborated with a prestigious range of artists from Andrea Bocelli and Anoushka Shankar to Nitin Sawhney and Akala, as well as touring as part of Peter Gabriel鈥檚 band.听 She has now joined forces with the London Symphony Orchestra Percussion Ensemble. 听Their new album Ocean Floor explores stories relating to Ayanna鈥檚 ancestral heritage, culture and identity, and blurs the boundaries between chamber music, jazz and soul.听 Ayanna performs in the studio, alongside Neil Percy, the LSO鈥檚 Principal Percussionist.

A hundred years ago, nearly 400,000 ordinary women in Wales signed a petition calling on the women of America to join them in demanding a world without war. Today a purple plaque is being unveiled in Aberystwyth to commemorate Annie Hughes Griffiths who led the delegation of Welsh women who brought the petition to the US and to the President.听 Dr Jenny Mathers, a senior lecturer in International Politics at Aberystwyth University, is co-editor of the book The Appeal 1923-23: The Remarkable Story of the Welsh Women's Peace Petition which is being launched today at the National Library of Wales.

Catherine Dalton is making waves in professional cricket, having just become the first woman to be hired as a men鈥檚 fast-bowling coach. A cricketer for Essex, Catherine has played four one day internationals and four T-20 internationals for Ireland - and she'll soon be joining the Pakistan Super League side The Maltan Saltans for their 2024 season.

In 2017, Lewes FC became the first English club to split its budget and resources equally between the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 teams. It's just been announced the club's owners - made up entirely of its fans - voted in favour of moving forward with potential new investment in their women's team. It would come from Mercury 13, a consortium bidding to acquire women's football clubs in Europe and Latin America. Maggie Murphy, CEO of the club, and celebrated change-maker on the Woman's Hour Power List this year, explains why this is a big moment for how women's football could change and grow as its popularity continues to rise.

Presented by Anita Rani
Producer: Louise Corley