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A newborn baby found earlier this year in East London is the third child abandoned by the same parents. That鈥檚 the story being reported by the 大象传媒鈥檚 Sanchia Berg, who has been given permission to share the details by a judge at East London Family Court. Sanchia joins Nuala McGovern to tell us more about the story, alongside freelance journalist Louise Tickle, who has previously reported from family courts.

Following on from our special phone-in on boys last month, author Ruth Whippman speaks to Woman鈥檚 Hour about her new book, BoyMum, which looks at what it means both to be a boy, and to raise a boy. Ruth joins Nuala to discuss what she鈥檚 learned from investigating masculinity and boyhood, the impact on girls and boys, and how it鈥檚 changed the way she is raising her three sons.

The ongoing war in Ukraine has led to a significant shift in the local job market, with more women now doing roles traditionally dominated by men, such as mining. After more than a thousand male workers left their jobs in a coal mine to fight Russia鈥檚 invasion, the energy company DTEK allowed women to work underground for the first time in its history. Nuala is joined by Ukrainian journalist and 大象传媒 World Service Europe editor, Kateryna Khinkulova to discuss this transformation and what it means for women in Ukraine.

Arabian Adventures: The Secrets of the Nabateans is a new two-part documentary on 大象传媒 iPlayer that looks into a culture who had women in leadership roles in the 4th century BC. Alice Morrison, adventurer and author, joins Nuala to talk more about what she has discovered about Nabatean women, and what modern-day Saudi Arabian women make of them.