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A record-breaking number of women MPs have been elected following Labour's win at the general election. It's also the first time in parliamentary history that the proportion of women elected is more than 40%. Harriet Harman, the now ex-Labour MP and former Mother of the House, gives her reaction.

Three women who say they were the victims of a racial attack have had the charges of assault made against them by their assailant discontinued by the CPS. Selma Taha, the executive director for advocacy group Southall Black Sisters, and Danae Thomas, two of the women, join Anita Rani to talk about what impact the charges being dropped has had, and how they鈥檙e hoping this might impact further action against racist violence against women and girls.

Cathy Rentzenbrink is known for her non-fiction books 鈥� but now she鈥檚 written a second fiction novel 鈥� Ordinary Time. It tells the story of Ann, a reluctant vicar鈥檚 wife, and her grappling with ideas of marriage, duty and temptation. She joins Nuala McGovern to discuss.

A recent article in the New York Times coined the phrase "medium friends" to describe 鈥渘ot our besties, but more than just acquaintances.鈥� Anita talks to Dr Susan MacDougall, a social anthropologist at Oxford University, and to Shazia Mirza, a comedian and writer, about friendship levels.

Women are turning to increasingly risky ways to get weight-loss drugs, like Ozempic and Wegovy, as online prescribers become more stringent about who they will give them to. Two young women tell Woman鈥檚 Hour鈥檚 Melanie Abbott about using drugs they buy on the black market, despite the potential dangers. Plus Professor Kamila Hawthorne from the Royal College of GPs talks to Nuala.

Presenter: Anita Rani
Producer: Dianne McGregor