Single women seeking IVF; Marrying the same man again; Feminism and the tweenager

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Single women no longer wait for Mr Right to start a family. The number of single women having IVF and Donor Insemination has doubled in the last five years in the UK. According to recent figures released by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. We look at why more women are choosing to start a family without a partner and the implications for them and their children. Hilary Mantel, Liz Taylor and Dionne Warwick all married the same person twice. What makes somebody say I do, again, to the same person for a second time? An estimated 100 girls, aged 16-18, have been abducted from a boarding school in Chibok, Borno in north-eastern Nigeria. The kidnappers are believed to be from the Islamist group, Boko Haram. In an increasingly bloody uprising in this area, is this group targeting more and more women as a way of gaining further control in the region? A study of the 1901 census reveals that many Victorian women not only held down regular jobs, but were often the family breadwinner. We look at the stereotype of the Victorian woman and how the commonly held assumption that most women gave up work at marriage and devoted their lives to raising her family and keep house - isn't entirely accurate. Plus why at 19 years old, 'Girl Talk' magazine is, in the words of its editor, 'going feminist'. But what does this mean for young readers? And has feminism become mainstream for the 'tweenager'? Presented by Jenni Murray Studio Producer Nicola Swords.