New endometriosis tests, Bereavement support campaign

This week we have heard about three different new diagnostic tests being developed for endometriosis, a condition thought to affect one in 10 women. We find out what these tests are, how long before they are available, and whether they could reduce the average nine year wait for a diagnosis in the UK. Kylie Pentelow speaks to OBGYN Elisabeth Bean, and Evelyn Scott, author of A Bloody Scandal. How Medicine Fails Women in Pain.

Yesterday campaigners, widowers and a cross-party group of MPs and peers presented a petition to Downing Street, signed by over 100,000 people, urging the government to increase bereavement support for the first time in nearly a decade. Widow’s Fight – who started the petition - say bereaved young families are falling into poverty. Kylie is joined by Holly O’Connor from Widow's Fight and Caroline Voaden, Liberal Democrat MP for South Devon, who was widowed when her children were young, and is supporting the campaign.

Saint Olga of Kyiv, patron saint of Ukraine has her saint’s day tomorrow. In Ukraine, she’s a beloved religious figure, but she was also a real woman, known for exacting brutal revenge on those who crossed her. A marble statue of Olga in central Kyiv acquired a bulletproof vest at the start of Russia’s war with Ukraine, with the inscription ‘She needs armour’. BBC Ukrainian’s Irena Taranyuk joins Kylie to discuss Olga’s mythological story, what she symbolises for Ukrainians and why her story is still relevant to women today.