Following our series of interviews with the wives of veterans who had PTSD we hear from a listener called Sarah who got in touch to share her story. As a woman who suffers from the condition she tells us why it can be just as difficult for a woman to acknowledge having it as it is for a man and why it’s often ignored.

Marie-Elsa Bragg is an author, a priest in the diocese of London, therapist, a spiritual director and Duty Chaplain at Westminster Abbey. Her new book Sleeping Letters is an exploration of grief, loss, healing and faith, that looks back to the childhood moment when her mother took her own life.

Maternity and menopause are being talked about today to try and address gender inequality in the police force. How to recruit more women is also on the agenda, as well as what crimes women police inspectors and detectives investigate when they’re in the job. It’s part of a Gender Equality Summit that ALL 43 forces in the country are taking part in. They’ve already signed up to ways which should improve equality, but how will it work in practice?

And as statistics show 46% of gamers are women and the number of women working in the games industry is also growing, we ask how are women re-shaping the landscape of gaming?

Presenter Jane Garvey Producer Beverley Purcell

Guest; Marie-Elsa Bragg Guest; Marijam Didzgalvyte Guest; Superintendent Miles Ockwell Guest; DI Liz Warner