Woman's Hour - 07/07/2008

With Jane Garvey. Including: US Singer Chaka Khan talks about returning to the UK with her first new material in a decade and her album called Funk This. Helen Kongai, a prosperous farmer, travels all over Uganda instructing women on how livestock can transform their lives and enrich their communities. In a society where women are often treated as second class citizens, Helen's programme helps to build confidence as well as skills. What resources are needed to ensure high quality care and a good death? Jane discusses the issues with Tom Hughes-Hallett, Chief Executive of the Marie Curie Foundation, Eve Richardson, Chief Executive of the National Council for Palliative Care, and Dawn Pless, whose husband received end-of-life care in a local hospice. Trials of a new treatment for male infertility are showing good results. Jane is joined by Allan Pacey, Lecturer in Andrology at the University of Sheffield. Including drama: Writing the Century 1933-1938: A Darkening Sky (1/5).