Woman's Hour - 30/09/2008

Presented by Jane Garvey. Nepalese MP Dr Arju Deuba talks to Jane about her vision for lowering the maternal death rate in Nepal, her work as an MP and the future for women in the newly democratic country. Sarah Parker talks to Rosie and her daughter Ziggy, who attempted suicide recently. Jane explores the issues affecting people whose lives have been touched by suicide with Dr Alice Parshall and Anne Parry, Chair of Papyrus, the young suicide prevention charity. Jane is joined by Lydia Syson, author of a new book on Dr James Graham, who has been described as the world's first ever sex therapist. She discusses Dr Graham's celebrity patients, including the Duchess of Devonshire, as well as the famous Celestial Bed: an electric, magnetic, musical fertility device. Fiona Clampin meets two female falconers in Devon who bought a team of birds two years ago. Michelle Scriven and Miriam Nicholls are now showing them at Escot Park, a stately home and estate near Exeter. Including drama: The Whole of the Moon (2/5).