the world's first woman prime minister, sirimavo bandaranaike of sri lanka, has died at the age of 84aike had been voting in the island's general election. her daughter is the current president. being the world's first female prime minister was very important to her. she felt very proud that she had done it. do you hope to see more women in politics? yes, i hope to. sunethra bandara naike there remembering her mother, what a remarkable story. next we go to japan, where women had to wait until 1999 to get the right to control the number of children they had using the oral contraceptive pill. now, in contrast, a male impotence drug viagra was approved for use injapan injust six months, and legalised before the pill for women. witness history has been speaking to yoriko madoka, who has made it her life's work to fight for the right of japanese women to access contraception. translation: the reason i started pushing for the legalisation of the pill was because before i became an mp i ran what i called a happy divorce class for women. i was not a professional counsellor or anything, i was