Podcasts by Womans Hour

The future of embryo research, Ofsted inspections, British Gymnastics' complaints procedure from 2023-12-12T11:21

Leading scientists are calling for a change in the law to help IVF patients donate unused embryos to biomedical research after a collapse in donations over the past 15 years. Emma Barnett talks ...

Cancer during pregnancy, Israel-Gaza, Wedding dresses from 2023-12-11T12:09

Israel has accused the United Nations of moving too slowly to respond to accounts that Hamas carried out widespread sexual violence against women in the October 7th brutal attack on Israel. Chri...

Ruth Perry's sister, City Girl in Nature, Caring for a spouse, The politics of Christmas presents from 2023-12-09T17:00

An Ofsted inspection "contributed" to the death of head teacher Ruth Perry. That’s the conclusion of senior coroner Heidi Connor. This is the first time Ofsted has been listed as a contributing ...

Ruth Perry's sister Julia Waters, America Ferrera, 'Stuffed' from 2023-12-08T11:20

An Ofsted inspection "contributed" to the death of headteacher Ruth Perry. That’s the conclusion of senior coroner Heidi Connor. This is the first time Ofsted has been listed as a contributing...

Conductor Marin Alsop, actor Diana Quick and a campaign to protect domestic abuse victims from 2023-12-07T12:33

Marin Alsop is one of the most famous conductors in the world. Ten years ago, she became the first woman to conduct the Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Now she is giving the Eu...

Julianne Moore, Dame Mary Berry, Prevalence of forced sterilisation from 2023-12-06T11:27

Academy Award-winning actor Julianne Moore plays Gracie Atherton-Yoo in Todd Haynes’ newest film, May December. The film tells the story of a married couple who were at the centre of a notorious...

Women's Football, Head of Ofcom, The politics of Christmas presents from 2023-12-05T13:34

There are big changes afoot for women’s football. Former England Lioness Karen Carney published a review into the women’s domestic game over the summer and the Government has just announced that...

Stella Creasy MP, Living with one breast, City Girl in Nature from 2023-12-04T11:54

A man has been convicted in court of harassing the Labour MP Stella Creasy. This harassment included reporting her to social services as an 'unfit mother'. A safeguarding review quickly cleared ...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Emily Blunt, Stammering, Long-distance friendships, Maria Callas' legacy from 2023-12-02T17:00

Research by the charity Stamma shows that 8% of children will start stuttering at some point. Our listener Geri, a mother who’s son has a stammer, got in touch with Woman’s Hour and asked us to ...

Director Adura Onashile, Grieving and Christmas Shopping, Maria Callas's Centenary from 2023-12-01T14:07

In Adura Onashile’s debut film, Girl, mother Grace and daughter Ama have recently arrived in Glasgow and have created a beautiful cocoon for themselves in a council block apartment. But Grace c...

Emily Blunt, Pathologist-novelist, Baby formula, Short marriages from 2023-11-30T12:50

Actor Emily Blunt found fame as the scene-stealing assistant in The Devil Wears Prada, and has since starred in many films including Mary Poppins Returns and A Quiet Place with her real-life hus...

British Gymnastics and safeguarding, Long-distance friendships, Myha’la, Hunters, Hockey kits from 2023-11-29T12:41

Last year's landmark Whyte Review into gymnastics detailed 'systemic issues' of physical and emotional abuse between 2008 and 2020. Today, British Gymnastics has for the first time introduced sa...

Parenting a child with a stammer, EHRC Chair Baroness Falkner, Ukrainian chess player Kamila Hryshchenko from 2023-11-28T13:09

Research by the charity Stamma shows that 8% of children will start stuttering at some point. Our listener Geri, a mother who’s son has a stammer, got in touch with Woman’s Hour and asked us to ...

Dame Harriet Walter, Runner Eilish McColgan, Post-mastectomy bras from 2023-11-27T12:56

Award-winning actor Dame Harriet Walter is back on stage at the National Theatre in Federico Lorca’s newly-adapted The House of Bernada Alba. After a break of seven years playing assorted televi...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Sharon Osbourne, Jodie Whittaker and Outgoing Chief Inspectorate of Ofsted, Amanda Spielman from 2023-11-25T17:00

For more than two decades, Sharon Osbourne has been a regular feature on our screens. She came to prominence while appearing with her husband Ozzy on The Osbournes - a reality television show on...

Sharon Osbourne, Shani Dhanda, Nurses and their mental health from 2023-11-24T12:24

For more than two decades, Sharon Osbourne has been a regular feature on our screens. She came to prominence while appearing with her husband Ozzy on The Osbournes - a reality television show on...

Jodie Whittaker, Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman from 2023-11-23T12:11

Actor Jodie Whittaker joins Woman’s Hour to talk about her role in a new Australian six part drama called One Night. Shot in New South Wales the story unfolds around three women from a coastal c...

Deepfake pornography, Professor Yvonne Doyle – lessons from the pandemic, Pianist Chloe Flower from 2023-11-22T11:52

Another Body is an award-winning documentary which follows US engineering student, Taylor, in her search for answers and justice after she discovers deepfake pornography of herself circulating o...

Carry On women, Unexpected news at baby scans from 2023-11-21T12:12

Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques and Joan Sims were some of the iconic women who starred in the Carry On films from the late 1950s onwards. From Carry on Camping to Carry on Up the Khyber, the hu...

Angela Rippon, Jamie Bernstein on Maestro, Scorchio! The history of The Weather Girl from 2023-11-20T14:30

After being the latest celebrity contestant to be voted off Strictly Come Dancing at Blackpool’s Tower Ballroom, Angela Rippon tells Emma Barnett about forming a lifelong friendship with her 28-...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Dame Kelly Holmes, justice secretary Alex Chalk, history of eyeliner from 2023-11-18T17:02

Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes spoke publicly about her sexuality for the first time last year. Her new memoir, Unique, details how serving in the military in the late 1980s - when it was il...

Life and work of photographer Tish Murtha, Sitcom Such Brave Girls, Finding your dress shape from 2023-11-17T12:35

Brave Girls is a new sitcom following a dysfunctional family made up of sisters Josie and Billie and their mum Deb. It’s a fictional show exploring trauma but it's a comedy in every sense of the...

Dr Who actor Jemma Redgrave on the show's new 60th anniversary shows and the history of eyeliner from 2023-11-16T12:54

It’s Doctor Who’s 60th year and to celebrate, there will be three anniversary specials coming to your screens starting next week. Jemma Redgrave will be returning as Kate Stewart - Chief Scienti...

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk on sentencing reforms from 2023-11-15T12:03

After a reshuffle that saw Suella Braverman leave her post as Home Secretary, and left the government with no women in the “big four” offices of state, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk spoke to Emma...

Dame Kelly Holmes, Cabinet reshuffle, Debenhams picketers from 2023-11-14T11:31

The four top jobs in Rishi Sunak’s new cabinet have all been filled with men. It’s the first time this has happened since 2009. To unpack what this means, Emma Barnett is joined by Baroness Kate...

Suella Braverman sacked as home secretary, Natalie Cassidy, Breast Cancer treatment from 2023-11-13T12:16

Following a weekend of speculation, the most senior woman in government Suella Braverman has been sacked from her role as Home Secretary. To discuss Emma is joined by Lucy Fisher, the Whitehall ...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Perinatal pelvic health, ‘Grey pound’ fashion, Jilly Cooper, Swearing, Hot flushes from 2023-11-11T17:00

The Government has announced £11 million in funding for the NHS in England to roll out a dedicated perinatal pelvic health service across all trusts. The aim of these new perinatal pelvic health...

Swearing, Women in north east India, The 'grey pound' and fashion, A story of brutal crime, forgiveness and empathy from 2023-11-10T11:37

If you've been following the Covid inquiry, you may have noticed a lot of strong and swearing language. So why do we swear, and are women judged differently for swearing than men? In her new boo...

Nour Swirki in Gaza, Baroness Falkender's secrets, Divorce, Alzheimer's, Hot flushes from 2023-11-09T11:48

We have been bringing you women's voices from Israel and Gaza since the start of the war. Yesterday, you will have heard on the programme Rachel Goldberg, mother of a 23-year-old hostage Hersh G...

Jilly Cooper, Rachel Goldberg – mother of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Women&binge drinking, Perinatal pelvic health service. from 2023-11-08T12:20

Jilly Cooper began her career as a journalist, wrote columns on marriage, sex and housework for the Sunday Times, and numerous works of non-fiction before turning to romance novels - to great su...

Caster Semenya, King's Speech, Jude Rogers on Kirsty MacColl from 2023-11-07T12:05

Caster Semenya is one of the most decorated athletes of her generation but she is also one of the most scrutinised. The South African shot to fame in 2009 after winning the 800 metres at the Wor...

MP rape allegations, Mothers' march, Melissa Caddick from 2023-11-06T12:02

An unidentified Conservative MP has been accused of rape by several women. These allegations are mentioned in a new book by former cabinet secretary Nadine Dorries. It comes after reports the C...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Author Alex O'Brien on what playing poker can teach you, Maternity care&Sprinter Bianca Williams from 2023-11-04T17:00

This week, the Maternity Safety Alliance group has called for a full statutory public inquiry into maternity safety in England. They joined Jess to explain why they’re calling for this inquiry a...

Cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Women&renting, Catherine Dalton cricketer, Women's peace petition, Maggie Murphy CEO, Lewes FC from 2023-11-03T11:43

There is huge pressure in the rental market and women are being hit hardest of all, according to The Financial Times. Average rents have increased so much that “there are almost no affordable on...

Covid Inquiry, Child-free friends, Afghans in Pakistan, Alison Larkin from 2023-11-02T12:31

Former deputy cabinet secretary Helen McNamara gave evidence at the Covid Inquiry yesterday, saying that she thought that the culture in Number 10 was toxic and sexist. She was particularly crit...

AI and child sexual abuse, Alex O’Brien, Molly Manning Walker from 2023-11-01T13:49

As the Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit starts at Bletchley Park today, we look at the growing issue of AI generated child sexual abuse imagery. Jessica Creighton speaks to Emma Hardy from ...

Failures in maternity care, Spain's Princess Leonor turns 18, Women's Ballon d'Or from 2023-10-31T14:02

A group of families affected by failures in NHS maternity care are calling for a full statutory public inquiry into maternity safety in England. Emily Barley from the Maternity Safety Alliance g...

Bianca Williams, Sandra Hüller, Living with your parents too long from 2023-10-30T12:58

Bianca Williams and her partner, fellow athlete Ricardo dos Santos, were stopped outside their home in London in July 2020. They had their three-month-old baby with them in their car. Both were ...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Rescuing seal pups, Tell-all celebrity memoirs from 2023-10-28T16:00

Leigh-Anne Pinnock - a name you may know, as a member of one of the biggest girl bands in the world, Little Mix. This year - almost two years since the band announced a hiatus - Leigh-Anne has e...

Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Black British Book Festival, Gesbeen Mohammad from 2023-10-27T11:03

Leigh-Anne Pinnock has embarked on her own solo career, almost two years after her band, Little Mix, called a hiatus - and has already released two songs. Now she's got a new book out, Believe, ...

Tell-all celebrity memoirs, child poverty, and 'de-banking' from 2023-10-26T10:47

Britney Spears has been in the news again after spilling personal stories in a memoir. Are women being pressured to overshare in order to sell books? And are men also expected to publicise their...

Israel-Gaza war, Monica Dolan, Kathryn Mannix from 2023-10-25T11:15

As the Israel-Gaza war continues, aid groups are calling for a ceasefire in Gaza as power shortages threaten the lives of vulnerable patients, including women and children. UN agencies have esti...

Ruth Birch and Julia Curry, Liza Mundy, Lyse Doucet and Tal Hochman, Cindy Thomas and Laura Barton from 2023-10-24T10:59

Liza Mundy is the bestselling author of Code Girls, a book about the American women who broke codes during the Second World War. Her new book details the lives of spies and intelligence agents b...

Ukrainian children in Russia, Fanny Mendelssohn, Men designing clothes for women from 2023-10-23T11:05

Ukraine claims it has identified 20,000 children who it alleges have been abducted by Russia since the start of the war. Arrest warrants have been issued to President Putin and his Commissioner ...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Coleen Rooney, IVF add-ons, Online safety, Talking on the phone, Singer Mica Millar from 2023-10-21T16:00

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has launched a ratings system to let patients see which IVF add-ons are backed-up by evidence. Emma Barnett is joined by Professor Tim Chi...

Maternity services, Resigning as a bridesmaid, Mica Millar, Poet Safiya Sinclair from 2023-10-20T11:38

A new report out today from the CQC - the Care Quality Commission - says that almost two thirds of maternity units provide dangerously substandard care that puts women and babies at risk. It has...

Dr Lisa Cameron MP, Saffron Coomber&Yero Timi Biu, Julia Fox, IVF add-ons from 2023-10-19T11:59

Dr Lisa Cameron was the SNP MP for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow from 2015 until a week ago when she decided to join the Conservative Party. She has described the move as equivalent t...

Coleen Rooney, Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves MP, Poet Becky Hemsley. from 2023-10-18T11:29

If the current polls are to be believed the next chancellor of the exchequer could be a woman. That woman would be Rachel Reeves, the current shadow chancellor and the MP for Leeds West. Origina...

Israel-Gaza war, Talking on the phone, Online safety, Baby stealers in Kenya from 2023-10-17T11:09

As the war in Israel and Gaza heads into its 10th day, Emma talks about the role of hostages in this conflict with Rachel Briggs the CEO of Clarity Factory and an associate fellow at Chatham Hou...

Madonna, Polish elections, Diana Parkes, Unconventional setups from 2023-10-16T12:57

The queen of pop returned to London's O2 this weekend for her Celebration Tour, performing more than 40 songs from her four-decade career. During her opening performance on Saturday, 65-year-old...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Dawn French, Shirley Ballas, Violinist Esther Abrami, Pelvic Pain from 2023-10-14T16:00

Dawn French has been making people laugh as a writer, comedian and actor, for more than 30 years. Her celebrated shows include French and Saunders, The Vicar of Dibley, and Jam and Jerusalem. Sh...

Shirley Ballas, Bed Bugs, Everything Now writer Ripley Parker from 2023-10-13T11:12

Shirley Ballas is best known for being one of the judges on BBC Strictly Come Dancing and her stellar career in Latin dance that earnt her the title, ‘Queen of Latin’. She joins Krupa to talk ab...

Dawn French, Laura Linney, Israel-Gaza conflict, Unconventional living from 2023-10-12T12:44

Nearly 350,000 people have been displaced in Gaza, since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes and created a blockade of the area. In Gaza's hospitals, where thousands of people are being trea...

Dr Katalin Kariko - Nobel Prize winner, latest on Israel Gaza, Pelvic pain and pain in sex, The International Day of the Girl. from 2023-10-11T11:31

We heard reports last night from Israel that a massacre had taken place at the weekend in Kibbutz Kfar Aza. Women and children were among the dead and we were told that beheadings had happened ...

Israel-Gaza conflict: Bereaved parents across the divide, musician Esther Abrami, Emily Hunt, Is the future of the Labour Party from 2023-10-10T10:54

After the Hamas attacks at the weekend and Israel’s order of a “complete siege” of the Gaza Strip in response, we talk to two people from the different communities involved. A few years ago, Bas...

Israel-Gaza conflict, Endometriosis test, Sam Brown - Savile survivor from 2023-10-09T10:58

Images of children, mothers and grandmothers are flooding media and social media two days after a coordinated attack by Hamas on Israel. Israel has since declared war. Emma Barnett speaks to the...

Gunner Jaysley Beck’s mother, Organist Anna Lapwood, Menopause tribunal, Mary McAleese, Grace Dent from 2023-10-07T16:00

Female teenage soldier Jaysley Beck is believed to have taken her own life after a period of relentless sexual harassment from one of her bosses, an Army investigation has found. Gunner Beck was...

Food writer Grace Dent, Artist Shirin Neshat, History of enslaved women, Actor Mei Mac from 2023-10-06T11:34

We hear from food writer Grace Dent about her new book, Comfort Eating, inspired by her podcast of the same name. She'll explain why she's so fascinated by the foods to make us feel better behi...

Gunner Jaysley Beck's mother, Wild Hope, Earth Mama, Dangerous dogs from 2023-10-05T12:07

An army investigation has found that 19-year-old soldier Jaysley Beck is believed to have taken her own life after a period of relentless sexual harassment from one of her bosses. The gunner was...

Mary McAleese, Isabel Hardman, Kitty Donaldson, Emma Reed Turrell, Viv Groskop, Dr Bernadette Jenner from 2023-10-04T11:36

Starting today a Catholic synod will take place throughout October in the Vatican to discuss the direction of the Church. Delegates will consider the way in which all members participate and dec...

Doctors' strike, Organist Anna Lapwood, Máiría Cahill, Suffragette medal from 2023-10-03T10:46

It's day two of the 72-hour joint strike by junior doctors and consultants in the NHS. Dr Helen Neary, deputy chair of the BMA's consultant's committee and consultant anaesthetist in paediatrics...

Performance artist Marina Abramovic, Universities and sexual misconduct, Nicole Scherzinger, Finances and friendship from 2023-10-02T14:53

The world renowned Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic talks to Emma Barnett about a major exhibition of her work across five decades at the Royal Academy in London.

Universities ...

Russian journalist-in-exile Elena Kostyuchenco, Karen Farquharson, Teleri Glyn Jones, Nerys Evans, Innes Fitzgerald from 2023-10-02T10:57

After the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on 24 February 2022, Elena Kostyuchenco, one of Russia’s most fearless independent journalists, crossed into Ukraine to report on what was happening in th...

Nicole Scherzinger, Finances of friendship, Asha Puthli from 2023-09-29T10:59

The American performer Nicole Scherzinger came to our attention as the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls. She has since carved out a successful solo career with albums, serving as a judge on tel...

Marina Abramovic, GB News, Dehenna Davison MP, Taylor Swift Symposium from 2023-09-28T13:24

Marina Abramović, the world renowned Serbian performance artist, refers to herself as the “godmother of performance art”. Her pioneering work explores the relationship between the performer and ...

Dame Joan Collins, Universities and sexual misconduct, Dr Ophira Ginsburg - a feminist approach to cancer from 2023-09-27T11:13

Dame Joan Collins has dominated the stage and screen for over seven decades, starting her career at just 17. Best known for her roles in the 1980s TV phenomenon Dynasty and Hollywood Golden Age ...

Sexism in football, Mum rage, China's MeToo from 2023-09-26T11:21

The managing director of AFC Wimbledon has resigned after being secretly recorded making sexist and abusive comments about a female colleague, just two months after publicly committing to tackli...

Tina Sinatra, Meg Winterburn and Willow Grylls on a new TV drama about the serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, Dame Christine Lenehan from 2023-09-25T11:49

Claiming to tell unknown stories about the iconic singer, alongside songs some of his much-loved songs, this world premiere musical hopes to reflect his enduring legacy. His youngest daughter Ti...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Russell Brand accuser 'Alice' broadcast exclusive, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie&Doon Mackichan from 2023-09-23T15:59

Emma Barnett hears from one of the women alleging she was assaulted by Russell Brand. Speaking for the first time since accusations became public, 'Alice', who has accused Russell Brand of sexua...

'Sharenting', Blood Scandal, Mary Shelley, British Gymnastics from 2023-09-22T10:57

Have you heard of the term 'sharenting'? That’s when a parent, caregiver or relative shares content about their child’s life, such as news, videos, images, online. Some have even turned it into ...

Iran hijab bill, BMX champion, CIISA, Doon Mackichan, Maternity in Sierra Leone from 2023-09-21T10:25

Iran’s parliament has approved the Hijab and Chastity Bill, under which women will face up to 10 years in prison if they defy the country’s mandatory hijab rules. This comes a year after the dea...

Climate Change Policy, Girlhood, Feminisation of the workplace from 2023-09-20T12:23

The BBC has revealed that the Prime Minister is considering a major shift on key climate action policies. These changes include pushing back a ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars to 2035 ...

Russell Brand allegations&a 'staggered age of consent' with Baroness Helena Kennedy&Gudrun Young KC, Dr Susan Gilby from 2023-09-19T11:19

Yesterday on Woman's Hour, one of Russell Brand's alleged victims, 'Alice', called for a conversation around changing the age of consent in the UK, to what she called 'a staggered age of consent...

Russell Brand accuser 'Alice' broadcast exclusive, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie from 2023-09-18T10:45

Emma Barnett hears from one of the women alleging she was assaulted by Russell Brand. Speaking for the first time since accusations became public, 'Alice', who has accused Russell Brand of sexua...

Nadiya Hussain, Women's reproductive survey, The Knock, AI and IVF, Arlo Parks from 2023-09-16T16:00

Since winning the Great British Bake Off in 2015, Nadiya Hussain has published seven cookery books, presented numerous TV shows and been awarded an MBE for services to broadcasting and the culin...

Anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, Comedian and author London Hughes, Dr Elise Inglis memorial, The Knock discussion from 2023-09-15T11:21

It’s been one year since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini sparked protests and outrage across the world. Anita Rani is joined by author Arash Azizi and human rights researcher Azade Pourzand...

Nadiya Hussain, Morocco earthquake, Equal pay, Wilderness from 2023-09-14T11:03

Last week, Birmingham City Council effectively declared bankruptcy, issuing a section 114 notice, after it admitted an equal pay liability of £760m. Now the GMB, the UK's third largest Trade Uni...

The Killing Kind author Jane Casey, AI in IVF treatment, The Knock - Evie's story from 2023-09-13T10:59

Crime author Jane Casey joins Nuala McGovern to talk about a new six part TV adaptation of her best selling book The Killing Kind. The legal thriller starring Emma Appleton has themes such as st...

Dr Shazia Malik, Charlotte Regan, Female surgeons, Poison pen letters, The Knock special series from 2023-09-12T11:16

They say current disparities in women’s health across England mean there are far too many cases where women’s voices are not being heard. But the decision to only speak to women up to the age of...

Millie Bobby Brown, Arlo Parks, Martha's Rule from 2023-09-11T13:50

Millie Bobby Brown is a 19-year-old actress best known for her award-nominated performance as Eleven in Stranger Things, and for producing and starring in Enola Holmes. Now she has written a deb...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Economic Abuse, Should there be a Minister for Men? Rebuilding my life: Martine Wright from 2023-09-09T16:00

Economic abuse was officially recognised under the Domestic Abuse Act in 2021, yet a new study from the charity Surviving Economic Abuse suggests victims are still being let down by the police a...

Economic Abuse, Michal Oshman, Roisin Gallagher, Barbershop Quartet, Mum shaming from 2023-09-08T11:49

Economic abuse was officially recognised under the Domestic Abuse Act in 2021, yet a new study from the charity Surviving Economic Abuse suggests victims are still being let down by the police a...

Primodos debate, Rebuilding my life: Wiz Wharton, Cricket umpire pay from 2023-09-07T10:34

Today MPs from all parties are holding a debate on a controversial pregnancy testing drug used widely in the 1960s and 1970s. It's expected that MPs from all parties will speak, including forme...

Listener phone in - should there be a Minister for Men? Could the role ultimately help women? from 2023-09-06T11:46

On yesterday's programme, the Conservative MP for Don Valley, Nick Fletcher, championed the idea of a Minister for Men. He says statistics show that 75% of people taking their lives are men, tha...

Nick Fletcher MP, Rebuilding my life: Martine Wright, Food writer Bee Wilson, Filmmaker Celine Song from 2023-09-05T11:22

Ukraine's First Lady, Olena Zelenska, has given a very personal interview to the BBC 18 months after the Russian invasion and subsequent war in her country. In it, she speaks about having to liv...

Radioactive chapatis, Hostage negotiation, Non-birth mothers, Japanese women in politics from 2023-09-04T12:55

In 1969, migration to the UK was increasing with Britain becoming home for thousands of foreign settlers. In Coventry, 21 women of Indian origin booked what were supposed to be routine appointme...

DIY fertility tests, Sudan conflict, Rebuilding my life from 2023-09-04T11:22

A BBC investigation has found that at least five women have died after family courts allowed fathers accused of abuse to apply for contact with their children. Some took their own lives, and one...

Hostage negotiator Nicky Perfect, Sarah Beeny, Chelsea Women Manager Emma Hayes, Mothers with bipolar, Bad lists from 2023-09-02T16:00

Nicky Perfect has spent most of her life in highly fraught and dangerous situations, working as a hostage negotiator. Now she’s written about her experience in a new book: Crisis: True Stories o...

Emma Hayes, manager of Chelsea FC Women, Karis Anderson on Tina Turner, Rose Matafeo and Emma Sidi on Starstruck from 2023-08-31T10:48

Emma Hayes has been manager of Chelsea Women football team for more than a decade, a reign made remarkable by six Women’s Super League titles, five FA Cups and two League Cups. Emma joins Hayley...

Scottish rape survivors, Writer Natasha Walter, New research on the Y chromosome and male infertility from 2023-08-30T10:53

A group of women who were raped by the same man are now coming together to campaign for better treatment for survivors of rape in the Scottish justice system. After his sentencing, the women w...

Sarah Beeny, Rebekah Staton, Spanish football kiss update, Deborah Bonello on Narcas from 2023-08-29T10:55

The TV presenter Sarah Beeny has spent much of her life in the unpredictable world of property renovation. You'll find her in programmes such as Help! My House is Falling Down and Sarah Beeny’s ...

Lists: How and why we make them, The psychology behind list-making, Lists in the public domain, Music and lists from 2023-08-28T10:00

To discuss the how and why of lists, Nuala is joined by Joanna Nolan, author of the book, Listful, and Lucy Ireland Gray, who put together a collection of about 200 shopping lists that she found...

Listener Week: Psychedelics, Strongwomen, Kleptomania, Living funerals, Being a refugee, Women in heavy metal from 2023-08-26T16:00

A Listener Week Weekend Woman’s Hour Special, where you – our listeners – decide what you want to hear on the programme.

Our listener Rachel asked us to explore the potential of using psyc...

Listener Week: Generative AI, Female thatchers, Big noses, Communal living from 2023-08-25T10:35

For Listener Week, you, our listeners, decide what we cover on the programme.

Listener Liane has tasked the programme with a deep dive into the impact of generative Artificial Intelligence...

Listener Week: Psychedelics, Peripheral friendship, Posthumous conception, Beach Guardian from 2023-08-24T11:08

For Listener Week, you, our listeners, decide what we cover on the programme.

Listener Rachel asked Woman's Hour to explore the potential of using psychedelic drugs in medicine and whether...

Listener Week: Is it ever good to give up on dreams? Working class women&university, Living funerals from 2023-08-23T10:26

For Woman's Hour's Listener Week, you, our listeners, decide what we cover on the programme.

Nuala McGovern is joined by Monica and chartered psychologist Catherine Hallissey to discuss wh...

Listener Week: Ukrainian women soldiers, Long lost families, Strong women, Refugees, Eating Alone from 2023-08-22T10:14

For listener week, you, our listeners, decide what we cover on the programme.

Listener Liz got in touch to say she wanted to know more about the women fighting on the front line in Ukraine...

Listener Week: Women's World Cup final, Shoplifting, Heavy metal from 2023-08-21T12:03

For listener week you, our listeners, decide what we cover on the programme.

It might not have been World Cup glory for England's Lionesses but they still made history and have inspired m...

Women's World Cup final, Surviving a WWII Japanese prison camp, Care leavers, 'Older-age orphans', Nasa astronaut Christina Koch from 2023-08-19T15:05

Former Lioness and England's top female goal scorer, Ellen White, on England reaching the Fifa Women's World Cup final. VJ day was on Tuesday, marking the anniversary of Japan's surrender, and...

Ellen White, How to ask for a pay rise, astronaut Christina Koch, Morning-after pill from 2023-08-18T10:20

Sunday sees the Women's World Cup final between England and Spain and to mark it we are joined by England's top female goal scorer, Ellen White. By the time of Ellen's retirement after last year...

Lionesses' legacy, Sarah Greene, Care leavers, Abortion from 2023-08-17T11:17

England are through to the final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time in history. But while the Lionesses are excelling in Australia and New Zealand, what’s it like for girls playing...

Martine McCutcheon, anxiety&the perimenopause, Who is Fani Willis? Period huts in Nepal from 2023-08-16T10:39

Martine McCutcheon describes her rising anxiety levels to do with the perimenopause. Who is Fani Willis? On Monday 14 August a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia voted to charge Mr Trump and...

Youngest Afghan mayor, Romanticising your life, surviving WWII Japanese prison camp, Big tech&sexuality from 2023-08-15T12:26

Today marks two years since the re-taking of Afghanistan by the Taliban. We speak to Afghanistan's youngest female mayor, Zarifa Ghafari, who was elected mayor of the conservative central city o...

Women's football World Cup, 'Older-age orphans', Channel swimming with a stoma, Caroline Moran, Women's feet from 2023-08-14T11:19

The Lionesses are through to the Women's World Cup semi-final on Wednesday against co-hosts Australia. Reaching semi-finals of major tournaments is what England "are known for", says defender Lu...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Megan Thee Stallion, Students Living at Home, Sarah de Lagarde, Dr Nadia Nadim from 2023-08-12T16:00

The rapper Tory Lanez has been sentenced to 10 years for the shooting of fellow musician Megan Thee Stallion. She required surgery to remove bullet fragments from her foot after he shot her foll...

Andi and Miquita Oliver, Jacqueline Springer, Emma Rawicz, Afghanistan's most successful female footballer - Dr Nadia Nadim from 2023-08-11T11:27

Mother and daughter duo, Andi and Miquita Oliver, have started a new podcast, Stirring it Up, where they ask guests to join them at their kitchen table. They join Hayley Hassall to talk on how t...

Barbie in China, The Hundred: women's cricket, Women&student loans, Why university students are staying at home from 2023-08-10T11:12

New research by the Sutton Trust reveals that more than a third of A-level students in England are considering living at home if they get into their preferred university. And in some cases, choo...

Megan Thee Stallion, Fertility Anxiety, Colombian striker Linda Caicedo from 2023-08-09T11:41

The rapper Tory Lanez has been sentenced to 10 years for the shooting of fellow musician Megan Thee Stallion. She required surgery to remove bullet fragments from her foot after he shot her foll...

The case against Bill Cosby, Live music from Chloe Matharu, The world of incels, Texas abortion law from 2023-08-08T14:28

A judge in Texas has ruled that women who experience pregnancy complications are temporarily exempt from the state's abortion bans. The ruling comes after a group of thirteen women and two docto...

Sarah De Lagarde's bionic arm, Women's World Cup update, Kim Sherwood on writing Bond from 2023-08-07T10:40

A few months ago, Sarah de Lagarde came on Woman's Hour to share her incredible story of survival. She had fallen on to the Tube tracks at a north London station and was run over by two Tube tra...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Loneliness&health, Concepts of Renaissance beauty&Rock Follies musical from 2023-08-05T16:00

All this week on Woman’s Hour we’ve been discussing the topic of loneliness as women and young people are statistically more likely to experience it. We hear from the psychiatrist Dr Farhana Man...

Netball World Cup, Comedian Georgie Grier, Can design heal loneliness? from 2023-08-04T11:01

Actor and writer Georgie Grier has shared a post on social media after her opening show at the Edinburgh Fringe had just one person in the audience. She’s had replies of support and encouragemen...

Loneliness, Lucy Calcines, Nicole Travolta, Kids at risk from 2023-08-03T11:34

All this week on the programme we are looking at the topic of loneliness. Women are statistically more likely to be lonely and so in today's programme we will look at ways to cope with those fee...

Accusations against Lizzo, Power Lister Jodie Ounsley, Concepts of renaissance beauty, Loneliness, Rock Follies musical from 2023-08-02T10:47

The singer Lizzo, and her production company, are being sued by three former dancers. They have been accused of sexual and racial harassment, disability discrimination, false imprisonment and cr...

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, Air pollution and pregnancy, BookTok, Loneliness and health from 2023-08-01T11:48

Frances Haugen is the former Facebook employee turned whistleblower who extracted more than 22,000 pages of documents from the company revealing its inner workings. She believes they show the co...

Author Jane Fallon, Two mothers talk about daughters' deaths, Netball World Cup, Young women and loneliness, Nouhaila Benzina from 2023-07-31T10:45

In 2018, two new mothers died weeks apart after giving birth in two Kent hospitals from a herpes infection. Kimberley Sampson and Samantha Mulcahy both had c-sections and contracted herpes befor...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Men and stopping sexist behaviour, Grenfell play, Date Stacking from 2023-07-29T16:02

What role should men play in stopping sexist behaviour? Several campaigns have aimed to tackle this, the most recent being the Mayor of London’s Maaate initiative. To discuss we're joined by Kar...

Women's Football World Cup, Black Beauty, Women in the city, Italian Lifeguard from 2023-07-28T11:18

In their second game of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, England’s Lionesses face Denmark. Woman’s Hour will be following the game live, bringing you updates and analysis from our special guests...

Sinead O'Connor tribute, Singapore is scheduled to execute a woman, Scottish women artists, Date stacking, Femorabilia. from 2023-07-27T10:47

The Irish musician and activist Sinéad O Connor has died, aged 56. She was best known for her single Nothing Compares 2 U, released in 1990, which reached number one and brought her worldwide f...

Men and stopping sexist behaviour, Beauty Salons close in Afghanistan, Chief Midwife from 2023-07-26T10:51

What role should men play in stopping sexist behaviour? Several campaigns have aimed to tackle this, the most recent being the Mayor of London’s Maaate initiative. To discuss Nuala is joined by ...

Narcissistic mothers, Grenfell play, Orca whale mothers&their sons from 2023-07-25T10:33

Over the last few months we have been hearing the stories of women who believe that they were raised by mothers who have Narcissistic Personality Disorder. And, a woman who has been labelled a n...

Post botulinum toxin experiences, Photographing all your objects, FGM from 2023-07-24T12:31

There has been a significant increase in the number of non-surgical aesthetic procedures over the past decade. And now the largest academic survey to date in the UK has just been published, rela...

Mina Smallman, Flexible working laws, Dr Gladys McGarey, Barbie set design and The Wizard of Oz from 2023-07-22T16:00

The law on flexible working changed this week. New rules should make it easier for employees to argue for a flexible working arrangement. It’s the culmination of years of hard work and campaigni...

Barbie, Spain's election, Rallycross driver Catie Munnings, Author and comedian Andi Osho from 2023-07-21T10:38

As the film Barbie opens in cinemas today, Set Decorator Katie Spencer and Production Designer Sarah Greenwood discuss how they created Barbieland in a real life space, the invasion of everythin...

Roisin Murphy, World Cup 2023, US abortion, Flexible working from 2023-07-20T10:57

The law on flexible working changes today. This should make it easier for employees to argue for a flexible working arrangement. It’s the culmination of years of hard work and campaigning for mo...

Police Accountability, Wizard of Oz, Phubbing, World Cup song from 2023-07-19T10:51

The mother whose daughters were murdered, and their photographs then shared on a police WhatsApp group gives a keynote speech this morning at the launch of a new organisation designed to help st...

Zoe Saldaña, Yomi Adegoke, Guardianship, Lunar module engineer from 2023-07-18T11:38

Zoe Saldaña has appeared in the top three grossing movies of all time – Avatar, Avatar: Way of Water and Avengers: Endgame. You may know her as Uhura in the Star Trek reboot films, Gamora in Gu...

Hope Powell, Dr Gladys McGarey, Deirdre O'Kane, suicide and young women from 2023-07-17T10:47

Nuala McGovern is joined by one woman who has had a huge impact on the women's game over many years - Hope Powell - the former Lioness head coach will discuss England's chances, the growth of th...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Welfare Support at Sandhurst, Women Plumbers, Flying with Children from 2023-07-15T16:02

In her only broadcast interview, Louise Townsend, the mother of Olivia Perks who took her own life in 2019 whilst at Sandhurst Military Academy, speaks to Woman’s Hour. Louise discusses her view...

Having a sick sibling, Boxing pioneers, Abortion in Iran, Where do you keep your awards? from 2023-07-14T12:28

Gracie Nuttall, sister of Laura Nuttall who died aged 23 in May of a glioblastoma, and Megan Fryer-Kelsey, whose brother Ezra died eleven years ago of leukodystrophy, join Anita to discuss what ...

Crime, Robotics, Narcissism, Flamenco from 2023-07-13T10:32

Almost half of women in England and Wales don’t trust the police enough to report a crime. That’s according to a recent report from the Tony Blair Institute. How can the police regain women’s tr...

Welfare support at Sandhurst, Women's Ashes, Rape trials in Scotland from 2023-07-12T10:38

In her first broadcast interview, Louise Townsend, the mother of Olivia Perks who took her own life in 2019 whilst at Sandhurst Military Academy, speaks to Woman’s Hour. Louise discusses her vie...

Flying with children, Comedian Rosie Jones, wedding party wax seals, Theo Clarke MP birth trauma, Anorexia Nervosa treatment from 2023-07-11T13:14

The inclusion of a particular word in the title of the documentary has caused controversy. For many, it is an extremely offensive term and some contributors have made it publicly known and have ...

The effect of being a victim in high profile cases, Ruchira Gupta, Women Plumbers Women&premature deaths, Story of Ana Obregón from 2023-07-10T11:25

We look at the effect of being a victim in high-profile cases, after the BBC suspends a presenter accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photos. Nuala speaks to former Chief Prosecut...

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Caitlin Moran, Trichotillomania, Prison Officers, TikTok Nans, Olivia Dean from 2023-07-08T16:00

Caitlin Moran’s multi-award-winning bestseller How to Be a Woman has been published in 28 countries. Now she has turned her attention to men; what's wrong with them, what they should do about it...

Should convictions for trafficking victims be overturned?, Author Gabrielle Zevin, and Nan's on Tik Tok from 2023-07-07T11:09

A woman from Manchester is battling to have a criminal conviction overturned because she was a victim of modern slavery at the time. Tina - that's not her real name - was beaten and forced into ...

Caitlin Moran, Ellie Simmonds, Esperanza Spalding, Brandi Morin from 2023-07-06T10:44

Anita is joined by the five time Paralympic gold medallist Ellie Simmonds to discuss her new documentary where she sets out to find her birth parents. Ellie was adopted within months of being bo...

Trichotillomania, Singer-songwriter Olivia Dean, Sexual harassment in schools from 2023-07-05T11:00

Trichotillomania is often referred to as “hair-pulling disorder”. There is little research in this area, but statistics suggest 1.1m people in the UK could have the condition, with 80% of them ...

Probation and domestic abuse, Gravestone recipes, Black and menopausal from 2023-07-04T10:17

Chief Inspector of Probation Justin Russell joins Nuala McGovern in an exclusive interview for the BBC. He'll be discussing a new report inspecting the work undertaken and progress made by the P...

Christina Lamb on Victoria Amelina, Alex South, Actor Beth Alsbury, Debbie and Helen Singer, Female photographers from 2023-07-03T10:42

The award-winning Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina has died from her injuries after a Russian missile hit a pizza restaurant in the eastern city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday, where she was eating. ...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Olivia Colman, Rosamund Pike, Managing your Energy Levels from 2023-07-01T16:03

The Oscar-winning actor Olivia Colman is the patron of the arts charity Tender, having previously played a survivor of domestic violence in the film Tyrannosaur. She speaks to Woman’s Hour along...

Olivia Colman, Undercover policing inquiry, Afua Hirsch, Lottie Jackson from 2023-06-30T11:24

Actress Olivia Colman is the patron of the arts charity Tender, having previously played a survivor of domestic violence in the film Tyrannosaur. She speaks to Woman’s Hour alongside Tender CEO...

Wrestling, Margaret McDonagh remembered, Little Black Dress, Sue Barker, HRT from 2023-06-29T12:02

A new study has suggested that women who take hormone replacement therapy to relieve their menopause symptoms may increase their risk of dementia. Scientists at Copenhagen University found that ...

Actor Rosamund Pike, childbirth and incontinence, Sharron Davies and her new book, Isabel Hardman on Daisy Goodwin from 2023-06-28T10:36

On Monday, the TV journalist Daisy Goodwin accused the Tory mayoral candidate Daniel Korski of groping her breast during a meeting at No 10 in 2013. He has denied the allegation "in the stronges...

Archie Panjabi, Cricket, Energy management, The untold story of parliament’s working women from 2023-06-27T11:05

The actress Archie Panjabi made her film debut in East is East and then went on to play Pinky in Bend it Like Beckham. She won the Primetime Emmy Award in 2010 for Outstanding Supporting Actress...

Nova Twins, W series demise, Wealth management, Burning Sun, Author Caroline O’Donoghue from 2023-06-26T12:44

The all-female motor racing championship, the W Series, has goneinto administration. The series was founded in 2019 in response to the lack of female representation at the highest levels of the ...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Windrush Women, Tracey Emin, Irene Tracey, Bridget Christie, Working Women in India, Glastonbury from 2023-06-24T16:00

On Thursday, the UK celebrated the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush which made the 5,000 mile journey from the Caribbean to England in 1948. The passengers were mainly made...

Woman's Hour Live from Glastonbury! from 2023-06-23T12:00

For Woman's Hour's first ever live broadcast from Worthy Farm Anita is joined by BBC 6 Music's Jamz Supernova. Jamz gives Anita her top tips and talks us through the women she's most excited to ...

Tracey Emin, Divas, Skateboarders, Know Your Place, France drug rape from 2023-06-22T10:25

As visitors walk through the doors of the newly reopened National Portrait Gallery in London, they will see 45 hand-drawn portraits of women by British artist Tracey Emin, that have been cast in...

'Victoria's' story, Child height, Medical tactile examiners in India, Professor Irene Tracey - University of Oxford from 2023-06-21T11:17

Nuala speaks to a woman who discovered by chance that her fiancé was secretly filming her naked in the home they shared. Victoria, not her real name, reported him to the police and he later ple...

Life for women in India, latest on the Windrush scandal, women and napping and access to therapy records in rape investigatios from 2023-06-20T10:15

Nuala McGovern talks to Rosa Abraham & Rituparna Chakraborty about the fact that nearly half of the population in India is female, but the number of working women has fallen to record lows.<...

Bridget Christie, Windrush Women, Helen and Rob in the Archers from 2023-06-19T11:53

Comedian Bridget Christie’s stand-up has been credited with putting the funny in feminism. You might know her from Taskmaster or Ghosts. Now she’s created and stars in a comedy drama called Th...

Cate Blanchett on Glenda Jackson, Susanna Hoffs, Yasmeen Lari, Power Lister Jo Tongue, Eco-grief, Lisa Squire from 2023-06-17T16:00

Thousands of people gathered together on Thursday night to attend a vigil for those killed in the Nottingham attacks. The mothers of the murdered teenagers Grace O’Malley Kumar and Barnaby Webbe...

Actor Cate Blanchett on Glenda Jackson, Girlguiding, Decluttering your love life, Aasmah Mir on her childhood memoir from 2023-06-16T10:36

The actor Cate Blanchett celebrates the work and life of Glenda Jackson, who died this week.

The mothers of Grace O'Malley Kumar and Barnaby Webber spoke about their loved ones at a publi...

Synthetic embryos, Suzie Fletcher, Eco-anxiety, Lynzy Billing from 2023-06-15T10:57

Scientists have created synthetic human embryos using stem cells that sidestep the need for eggs or sperm. The news was presented yesterday at the International Society for Stem Cell Research’s ...

Jo Tongue, Universal Basic Income, Sian Norris, Childhood Obesity from 2023-06-14T10:27

NHS England is going to open 10 new clinics this year to deal with childhood obesity. The clinics will provide "intensive" support to thousands of children with severe obesity and their families...

Abortion laws, Anorexia and bone health, Profile of Greta Thunberg, Susanna Hoffs from 2023-06-13T17:17

Is current abortion legislation fit for purpose? It's a question debated this morning following the conviction and sentencing of Carla Foster for inducing an abortion outside the legal time limi...

Yasmeen Lari, Pakistan's first female architect, Relationships under pressure from 2023-06-12T10:31

The Scout Association is not doing enough to protect and safeguard children from child abuse, that’s according to two young women who have set up a website which launches tomorrow (Tuesday) aski...

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Ukraine Kakhovka Dam, Candi Staton&Christina Rossetti the Carer from 2023-06-10T16:00

Facebook has removed an advert for a sanitary towel product because it referenced the words Vagina, Vulva and Clitoris. It's the latest in a long line of period ads that have caused a stir. So w...

Sue Barker, Period advert bans, Selling sexual assault in East Asia, Jenny Jungle from 2023-06-09T10:49

This Wimbledon will be the first in 30 years without the familiar presence of Sue Barker. Last year she stepped down from hosting the tennis tournament that she herself played in. In Sue's memoi...

Louise Redknapp, Insomnia, Lindsey Burrow, Ukraine dam from 2023-06-08T12:47

The rescue efforts are continuing in Ukraine after Tuesday's breach of the Kakhovka dam. 30 communities along the Dnipro river have been flooded according to officials. Now the Red Cross has rai...

Polly Toynbee on her new book An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals from 2023-06-07T11:19

As a self confessed “silver spooner” who enjoyed a privileged upbringing Polly Toynbee talks to Nuala McGovern about her committed left wing "rabble rouser" ancestors and her own life long ba...

Candi Staton, Narcissistic mother 'Bethany', Author Emma Cline, Smart phones in school, Nurses from 2023-06-06T12:12

Four-time Grammy award nominated singer Candi Staton has moved between several musical genres during of the course of her celebrated career – from soul, R&B, gospel and disco. However, danc...

Women in Ukraine, Baroness Sue Campbell, Abortion law in Texas, Drastic hair from 2023-06-05T10:22

The Sunday Times' Christina Lamb on the women involved in the war effort in Ukraine.

We look at the trend of brides having their long hair cut into bobs before re-emerging with new hair at...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Witness Protection, Gender Pension Gap, Big Boobs and Dr Edna Adan Ismali from 2023-06-03T16:00

A woman who was stalked by her husband and then placed into witness protection with a new identity to escape him, says she feels like she's the one being punished. She's complained to the police...

Edna Adan Ismail, winner of Templeton Prize, Online games, Vasectomy increase in US, Iranian female journos on trial from 2023-06-02T11:47

Two female journalists in Iran are on trial for covering the death of 22 year old Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in custody last year sparking protests across the country and mo...

Witness protection, Anti-LGBT law in Uganda, Author Harriet Gibsone, Women's World Cup squad from 2023-06-01T10:58

A woman who was stalked by her husband and then placed into witness protection with a new identity to escape him, says she feels like she's the one being punished. She's complained to the police...

Gender pension gap, Trampolining, A Paedophile in the Family from 2023-05-31T11:50

When Rebecca Perry was growing up, she competed nationally and internationally as a trampolinist.  She went on to become a published poet and has now ventured into non-fiction with a beautifully...

Childcare debt, Big boobs, Succession from 2023-05-30T11:05

As figures show more than a third of parents are using debt to pay for childcare, Nuala will be meeting two women who’ve gone deep into the red to pay nursery fees in order to maintain a career ...

Why we lie, The Traitors star Amanda Lovett, Lies told by families, Lying to your partner from 2023-05-29T10:01

Why do we lie? And what is happening in our brain when we do it? Nuala asks psychologist Dr Sharon Leal, Senior Research Fellow and Member of the International Centre for Research in Forensic Ps...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Period Inequality, Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, Electropop duo Let’s Eat Grandma from 2023-05-27T16:00

A recent survey of a thousand teenage girls has found that nearly half of them have struggled to access products at school. On Sunday a Period Parade will make its way through London to call for...

The Turkish elections and female voters from 2023-05-26T10:42

In the last two years Turkey has withdrawn from the Istanbul Convention which "creates a comprehensive legal framework and approach to combat violence against women" and at the same time inter...

Tina Turner legend, Let's Eat Grandma, Whips, Sudan's women, Helen Hardy from 2023-05-25T11:39

Tributes are being paid to the Queen of Rock n Roll, Tina Turner, who has died aged 83 after a long illness. Turner became one of the world's most famous music icons, known for her smash hits Wh...

Independent Inquiry into child sexual abuse, writer Katriona O'Sullivan, electric cars, fertility laws in France from 2023-05-24T12:08

After more than seven years taking evidence, six months ago the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published their final report which put forward 20 recommendations for the government. ...

Adoption, Protesting Indian Wrestlers, Naoise Dolan from 2023-05-23T10:40

According to a new report from Adoption UK nearly half of families with adopted children aged 13 to 25 say they are at ‘crisis point’ or ‘facing severe challenges’. Author, Becky Brooks, discuss...

Women of Northern Ireland; Baroness Nicky Morgan; Looking good for your age; Menopause drugs update from 2023-05-22T11:39

Starting on BBC Two, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC iPlayer tonight, Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland gives voice to the people who lived through the Troubles, sharing intimate stories from al...

Suranne Jones, Karen Millen, Eating disorders, Men and contraception, Kissing from 2023-05-20T16:00

Psychiatrists say they’re worried that some people with eating disorders are being offered palliative care. They say an eating disorder is not a terminal illness and most people can recover. Our...

Kesha, Kissing, Holly Smale on The Cassandra Complex, 'Depp v Heard' series, Manisha Tailor, assistant head of coaching at QPR from 2023-05-19T15:08

The American singer/songwriter Kesha’s first major success came in 2009 when she was featured on rapper Flo Rida's number-one single "Right Round". She’s since had two number one albums and ni...

Feminist porn, Karen Millen, I Can Hear The Cuckoo, Forced marriage from 2023-05-18T13:37

Erika Lust makes adult films that focus on female pleasure, diversity and what she calls ethical production. She has big ideas about how to change the porn industry and joins Anita Rani in the s...

Suranne Jones, Housing, Eating disorders, Physicist Professor Dame Athene Donald from 2023-05-17T11:40

Bafta-winning actor Suranne Jones is back on our screens with Maryland, a three-part drama about two sisters discovering that their mother was leading a secret life. Suranne, who plays the you...

Calls for allergy tsar, Men and contraception, Judy Blume books from 2023-05-16T10:50

Tanya Ednan-Laperouse and Emma Turay are two women who lost their teenage daughters due to severe allergic reactions to food they had eaten. They are calling for the government to put in a place...

Can trauma in childhood become a driving force for success in later life? from 2023-05-15T12:05

In their book What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Young, they interview the likes of Ruth Davidson and Mary Portas and explore the psychology behind their experiences. Hayley is joined by Alice Tho...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Activist Masih Alinejad, Malorie Blackman, Bel Powley and Kate Ferdinand from 2023-05-13T16:00

Masih Alinejad, Iranian American journalist, women's rights campaigner and a Time Woman of the Year 2023, is an outspoken critic of the Iranian government. She joins Anita to talk about her figh...

Maureen Lipman, Kate Ferdinand, Power Lister Rimla Akhtar, Women ambassadors from 2023-05-12T10:36

In her latest stage role Dame Maureen Lipman plays Rose in a one-woman memory play with its Jewish heroine sitting Shiva – mourning for the many dead, and moving through Jewish twentieth century...

Operation Identify Me, Iran, Rosie&Chris Ramsey, Race Across the World from 2023-05-11T11:05

Masih Alinejad, Iranian American journalist, women's rights campaigner and a Time Woman of the Year 2023, is an outspoken critic of the Iranian government. She joins Anita to talk about her figh...

Malorie Blackman, Trump verdict, Kitemark for female-founded firms, Netball from 2023-05-10T10:39

Just Saying’ is a memoir by the bestselling author Malorie Blackman, former Children’s Laureate, best known for her Noughts & Crosses series for young adults. Malorie received eighty-two re...

Bel Powley, UTIs, Thai Elections, Theatre for Teenagers, Under Pressure from 2023-05-09T11:21

Most of us are familiar with the story of Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who wrote a diary while hiding from the Nazis with her family, in Amsterdam during the Second World War. You are prob...

Julian of Norwich and the power of inspirational words in tough times from 2023-05-08T10:00

Words to live by and finding hope in the face of terrible suffering, the life of the anchoress or hermit Julian of Norwich, the power of walking and nature to heal and art that replaces adverts ...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Maternal mental health; Actors Laura Dern and Diane Ladd&Comedy drama Black Ops from 2023-05-06T15:02

An estimated one in five new and expectant mums develop perinatal mental illnesses such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and psychosis, according to the Royal College of Psychiatris...

Plaid Cymru&culture of harassment, Egg freezing, Taylor Swift, Lisa Selby&Blue Bag Life, Wrexham and DJ Katie Owen from 2023-05-05T11:20

Plaid Cymru have apologised after a damning review found a culture of harassment, bullying and misogyny in the party. The party had "failed to implement a zero-tolerance approach to sexual haras...

Maternal mental health, Ellie Goldstein, Kneelers, Black Ops, Power List from 2023-05-04T12:24

An estimated one in five new and expectant mums develops perinatal mental illnesses according to the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Whilst every pregnant woman should be screened for mental hea...

Ellie Wilson, Women-only tower block, Rejection, Women's Hour from 2023-05-03T11:07

For Ellie Wilson, now 25, it’s been a year since the man she once called her boyfriend was convicted of raping her and sentenced to five years in prison. Research shows that one in four women ha...

Caregivers, What do we know about Queen Charlotte, Ukrainian musical prodigies from 2023-05-02T10:51

There are two new books about the experience of caregiving: Who Cares: the hidden crisis of caregiving and how we solve it by Emily Kenway and Mothercare: on ambivalence and obligation by acclai...

Actors Laura Dern and Diane Ladd, Nurses Strikes, Sarah Gilmartin from 2023-05-01T11:20

The book Honey, Baby, Mine is a joint project of mother/daughter actors Diane Ladd, and Laura Dern. Working together is not unusual for these two as over decades they have taken their connection...

Ruby Wax, Abortion in Ireland, Jo Hansford MBE and Comedian Zoe Lyons from 2023-04-29T16:00

What happens when a woman famous for talking to people, and for her razor sharp wit, is left stranded on a desert island with just herself and a hermit crab for company? Author, comedian, broadc...

Ruby Wax, Murty women, Summer clothes, National Baby Female choreographers from 2023-04-28T10:37

What happens when a woman famous for her razor sharp wit is left stranded on a desert island with just her own company and a hermit crab called Spartacus? Author, broadcaster and mental health c...

Kingship, Fibromyalgia, Trump, Ireland abortion from 2023-04-27T11:55

In 2018 the people of Ireland voted to repeal the 8th amendment and grant women access to safe and free abortions up to 12 weeks into pregnancy. Ireland was promised ‘excellent’ abortion service...

Women in Sudan, Jo Hansford, Paula Barker MP, Author Fran Hill from 2023-04-26T10:38

As a ceasefire continues in Sudan we look at how the conflict in the country has impacted women. Nuala is joined by CNN Chief International Investigative Correspondent Nima Elbagir.

Jo Han...

Stella Assange, Sexual assaults in hospitals, Comedian Zoe Lyons on her midlife crisis from 2023-04-25T10:46

Stella Assange is the wife of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, a whistle-blowing platform that publishes classified material provided by anonymous sources. He is currently being held in...

Russian feminism, Adele Roberts, Under Pressure - Kate and Annie, ACL injuries in women's sport from 2023-04-24T11:39

It's been reported that a draft law that would recognise feminism as an extremist ideology is under consideration by Russia’s state duma - that's the lower chamber of parliament. Nuala asks the...

Lynn Nottage, Maggie Murphy, CBI Investigations, Race across the world, Emergency alerts, Therapy speak from 2023-04-22T16:00

A second woman has come forward alleging that she was raped by two male colleagues when she worked at the Confederation of British Industry. Anita Rani speaks to the Guardian journalist who unco...

Rachel Weisz, Lewes FC, Adele Roberts Marathon Challenge from 2023-04-21T10:33

Academy award-winner Rachel Weisz joins Anita Rani to talk about her new series Dead Ringers, a psycho-sexual thriller about identical twins who are gynaecologists and obstetricians. It is a new...

Cost of living, Lynn Nottage, Gel manicures, 'Rosewater' by Liv Little from 2023-04-20T10:46

Published in 2001, ‘The Secret Life of Bees’ was a New York Times bestseller for more than 125 weeks and was made into an award-winning film starring Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Huds...

Kristine Kujath Thorp from 2023-04-19T10:46

Kristine Kujath Thorp is the star of new ‘unromantic comedy’ Sick of Myself. The film follows the unhealthy and competitive relationship between bored waitress Signe and her boyfriend Thomas; b...

Disparities in maternal deaths, Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial, Ellie Downie, Emergency Alert System, Small Pipes from 2023-04-18T10:43

A new report from the women’s and equalities committee is calling on the government to eliminate what it calls ‘appalling disparities in maternal deaths between black and white women’. Black wo...

Lolita Chakrabarti, Ian Paterson investigations, Therapy speak, Child sexual abuse in Uganda, Girl’s World from 2023-04-17T13:00

Ian Paterson, who became known as the butchering breast surgeon, is currently serving a 20-year jail term after being convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent and 3 counts of unlawful woun...

Hadley Freeman, Baroness Warsi, Derry Girls' actors Siobhan McSweeney and Louisa Harland on the London stage, AI, Emma Booth from 2023-04-15T16:00

The writer Hadley Freeman stopped eating when she was 14, and spent the next three years in and out of hospital, battling with anorexia. Now in her mid-forties, she says she didn’t completely cl...

Remembering Mary Quant, Hen parties, Architect Sumayya Vally, WH Power list change-maker Emma Booth from 2023-04-14T10:42

The fashion designer Dame Mary Quant, best known for popularising the mini skirt which helped define the swinging sixties has died at the age of 93. The Telegraph's fashion writer Melissa Twigg...

Baroness Warsi, Labiaplasty, secondary breast cancer and “Clustercore” from 2023-04-13T11:42

The conservative peer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has criticised the home secretary Suella Braverman for using  "racist rhetoric".  She says her recent comments on small boats and grooming gangs have...

Derry Girls' actors Siobhan McSweeney and Louisa Harland on London stage, Laura Trevelyan, Mrs Pankhurst's Bodyguard from 2023-04-12T10:27

Brian Friel’s classic play Dancing at Lughnasa has opened at the National Theatre in London. Telling the story of the five Mundy sisters, two of the actors, more recently on our screens in Derry...

Hadley Freeman, Latest in Iran, Rom Coms from 2023-04-11T11:26

The writer Hadley Freeman stopped eating when she was 14, and spent the next three years in and out of hospital, battling with anorexia. Now in her mid-forties, she says she didn’t completely c...

Artificial Intelligence and Women from 2023-04-10T10:15

How is the rapid progress in AI technology going to impact women? The Financial Times’ Artificial Intelligence Editor Madhumita Murgia joins Nuala McGovern to talk us through the issues of gende...

Climate justice activist Mikaela Loach, DJ kavita Varu, 'Stevenage Woman' from 2023-04-08T16:00

The climate justice activist Mikaela Loach, who took the UK government to court for giving tax breaks to fossil fuels companies, discusses her new book It's Not That Radical: Climate Activism To...

Lionesses win Finalissima, Good Friday Agreement, Tanya Sarne, Windrush, Angie Thomas from 2023-04-07T11:10

Unbeaten for 30 games, last night the Lionesses won Finalissima. Jess Creighton discusses with Tom Garry, who talks about the game last night, the Lionesses road to the World Cup in Australia a...

DJ Kavita Varu, Former international footballer Professor Laura McAllister, 'Crown to Couture', Author Curtis Sittenfeld from 2023-04-06T13:30

Kavita Varu is a lawyer from Sheffield and a single mother of two who hit rock bottom just as we went into lockdown three years ago. She decided to learn how to DJ, bought some decks and taught ...

Actor Helen George, 'Stevenage Woman', Author Diana Evans from 2023-04-05T10:53

She is best known for her role as the Poplar-based midwife Trixie Franklin, in Call the Midwife. Helen George has also been a star of Strictly Come Dancing, sung with Elton John and at Buckingha...

WH Power list sports journalist Fiona Tomas, Climate justice activist Mikaela Loach, Narcissistic mothers, WASPI women from 2023-04-04T12:37

On the Woman’s Hour Power List this year, sports reporter Fiona Tomas joins Nuala to discuss the change in kits for the England Women’s football team and her work as a journalist. Climate justic...

The rise of right-wing female leaders in Europe. from 2023-04-03T11:17

Nuala McGovern talks to Costanza Hermanin from the European University Institute in Florence and Sarah De Lange from the University of Amsterdam about the success of this new breed of female lea...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Leah Williamson, Performance poet Salena Godden, Sex education in schools from 2023-04-01T16:05

The Conservative MP Miriam Cates said in the House of Commons that children were being exposed to “graphic” and "age inappropriate" material during their sex education classes. The Prime Ministe...

Performance poet Salena Godden, Taiwan's female president, Gambling, addiction, Narcissistic mother, Kelsie Grieg gamer. from 2023-03-31T11:31

Taiwan's first female president, Tsai Ing-Weng, arrived in New York yesterday to criticism from China. She is stopping over in the US on her way to Central America, but may meet with US House Sp...

Rape Case Court Delays, Going Viral, Love and Money from 2023-03-30T11:35

New figures show that there is still a huge backlog of criminal cases waiting to get to court. And the worst delays are for rape and sexual offences. Reporter Melanie Abbott talks to a man who w...

Caragh McMurtry on her autism diagnosis. from 2023-03-29T11:27

She talks to Nuala McGovern about how she’s learned to cope with the condition in the elite sports world as well as the work she’s been doing to support other neurodivergent athletes to fulfil ...

The Power List Reveal Programme - Women in Sport from 2023-03-28T12:01

The Woman's Hour Power List 2023 reveal show is here! This is your chance to hear from the women on our list, showcasing the 30 most remarkable women in sport in the UK right now.

Join Nu...

Sex education in schools from 2023-03-27T11:18

Earlier this month, the Conservative MP Miriam Cates said in the House of Commons that children were being exposed to 'graphic' and 'age inappropriate' material during their sex education classe...

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Baroness Casey Review with Dame Lynne Owens, influencer Georgina Harrison on 'image-based sexual abuse’ from 2023-03-25T17:00

Baroness Louise Casey has published the final report on her review into the Metropolitan Police. A female metropolitan police officer and Deputy Commissioner of the Met, Dame Lynne Owens, discus...

Julia Hoggett, CEO of the London Stock Exchange from 2023-03-24T15:06

It’s fifty years since six newly elected female traders entered the floor of the London Stock Exchange for the first time after 200 years of exclusion. The number of women working in finance rea...

Hormonal contraception, Ghost children, Narcissism, Mabel Constanduros from 2023-03-23T12:21

Taking any type of hormonal contraception could increase your risk of getting breast cancer, according to a new study by the Cancer Epidemiology Unit at Oxford Population Health, which is part o...

Trust in the Police? Have you say and call Nuala McGovern at Woman's Hour from 2023-03-22T12:20

On a special phone in edition of Woman's Hour we look at trust in the police following the review by Baroness Casey into a toxic culture at the Met Police. She found the 'the force has lost th...

The Baroness Casey Review with Dame Lynne Owens&Claire Waxman, Dance your way home, Narcissistic mother from 2023-03-21T12:20

Baroness Louise Casey has today published the final report on her review into the Metropolitan Police. Joining Nuala McGovern to discuss the findings are a female metropolitan police officer, De...

Reality TV star Georgia Harrison on 'revenge porn', ‘Seven Winters in Tehran’, Fairness in sport, Romance on the bus. from 2023-03-20T12:55

Known for shows like Love Island and The Only Way is Essex, social media influencer Georgia Harrison talks to Nuala McGovern about her new TV documentary. It follows her successful legal battle...

Paris Hilton, FGM report, Annie Lennox, Country-pop duo Ward Thomas from 2023-03-18T17:00

Paris Hilton has been called ‘the first influencer’ and is known for being an ‘it-girl’. But behind the paparazzi pictures there’s a darker story. Now for the first time, Paris is telling her st...

Singer-songwriter Annie Lennox from 2023-03-17T12:09

Anita and Annie are joined by Kalpona Akter, an ambassador for The Circle who worked in a garment factory when she was just 12 years old.

The government’s first Menopause Employment Champ...

Paris Hilton, Anneka Rice, Gas&Air, Budget 2023 from 2023-03-16T22:38

Paris Hilton, reality TV star, so-called 'inventor of the selfie,' and business woman, joins Anita to talk about her new book 'Paris: The Memoir.' The former socialite first appeared on-screen ...

Budget 2023 Childcare, FGM report, Sex education in schools, Courting India, Country-pop duo Ward Thomas from 2023-03-15T12:03

Today’s budget announcement is expected to include an expansion of free childcare provision for working parents in England for one and two-year-olds. The plans will be outlined by the Chancellor...

Author and judge Nicola Williams, Abortion in the UK update, Police violence against women from 2023-03-14T11:24

Nicola Williams’ new novel Until Proven Innocent sees the return of Lee Mitchell, a young barrister from a working-class Caribbean background, who is strong-armed into defending a supposedly cor...

Karen Krizanovich and Heidi Ellert-McDermott on the Oscars, new Paula Yates documentary, abortion rights in the US from 2023-03-13T13:21

As a new Channel 4 documentary is released, Nuala McGovern hears more about her life from director Charlie Russell.

Who were the female winners at the Academy Awards last night? What were ...

Forever Friends? from 2023-03-12T05:00

What happens when a friendship breaks down? How can you repair it? Should you even try?

In this special Sunday podcast, Nuala McGovern brings together all the interviews from Woman's Hour'...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Malala Yousafzai, Grassroots sport, Talking about not having children from 2023-03-11T17:00

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani education activist and the world’s youngest Nobel Prize laureate. Since she was shot by a member of the Taliban at just 15, Malala has spent nearly a decade fight...

Eurovision entry Mae Muller, Director Raine Allen-Miller, Online bullying from 2023-03-10T12:23

Singer-songwriter Mae Muller has been announced as this year’s British entry for Eurovision, she joins Krupa to discuss how excited she is to represent the UK.

Watch out Notting Hill, ther...

Emily Watson, Earthquake, The Lesbian Project, Big Mama Thornton, Cost of childcare from 2023-03-09T11:55

Emily Watson is starring in a new film ‘God’s Creatures,’ set in a remote Irish fishing village. She plays a mother torn between protecting her son and her own sense of right and wrong. When she...

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly MP, Poet Kim Moore, Chief Fire Officer Sabrina Cohen-Hatton from 2023-03-08T12:12

On International Women’s Day we talk to the foreign secretary, James Cleverly MP, as he travels to Sierra Leone to launch the UK’s new international women and girls strategy.

Dr Sabrina Co...

Writer Heidi Thomas, Angela Saini on the origins of patriarchy, Codeword Mascara from 2023-03-07T11:39

On last night’s Panorama, Twitter insiders told the BBC that the company is no longer able to protect users from trolls, following lay-offs and changes under the owner Elon Musk. Lisa Jennings Y...

Malala Yousafzai, Festival headliners, Discussing whether or not you want children with a partner, Comedian Jayde Adams from 2023-03-06T12:41

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani education activist and the world’s youngest Nobel Prize laureate. Malala was just 15 when, on the way home from school, a member of the Taliban boarded her bus, a...

Finding My Voice from 2023-03-05T05:00

Five women. Five inspirational stories.

Earlier this year, Woman’s Hour spoke to women from all different backgrounds and professions about the moment they found their voice. When was the...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Iranian schoolgirls, the womb, Cynthia Erivo, No More Page 3, UK marriage law changes from 2023-03-04T17:00

Schoolgirls in Iran have been admitted to hospital this week after reportedly being poisoned by gas whilst at school. Many Iranians suspect the poisonings are a deliberate attempt to force girls...

Actor Bukky Bakray, Iranian schoolgirls and poisoning, Singer Karen Carpenter reframed, TikTok school protests from 2023-03-03T13:07

Actor, Bukky Bakray, who at 19, became the youngest BAFTA Rising Star Award recipient as well as one of the youngest 'Best Actress in a Leading Role' nominees for her critically acclaimed perfor...

Diana Parkes, Breast health and sport, Great Stork Derby, No More Page 3 from 2023-03-02T12:14

Diana Parkes, the mother of a woman killed by her pilot husband more than a decade ago has called on the Justice Secretary to intervene over his possible release from prison in November.  Anita ...

Cynthia Erivo, Eating disorder system failures, Writer Christina Patterson, Cancer gene testing from 2023-03-01T12:30

People with eating disorders are being repeatedly failed by the system and radical changes need to be made to prevent further tragedies. That’s according to the Parliamentary and Health Service ...

Teachers' strike, Midwife Leah Hazard on the womb, Sexual violence in Ukraine, Best performance by a jumper from 2023-02-28T11:48

As teachers strike again over pay this week we talk to the BBC's Education Editor Branwen Jeffreys. As awards season continues we want to know - who should win best performance by a jumper? Mark...

Migrant boat deaths in Italy, Gambling addiction and crime, 60 swims at 60, Getting married at 16 from 2023-02-27T12:16

At least 59 migrants, including 33 women and 12 children, have died and dozens more are feared missing after their boat sank in rough seas off southern Italy. The vessel broke apart while tryin...

British Ambassador to Ukraine Dame Melinda Simmons, Kirsty Sedgman, Black women and cancer, Eleanor McEvoy and Averil Mansfield from 2023-02-25T17:00

Dame Melinda Simmons, the British Ambassador to Ukraine, joins Hayley Hassall to mark one year on from the Russian invasion. She talks about the impact the war is having on women and girls in th...

Dame Melinda Simmons, British Ambassador to Ukraine, Fully female clergy, Twin sisters on pregnancy&miscarriage; Quilting from 2023-02-24T12:48

It is a year since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. The war has severely impacted social cohesion, community security and the resilience of local communities, especially women and girls. Approxim...

The UK’s first woman vascular surgeon, South African choreographer Dada Masilo, Benefits of older siblings. from 2023-02-23T12:01

Averil Mansfield was the UK’s first woman vascular surgeon and first female professor of surgery. She qualified as a surgeon in the early 1970s, at a time when only two per cent of her colleagu...

Black women and cancer, Eleanor McEvoy, Shamima Begum ruling, Yazidi women, A Victorian dress diary from 2023-02-22T11:27

New research from Cancer Research UK and NHS Digital has revealed that Black women from Caribbean and African backgrounds are more likely to be diagnosed with certain types of cancer at later st...

Nicola Bulley, tearing during childbirth, black women swim, tweakments gone mad? from 2023-02-21T11:52

We discuss the statement released by Nicola Bulley's family following the sad news that that the body found in river Wyre had been formally identified as Nicola Bulley who had been missing for o...

Dr Kirsty Sedgman, Esther Webber, Jenny Symmons, Elaine Dunkley, Nadine Benjamin from 2023-02-20T11:18

Who gets to decide about social norms, about what's reasonable and unreasonable behaviour? Is it OK to breastfeed in public, to let your children play in the garden while others are working from...

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Aimee Lou Wood, Wayne Couzens and Indecent Assault, Nne Nne Iwuji-Eme on African Queens, Nell Mescal from 2023-02-18T17:00

Actor Aimee Lou Wood is best known for her role in Netflix’s Sex Education. Her character - also called Aimee - was at the heart of some of the most iconic storylines that came out of the first ...

Sukhdev Reel on her son Ricky, Aimee Lou Wood, Anita Bhagwandas, Sober dating from 2023-02-17T12:40

Ricky Reel’s body was discovered in the River Thames 25 years ago, a week after he had gone missing following a racist attack when he was on a night out with friends. His case was never solved, ...

Nicola Sturgeon resignation; Sharon Rose plays Sylvia Pankhurst; The power of sport; Femicide in Europe from 2023-02-16T11:59

As Scotland’s First Minister announces her resignation after nearly a decade in the job we consider her legacy, the reasons for and the timing of her decision to go and consider who might take o...

Wayne Couzens and Indecent Assault, African Queens, Sleepovers, Male Pill and Nikki Haley from 2023-02-15T12:48

The former police officer, Wayne Couzens, who raped and murdered Sarah Everard two years ago, has admitted three counts of indecent exposure, one of which happened just four days before he kidna...

Nell Mescal, Professor Hazel Smith, Jean MacKenzie, Fern Brady, Claer Barratt, Stella Creasy MP, Lauren Moss from 2023-02-14T11:58

Nell Mescal is a singer songwriter from Ireland who writes Indie Folk songs. She’s a rising star whose featured in Rolling Stone Magazine, has been named as an artist to watch by NME and is prep...

Love-Bombed a new BBC Sounds Podcast. Can writing a memoir ruin your life? Who are you at work? Knife Crime from 2023-02-13T12:43

Coleen Greenwood spent almost two and a half years in a relationship with a man she knew as James Scott. He said he was a divorced firefighter who wanted to marry and go into business with her -...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Danielle Deadwyler on Oscars snub, disabled parenting, audio porn, ex-Lioness Jill Scott&Salma Hayek from 2023-02-11T17:00

Danielle Deadwyler's extraordinary portrayal of the civil rights activist Mamie Till-Mobley in Chinonye Chukwu’s ‘Till’ has earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Leading Actress. The film tells...

Jill Scott - European Champion; Disabled parents; Salma Hayek Pinault from 2023-02-10T12:30

Anita is joined by the European Champion and Queen of the Jungle Jill Scott. Jill is one of the most decorated footballers in the country and after announcing her retirement from the sport last ...

Audio porn, Earthquake impact on women, Author Ayòbámi Adébáyo, A listener on leaving the Church of England from 2023-02-09T12:17

The number of women watching porn is on the increase, according to one of the world’s most popular sites. They say around a third of its viewers are female and growing. There’s also a new type o...

Jessie Buckley, Jennie Agg, Nazir Afzal, Zoe Billingham, Martine Oborne, Anne Atkins from 2023-02-08T11:39

Nuala McGovern talks to Irish actor Jessie Buckley about her new role as one of an extraordinary ensemble cast in the new film Women Talking. Based on the novel by Miriam Toews, it follows the ...

David Carrick sentencing, Shamima Begum story, Danielle Deadwyler, Carmel McMahon from 2023-02-07T11:26

Former Police Officer David Carrick will be sentenced this morning. BBC correspondent Helena Wilkinson joins Nuala. Shamima Begum left the UK in 2015. Now, for the first time, we have a better ...

Janhavee Moole, Julia Golding, Holly Bourne, Sam Quek, Rachel Williams, Ella Whelan, Abbie Cheeseman from 2023-02-06T13:17

Is the world of Young Adult (YA) Fiction getting too dark for our teenagers? Nuala McGovern speaks to YA authors Julia Golding (Finding Sky) and Holly Bourne (The Places I’ve Cried in Public) to...

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Helena Bonham Carter on ‘Nolly’, Sophie Duker, Happy Valley&kinship care, Emily Atack’ from 2023-02-04T17:00

Helena Bonham Carter tells us about playing Noele Gordon, "the Queen of the midlands", in new ITV drama 'Nolly' written by Russell T Davies. The actress starred in the hugely popular TV soap Cro...

Happy Valley&kinship care; Conditions at Eastwood Park women's prison, Declining birthrates in China&Japan, Beyonce from 2023-02-03T12:08

A new report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons on conditions at Eastwood Park women’s prison has been released today. We speak to Sandra Fieldhouse, lead for women’s prisons at HMI Prisons about the...

Alex Kingston plays Prospero at the RSC; Captain Preet Chandi; Alcohol, sexual assault&recall; Folic acid; All good friends? from 2023-02-02T12:41

Women are able to recall details of sexual assault and rape with accuracy, even if they have drunk – moderate amounts of alcohol .A study conducted at the University of Birmingham demonstrated t...

Helena Bonham Carter, Power List judges Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and Ebony Rainford-Brent, Update on Ian Paterson from 2023-02-01T11:56

Helena Bonham Carter is one of our best known actors – she’s played everyone from Princess Margaret in The Crown and Elizabeth the Queen Mother in The King's Speech, to Bellatrix Lestrange in th...

Emily Atack, Baroness Catherine Ashton, Sophie Duker from 2023-01-31T11:41

Actor and comedian, Emily Atack has decided to stand up against the men who cyber-flash her daily. Having received unsolicited, unwanted, abusive messages, dick pics and crude images for years s...

Hilary Grime on her daugher Phoebe, Catherine Lee on Section 28, Tidying up v mess from 2023-01-30T11:56

Hilary Grime’s daughter Phoebe, a student at Newcastle university, took her own life in June 2021. Hilary has since come together with other bereaved families to form the Learn Network with th...

Triathlete and screenwriter Lesley Paterson; Zara Aleena's murder&probation service failings; the Woman's Hour Power List 2023 from 2023-01-28T17:00

Lesley Paterson is a five times world champion triathlete. She’s also a successful screenwriter, who has just been nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film All...

Holocaust Survivors, Mary Nighy, Dementia and Menopause from 2023-01-27T11:37

During World War Two, a house in Tynemouth was used as a sanctuary for more than 20 Jewish girls fleeing Nazi persecution. They had come to the UK on the Kindertransport. After a BBC investigat...

Launch of the Woman's Hour Power List 2023, Triathlete and screenwriter Lesley Paterson; Chores post Covid from 2023-01-26T12:11

The Woman's Hour Power List for 2023 is here! Last year was a game-changer for the visibility and perception of women in sport in this country and we want to showcase inspirational women – both ...

Bridget Phillipson MP, Catherine Newman, Chanel Contos, Rachel Thompson, Karen Krizanovich, Baroness Altmann from 2023-01-25T11:57

The conservatives and Labour party appear to be agreed on one issue on the political agenda – that is childcare. Both parties realise it will be a key battleground in the general election with p...

The cost of being single, Zara Aleena's murder&probation service failings, menopause and the workplace from 2023-01-24T11:30

An independent review into Zara Aleena's murder found a catalogue of errors by the probation service. HM Chief Inspector of Probation Justin Russell who conducted the review joins Nuala McGover...

The Brit Awards. Targeted adverts online. The ages of motherhood. Welsh Rugby. from 2023-01-23T13:36

The Brits scrapped their best male and best female awards last year in favour of gender-neutral prizes. This year no women are on the shortlist for best artist - won by Adele last year - thoug...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Michelle Williams, Elizabeth McGovern, former New Zealand PM Helen Clark on Jacinda Ardern from 2023-01-21T17:00

The award-winning actor Michelle Williams discusses her new role in Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical film, The Fabelmans. She plays Mitzi, a concert pianist who’s put her artistic ambiti...

Michelle Williams, Long Covid and 25 years of Goodness Gracious Me from 2023-01-20T11:51

The Hollywood actor Michelle Williams began her career aged 16 on the TV drama Dawson’s Creek. Now, at 42, she’s starring in Steven Spielberg’s new film The Fabelmans, based on his own family. ...

Joanna Wolfarth, Jacqui Oatley, Shaista Aziz, Dr Stacey Pope, Róisín Lanigan, Catherine Hallissey. Lara Greaves, Helen Clark from 2023-01-19T11:59

When art historian Joanna Wolfarth was pregnant with her first child, she assumed she would breastfeed, as her mother had fed her. This didn’t go according to plan. In a bid to understand her ow...

Searching for Rosemary Kennedy, 40 years of Madonna, Wendy Warrington - nurse/midwife, Nicola Brookes, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett from 2023-01-18T11:17

(Photo Amy Ní Fhearraigh by Kip Carroll)

Rosemary Kennedy has often been referred to as the "missing Kennedy". She was the sister of former US President John F. Kennedy and despite been pa...

Elizabeth McGovern, Pat Cullen, David Carrick, The Wife of Bath from 2023-01-17T11:22

Elizabeth McGovern was Oscar nominated for her portrayal of Evelyn Nesbit in Ragtime and, by the age of 21, had played leading roles in Once Upon A Time In America followed by The Handmaid’s Tal...

Actor Patricia Hodge, Online Safety Bill, Returning to work from 2023-01-16T11:36

Patricia Hodge has been gracing the stage and screen for over five decades. Well known for her iconic performances in 80s TV series Rumpole of the Bailey and The Life and Loves of the She-Devil....

Weekend Woman's Hour: saris, speaking to kids on Andrew Tate, breast cancer history, donor conceived children, Eleanor Williams from 2023-01-14T17:00

We speak to listeners on how best to talk about Andrew Tate and other social media influencers who are spreading misogynistic messages online. We talk to Dr Emily Setty, Senior Lecturer at the U...

Female conductors, Talking to children about Andrew Tate, Jenny Beavan, FGM and Pub birth. from 2023-01-13T11:35

Women conductors are in the limelight this week with a film called “Tar”, which opens in cinemas today, starring Cate Blanchett depicting the life of Lydia Tár - a fictional world-renowned comp...

Natasha Kaplinsky, Misogynist influencers, Professor Joanna Bourke, Dr Rebecca Gomperts from 2023-01-12T11:19

Natasha Kaplinsky has become the first female president of the British Board of Film Classification, which is responsible for setting age guidelines for films, videos and DVDs, as well as conten...

The Offbeat Sari exhibition, Iran latest, coldwater swimming and is AI pushing the boundaries of art? from 2023-01-11T11:33

The Offbeat Sari exhibition will include 90 examples of innovative saris – including the first ever sari worn at the Met Gala and a foil jersey sari worn by Lady Gaga. Krupa Padhy talks to the e...

The Letters of Edith Thompson, Women in Westminister, Donor-conceived Children, Lucy Rout on Dragons' Den from 2023-01-10T11:28

One hundred years ago Edith Thompson and her lover Frederick Bywaters were hanged for the murder of her husband Percy, even though there was no evidence that she was involved with the killing. W...

Impact of Eleanor Williams case, miracle baby, women in early animation, teachers' strike from 2023-01-09T20:14

Last week we reported how 22-year-old Eleanor Williams who claimed she had been trafficked and raped by an Asian grooming gang was convicted of perverting the course of justice. She will be sen...

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Ecofeminist Vandana Shiva, how to quit well, Shekeila Scarlett from 2023-01-07T17:00

The author and environmental activist Vandana Shiva has released a new book, Terra Viva to coincide with her 70th birthday. She discusses her life campaigning for climate justice and equality, a...

Financial planning, Susan Cronin, Friends forever - Christina, Finding my voice - Liz Roberts from 2023-01-06T11:26

You might have spent this first week of January planning where you want to go, what you want to do and who you want to be in 2023 But have you made any financial new year’s resolutions. Statisti...

Ecofeminist Vandana Shiva, how to quit well, Fay Weldon from 2023-01-05T11:14

The author and environmental activist Vandana Shiva has released a new book, Terra Viva to coincide with her 70th birthday. She joins Anita Rani to discuss her life campaigning for climate justi...

The only woman in a group of men, Children conceived by donors, Finding My Voice, Face masks from 2023-01-04T11:45

What is it like to be the only woman in a group of men? Is it isolating? Intimidating? Or, can there be a certain, maybe shameful, thrill of being included as ‘one of the lads’? To discuss, N...

Harriet Walker, Elika Ashoori, Dr Henrietta Hughes, Sarah Graham, Neil Leitch, Adam Hawksbee from 2023-01-03T11:49

There’s a growing trend in women not wearing bras. To talk about this Nuala McGovern is joined by the Fashion Editor of The Times, Harriet Walker. She’ll talk about bra trends up to now, and why...

Turning your passion into a business with Deborah Meaden and Lynne Franks from 2023-01-02T11:00

Are you harbouring a dream of turning your passion into a business? Today we hear from women already doing it and find out what support's out there for women taking up the challenge. Deborah Me...

Sally Wainwright, drink spiking, Gurinder Chadha and Debbie Wiseman from 2022-12-31T17:00

Deputy Chief Constable Maggie Blyth joins Krupa Padhy to talk about the new figures released by the National Police Chiefs Council which say there were nearly five thousand cases of needle and d...

Paulina Porizkova - former supermodel, Vivienne Westwood, Sally Wainwright, Servicewomen&sexual assault, Annus horribilis from 2022-12-30T12:10

Dame Vivienne Westwood died yesterday at the age of 81 but she has been called the ‘undisputed Queen of British Fashion’. She made her name with her controversial punk and new wave styles in the...

Life beyond menopause, Maggie Blyth on needle spiking, Turning the Tide, Jealousy in friendships from 2022-12-29T11:18

If 2022 was the year of talking about menopause could 2023 be the year of looking at life beyond it? Joining Krupa to discuss the positive side of life after menopause is Caryn Franklin, fashion...

Finding My Voice. Afghanistan. Do you live with a 'man child'? Colourism. The great Christmas Sandwich debate from 2022-12-28T11:38

When did you realise you you had something to say or something you want to stand up for. In the first in our series "Find My Voice" Jessica talks to Milly Johnson the author of 20 novels whic...

On Being Seen: Actor Constance Wu, Zara McDermott, Dr Jess Wade, filmmaker Gurinder Chadha&Bridgerton's Charithra Chandran from 2022-12-27T11:00

What does it mean when you are the first to 'be seen'? In 2018, Constance Wu received a Golden Globe Best Lead Actress nomination. She was the first Asian woman in 44 years to be named in the ca...

Boxing Day on Rest from 2022-12-26T11:00

This is your time to rest.. you have permission. Lie on the floor, or sit on a chair, get yourself comfortable... close your eyes if you'd like... take a deep breath in... and exhale...

Janelle Monae; Zara Aleena's aunt - Farah Naz; Marathon runner Christine Hobson, folk singers Bryony Griffith&Alice Jones from 2022-12-23T12:00

Photo credit: John Wilson/Netflix The Grammy nominated singer and actor Janelle Monae joins Krupa to discuss playing the role of Andi Brand in Netflix's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. They...

Returning to your childhood bedroom at Christmas, Iranian dolls, Lilia Giugni from 2022-12-22T11:16

Over the festive period, many people will be returning to stay in the home they grew up in. But when is the right time to clear out a childhood bedroom after its occupants have left home? Should...

ADHD in women, Prof Lucy Easthope, Debbie from 2022-12-21T11:49

The number of female patients being prescribed medication for ADHD has more than doubled in recent years. The reasons for this include time spent at home during lockdown really getting to know o...

Nurses on strike, comedian Cally Beaton, teacher Andria Zafirakou, root smudging from 2022-12-20T11:30

Two nurses, Heather who is a Specialist Community Nurse for a London NHS Trust and Mary, who works as an A&E nurse in Leeds, explain why they are joining the picket line today. Cally Beaton ...

Jane Horrocks, Frances O'Grady, Iran, French women from 2022-12-19T11:44

Actor Jane Horrocks joins Krupa Padhy to discuss her new Radio 4 drama about her relationship with the singer-songwriter and actor Ian Dury. Jane had been looking back at her early adulthood, co...

Claudia Winkleman, Nurses' strike, Baroness Kidron and Online Safety Bill, Iran diaries, Actor Naomi Ackie, Medieval women from 2022-12-17T17:07

How to hang the loo roll to where to store the mustard - TV presenter Claudia Winkleman on the domestic tasks that need to done a certain way in the home.

The Health Minister Helen Whately...

Playing Whitney - Naomi Ackie; Sarah de Lagarde; Being Cared for at Christmas; False Eyelashes from 2022-12-16T11:53

Sarah de Lagarde was commuting home on the London Underground when she slipped through the gap between the platform edge and the train at High Barnet station. She was run over by two tube trains...

Claudia Winkelman, Kate Bingham, Baroness Kidron, Helen Whately from 2022-12-15T11:56

Strictly Come Dancing’s Claudia Winkelman in conversation with Emma Barnett about the domestic tasks that need to done a certain way in the home; starting with how to hang a toilet roll.

H...

Candice Carty-Williams, Russian Feminist Protestors, Roe v Wade from 2022-05-03T10:27

Candice Carty-Williams described her very successful first novel Queenie as 'the black Bridget Jones'. In the opening chapter of her new novel People Person absent father Cyril climbs into his gold...

Women and Folk Music from 2022-05-02T10:00

This May bank holiday Emma looks at women and the tradition of folk music. You may have a stereotypical image of a woman in a floaty dress walking through a flower meadow - but we want to challenge...

TV presenter Julia Bradbury, Dame Margaret Beckett, Aunties, Porn in Parliament, BMX champion Bethany Shriever, Jude Rogers from 2022-04-30T16:00

The TV presenter Julia Bradbury on her TV documentary and life after her breast cancer diagnosis. The longest serving MP, Dame Margaret Beckett on standing down as an MP in the next election.The ...

Maya Sondhi, Aunties, Consulate Failings from 2022-04-29T10:20

Maya Sondhi has made a name for herself in television dramas like Silent Witness and Line Of Duty. But now she's in the writer’s chair, and she's behind a new police drama called DI Ray. It follows...

Julia Bradbury, Porn in Parliament, Female Life of Pi from 2022-04-28T10:29

The presenter Julia Bradbury talks to Emma about her new documentary Breast Cancer and Me. Conservative Party Whips are conducting an investigation after two female MPs say they witnessed a colle...

Bethany Shriever, Sian Ruddick, Katherine Gordon, Debbie Cook, Meg Mason, Ruth Evans, Tamanna Rahman from 2022-04-27T10:22

Bethany Shriever’s win at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 gave the British Olympic team its first ever gold medal in BMX racing even though she had to launch a crowdfunding appeal to stand a chance of ...

Dame Margaret Beckett MP. Author Susan Cain. And helping women get a job. from 2022-04-26T11:04

Dame Margaret Beckett is one of Britain's most celebrated and respected female politicians and will be talking to us about her decision to stand down as an MP at the next elections She was first el...

Ladies of Letters with Tessa Peake-Jones and Gwyneth Strong; Caroline Nokes MP on Angela Rayner from 2022-04-25T11:13

Only Fools and Horses stars Tessa Peake-Jones and Gwyneth Strong will perform together in a touring stage adaptation of Ladies of Letters. The pair famously played Raquel and Cassandra - the wives ...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Francis Fricker, baby loss, female con artists, the metaverse and online safety bill, women and boxing from 2022-04-23T16:00

A professional woman who was continually called "good girl" by her boss has won an employment tribunal. Frances Fricker was told by her boss which photo to put on her work profile because HE though...

Wet Leg's Rhian, HRT shortage, Women and boxing from 2022-04-22T10:27

The indie band Wet Leg went straight to number 1 last week with their debut album. Their songs are witty: all about love, sex, parties and breakups. We speak to one of the band members, Rhian Teasd...

Bonnie Langford celebrates 50 years of performing, Frances Fricker, Divorce - a male perspective, Lipoedema treatment from 2022-04-21T11:23

Presenter: Krupa Padhy Producer: Kirsty StarkeyInterviewed Guest: Bonnie LangfordInterviewed Guest: Frances Fricker Reporter: Henrietta HarrisonInterviewed Guest: Sharie Fetzer Bonnie Langford was...

Catherine Allen, Carol Vorderman, Jo Moseley, Mark D’Arcy, Sophia Smith Galer, Mary Portas from 2022-04-20T10:34

Stand up Paddleboarding or SUP is fast becoming one of the most popular water-sports in the UK. Jo Moseley was 51 when she started the sport and she tells us why we should all get on a board and st...

Fiona Hill, Baby loss, Why do we lie? from 2022-04-19T10:37

As the Ukraine conflict rages on, questions have arisen over what the endgame is for Russian President Vladimir Putin. There have been continued reports of rape and violence being used against Ukra...

The Female Con Artist from 2022-04-18T10:02

Today we're looking at the female con artist. Have you watched Inventing Anna, the series about Anna Sorokin who duped New York's banks, hotels and high society into believing she was a multi-mil...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Anya Taylor-Joy, Arlene Phillips and Oti Mabuse, Lone Female Ukrainian Refugees from 2022-04-16T16:00

The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police has met and personally apologised to three victims of grooming gangs in Rochdale for failures in the investigation of the sexual exploitation of chi...

Diane Morgan, Clinic Investigation, Divorce from 2022-04-15T11:26

The actor, writer and comedian Diane Morgan. She started her career as a stand-up but you may know her best as the ill-informed interviewer Philomena Cunk, or laid back Liz in the parenting sitcom ...

Meera Syal in 'Roar', Women prisoners facing racism report, 'Goblin mode', Single women Ukrainian refugees, Esme Young from 2022-04-14T10:28

Described as 'darkly comic feminist fables' ‘Roar’ is a new eight-part drama series adapted from Cecilia Aherne's short story collection. Each episode shines a spotlight on women's experiences and ...

Dame Barbara Woodward; Maggie Oliver on police apology to grooming victims from 2022-04-13T11:10

Throughout April the UK holds the presidency of the United Nation’s Security Council as the world focuses its attention on the war in Ukraine. The woman who takes on that role is Dame Barbara Woodw...

Actor Anya Taylor-Joy, Rosie Duffield MP, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, Celia Paul and Gwen John from 2022-04-12T10:17

The debate over sex and gender filters through to many areas of our lives today whether its about women-only spaces, trans athletes competing in sporting events or our use of language to define wha...

The Cher Show with Oti Mabuse and Arlene Phillips, Kylie Moore-Gilbert from 2022-04-11T10:38

With over 100 million record sales, an Academy Award, an Emmy, a Grammy, three Golden Globes and an award from The Council of Fashion Designers of America, very few artists have a catalogue that ma...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Ellie Simmonds, No-fault divorce, Educating Afghan girls and SMS education from 2022-04-08T17:46

We explore No Fault Divorce. The biggest reform of divorce law for 50 years comes into force- changing a law that dates back to Henry VIII. We hear from listener, Helen, currently going through a d...

Saffron Hocking, French presidential elections, Midwives, Afghan girls and SMS education, Author Jendella Benson from 2022-04-08T10:35

The new season of Top Boy currently on Netflix, shines a light on the reality of life for those involved in London drug gangs and the people who live around them. This season covers social issues s...

Grace Lavery, Maternity Services Nottinghamshire, Life After Divorce from 2022-04-07T11:11

Grace Lavery is an Associate Professor of English, Critical Theory, and Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Originally from the West Midlands, Grace moved to the S...

Woman's Hour Phone-In: No-Fault Divorce from 2022-04-06T10:36

The biggest reform of divorce law for 50 years comes into force today. As ‘no-fault divorce' comes into practice Woman's Hour are opening our phone lines to listen to what YOU have to say on the ch...

Rape in war, Single-sex spaces, No-fault divorce from 2022-04-05T11:55

Reports are coming through that Russian soldiers have raped women in Ukraine. There are reports that women have been raped in front of their children, and soldiers have filmed what they're doing. W...

Ellie Simmonds: British Paralympian swimmer, Gynaecology waiting lists, Threads, Ukranian Dancers, Meriel Beale, from 2022-04-04T10:23

The Paralympic five time gold medallist Ellie Simmonds was born with achondroplasia, the most common type of dwarfism. A new drug currently being trialled in the NHS and now approved for use in the...

Sister Bliss, DC Comics character, Nubia, the Ockenden Review, Lucy Easthope, Ukrainian MPs, Listener Dorothy from 2022-04-02T16:00

Do you have a soundtrack to your life that you return to again and again? Or have music that powers you through? DJ Sister Bliss and Goldsmiths Professor Lauren Stewart, who studies the psychology ...

Nubya, Justyna Wydrzynska, Ramadan and Parasocial relationships from 2022-04-01T10:29

Have you heard of Nubia from the DC comic books? She’s the adopted sister of Wonder Woman and is DC’s first Black superwoman introduced in the 70s before disappearing from comics for decades. Nubia...

Donna Ockenden and The Ockenden Review from 2022-03-31T10:17

Today we are dedicating the whole programme to the biggest maternity scandal in the NHS's history - leading to headlines across newspapers today stating childbirth is not safe for women in England....

Sister Bliss, Lucy Easthope, Rachel Maclean on Domestic Abuse Plan, Ockenden Review from 2022-03-30T11:27

Do you have a soundtrack to your life that you return to again and again? Emma explores the power of music to affect our mood and well being with DJ and song writer and Sister Bliss and Professor L...

Ella Jarmulska, Dr Caitlin Dean, Nicola Cutcher, Professor Marian Knight, Rose Gallagher, Threads, Marion Lees McPherson from 2022-03-29T10:18

Emma Barnett speaks to Ella Jarmulska a Polish entrepreneur who wants to provide safer car rides to families fleeing the war in Ukraine. Displaced and disoriented, often with no idea where to go ne...

Ukrainian MPs, Women Surgeons, Remember Monday from 2022-03-28T10:25

We speak to 3 MPs who are members of the Women’s Diplomatic Battalion of Ukraine. They are Olena Khomenko, Mariia Mezentseva and Alona Shkrum. They're all about shuttle diplomacy, pressing their ca...

Body hair, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe speaks out, UK ambassador to Ukraine, Actor Ruth Wilson, Kinship care, Duvets from 2022-03-26T17:00

TV shows go to huge lengths with their sets, costumes and wigs to make you feel like you’re looking back at the past but why – given hair removal is a fairly modern development – is body hair so ra...

Separate duvets, Asma Khan, South Asian women in Regency England from 2022-03-25T17:07

Ammu, a term used mostly in South Asian Muslim homes for mother, is the title of Asma Khan’s new book. Part memoir, part cookbook 'Ammu' is a celebration of the food she loves to make but also of t...

Actor Ruth Wilson. Kinship Care. Rear Admiral Jude Terry. Body hair in history. from 2022-03-24T11:27

Best known for The Affair and Luther, and more recently playing her own grandmother in a BBC drama, actor Ruth Wilson joins Emma to talk about her two latest roles – on the London stage in The Hum...

Ash Barty retires from tennis, Growing up in poverty, Shame, Threads, Men and sexual entitlement from 2022-03-23T11:31

Ash Barty, the Australian three time grand slam champion is retiring from tennis. Her achievements are matched only by her fellow player, Serena Williams. Andy Murray tweeted "Happy for Ash, gutted...

Who was Ellen Wilkinson? Mary-Ellen McGroarty from the UN World Food Programme, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe speaks out. from 2022-03-22T11:27

Who was Ellen Wilkinson? Poet and playwright Caroline Bird aims to tell us all about her as her new work Red Ellen goes on tour. Yesterday Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe faced a room of journalists and...

Maggie Murray, Melinda Simmons, Emma Beddington and Sandy Black, Tina Backhouse, Matthew Greenwood from 2022-03-21T11:24

A new exhibition, Photographing Protest: Resistance through a feminist lens, features striking protest images by women and explores how images of resistance resonate across generations from 1968 t...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Foreign Secretary Liz Truss MP on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release, Barbara Lisicki&Cook for Ukraine from 2022-03-18T18:42

As Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe comes home after six years in Iranian detention, Emma spoke to the Foreign Secretary Liz Truss MP about what it took to secure her release along with another British-Ir...

Barbara Lisicki&Ruth Madeley, US basketball player Brittney Griner, Red Nose Day, Inclusive Britain, Native children in the US from 2022-03-18T11:25

Brittney Griner is 6 foot 9. She's an American basketball player, some say she's the greatest female basketball player of all time and she is currently being detained in Russia on drug charges that...

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss MP on Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe's release from 2022-03-17T11:43

As Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe comes home after six years in Iranian detention, Emma speaks to the Foreign Secretary Liz Truss MP about what it took to secure her release along with another British-I...

Diane Dodds, Child Q and Stripsearch, Charlotte Mendelson, Cook for Ukraine from 2022-03-16T11:26

The recent resignation of DUP First Minister, Paul Givan, from Stormont last month, has left people in Northern Ireland without a properly functioning government. On top of that, an election is com...

Is maternity fashion changing? Marina Ovsyannikova, Caroline Lucas MP&Dame Sue Ion, South Korean new PM, Surnames, Threads from 2022-03-15T11:52

Marina Ovsyannikova is an employee of Russia’s state Channel One television interrupting the channel’s main news programme on Monday night in an extraordinary act of protest against Vladimir Putin’...

Plaque for women priests, Young women coming off the Pill, Electric cars from 2022-03-14T16:17

On Saturday a ceremony took place at Bristol Cathedral to replace a plaque that marked the day women priests were first ordained by the Church of England, in 1994. The original plaque only listed ...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Women and Equalities Minister, Rachael Denhollander&USA Gymnastics, Betty Boo from 2022-03-12T17:00

Why in 2022 is there no position in the Cabinet solely dedicated to the job of Women and Equalities? Why is it always tagged onto another cabinet role? We hear from Amber Rudd who juggled the job o...

Betty Boo, Rana Ayuub, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC from 2022-03-11T11:37

She’s been credited with inspiring the likes of the Spice Girls and Madonna – singer and songwriter Betty Boo is back. The platinum success artist made a name for herself in the 1990’s for her una...

Figs in Wigs&'Little Wimmin', Former Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill, Rachael Denhollander&USA Gymnastics from 2022-03-10T11:19

Northern Ireland politics are once again in flux and the government can't really function. At the beginning of February, Sinn Fein Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill lost her role in Stormont a...

Joss Stone, Maya Forstater from 2022-03-09T11:21

With worldwide sales in excess of 15 million albums, the Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Joss Stone is without question among the most iconic soul singers of the modern era. She rose to fam...

Women and Equalities Minister. Celebrating the achievement of mothers. Ukraine refugees. from 2022-03-08T11:48

Why in 2022 is there no position in the Cabinet solely dedicated to the job of Women and Equalities? Why is it always tagged onto another cabinet role? Emma talks to Amber Rudd who juggled the job ...

HER Ensemble, Dame Margaret Hodge MP, Surrogacy&IVF in Ukraine, Anne Dickson from 2022-03-07T11:33

Emma speaks to BBC Ukraine correspondent Zhanna Bezpiatchuk about the situation in Ukraine. Today the Commons discuss the long-awaited Economic Crimes Bill. A cross party alliance of MPs will be ...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Priya Ragu, Women in the Ukraine, Inheritance laws from 2022-03-05T17:00

Swiss-Tamil singer Priya Ragu has been shortlisted in the BBC Sound of 2022 Poll – joining Adele, Jessie J and Celeste. She tells us how her music plays homage to her heritage and is a fusion of tr...

Priya Ragu, Olena Symonenko, Mountain climbing from 2022-03-04T11:45

We have music and chat from the Swiss-Tamil singer Priya Ragu who has been shortlisted in the BBC Sound of 2022 Poll – joining Adele, Jessie J and Celeste. She tells us how her music plays homage t...

Women's safety, Paralympics from 2022-03-03T11:21

'Enough'. That’s the name of a new communication campaign launched by the Home Office this week to tackle violence against women and girls. It comes in the week of the anniversary of the abduction ...

Dr Suzanne Simard&plant intelligence, Refugee women, Scottish govt&GRC, Inheritance laws&abusers, Sexist uniforms from 2022-03-02T11:32

For over thirty years Dr Suzanne Simard has done ground-breaking research on plant communication and intelligence. She is Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of British Columbia and the a...

Lucy Cooke on the female of the species, Furniture poverty, Threads from 2022-03-01T11:23

You might be forgiven for thinking that the females of most animal species are passive, maternal and monogamous – because that’s been the long-standing scientific consensus. But now the zoologist ...

Ukrainian women on the front line, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Dangerous women and I, Mona Lisa from 2022-02-28T11:39

As the conflict continues in Ukraine, we've seen footage of predominately women and children fleeing the country. But that is just one aspect of this conflict. There are also many women who have st...

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Diana Parkes, Ukraine, Unmodified bodies, Joanna Scanlan, Margaret Atwood from 2022-02-26T17:00

In an exclusive interview, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and future Queen Consort talks to Emma about her work with domestic abuse survivors. They are joined by Diana Parkes whose daughter Joanna Si...

Ukraine, Matchgirls' strike of 1888, Equal pay deal for US women’s national football team, and Briony Greenhill from 2022-02-25T12:50

A pivotal moment in the history of trade unions and women’s rights is to be marked by English Heritage with the placement of a blue plaque commemorating the 1888 matchgirls’ strike in East London. ...

Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, Diana Parkes, David Trickey, Baroness Floella Benjamin from 2022-02-24T12:05

Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall is now at the heart of the royal family. In her ascension day message which begins a year of celebrations to mark seventy years on the throne, the Queen said that ...

Margaret Atwood, Harriet Harman MP, Joanna Scanlan, Sportswomen's urinary incontinence from 2022-02-23T12:59

Margaret Atwood's latest collection of essays, Burning Questions, gathers together her essays and other occasional non-fiction pieces from 2004 to 2021. She is the author of more than fifty books ...

Competitive cheerleading, Criminal records, Professor Clare Chambers from 2022-02-22T12:05

One in six people in England and Wales have a criminal record. A new campaign #Fairchecks spearheaded by charities Transform Justice and Unlock reveals the experiences of women whose lives have bee...

Disabled children and exercise, Women escaping domestic abuse, and 'rent farming', Whistler's Woman in White from 2022-02-21T11:13

Today Woman's Hour has an exclusive investigation into the women who have survived domestic violence but are being exploited a second time by ‘rent farming’. These women, trapped in what is known a...

Mina Smallman, Workplace Fertility Officers, Covid Jabs for kids, Suffragist Lydia Becker from 2022-02-19T17:00

Mina Smallman, the mother of the murdered sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman is one of the key women who called for Dame Cressida Dick to resign from her position as Metropolitan Commissioner....

Reimagining ‘Jekyll and Hyde’. Author Charmaine Wilkerson. Forensic Scientist Professor Angela Gallop from 2022-02-18T11:40

The National Theatre is embarking on a seven week tour of secondary schools. Their radical reimagining of ‘Jekyll&Hyde’ with two female leads will be watched by more than 10,500 students from acros...

Women protest in India over hijab bans, Comedian, Isabelle Farah, Parents attacked by their children, from 2022-02-17T13:02

Schools in the Indian state of Karnataka reopened yesterday after protests broke out in response to the state government trying to ban women wearing the hijab in classrooms. The issue gained widesp...

Virginia Giuffre, Child Protection, Lydia Becker from 2022-02-16T11:52

An out-of-court settlement has been reached between Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre. She'd accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was 17. He's always denied it and hasn't admitted any l...

Mina Smallman from 2022-02-15T12:11

Mina Smallman whose daughters were killed in a London park gives her reaction to the latest revelations from the Metropolitan police. Vladimir Putin could launch an invasion of Ukraine "almost...

Imtiaz Dharker, Catherine Nicholson and Agnes Poirier, Clare Murphy, Dr Alison Smith from 2022-02-14T12:01

The award-winning poet Imtiaz Dharker has specially selected her favourite "Love Poems" together in a beautiful collection for the Folio Society. There are recent and ancient poems, poems that tal...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Marian Keyes, Donna McLean, Mansion Hunters from 2022-02-12T17:00

Marian Keyes writes funny, clever novels about the tough stuff in life. Her new novel Again, Rachel revisits Rachel Walsh whose story of recovery from addiction was told in the 1997 novel Rachel's ...

Cressida Dick, Tukwini Mandela, Sheila Ferguson from 2022-02-11T13:52

Dame Cressida Dick, the first woman to lead the Metropolitan Police has resigned. We've covered every twist and turn of the many high profile crimes against women and girls involving the Met Police...

Licoricia, Kate Nash, Devolution and Samantha Jones from 2022-02-10T12:03

Today the Prince of Wales will unveil a statue of Licoricia, a Medieval Jewish woman outside where she once lived on Jewry Street, Winchester. The statue is hoped to inspire women and provide educa...

Marian Keyes, Women making crypto art, Self-harm in women's prisons from 2022-02-09T13:29

Marian Keyes writes funny, clever novels about the tough stuff in life. Her books feature addiction, break-ups, poor mental health with women at the heart and lots of good men as well. Her new nov...

Group screaming, Kim Leadbeater, Breast cancer treatment, Separated fostered siblings, Lazy Susan from 2022-02-08T11:26

Downing Street has said the Prime Minister will not be apologising for claiming that the Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer, while Director of Public Prosecutions failed to prosecute Jimmy Saville for ...

Knitted Sandringham, Donna McLean, Language of reproduction from 2022-02-07T12:01

The celebrations to mark her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee have officially begun. with events up and down the country over the coming months. One woman who's preparing her own very special tribute to ...

World record Atlantic rowers, Police culture, Women and investing from 2022-02-05T17:00

Two women with no previous rowing experience have smashed the world record for the fastest female pair to row across the Atlantic. We hear from Jessica Oliver and Charlotte Harris who rowed 3000 mi...

British Vogue, Beijing Winter Olympics 2022&Mummy Bloggers from 2022-02-04T11:34

The cover of British Vogue’s February 2022 issue has made history. It’s the first Vogue cover to feature nine black models, titled Fashion Now. The issue celebrates the rise of African models in hi...

Stacey Dooley, Police culture, Novice rowers become champions, Afghan women update, Anne Boleyn from 2022-02-03T11:57

Stacey Dooley has been presenting television documentaries for over 10 years – on everything from drug cartels in Southern Spain to illegal pornography in South Korea. Now the Sunday Times bestsell...

Gloria Allred, Monica Ali, Val McDermid from 2022-02-02T12:38

Gloria Allred is probably the best known women’s rights lawyer in the US. Equally loved, feared and deemed controversial by some, for nearly half a century she's represented women in high profile ...

Carrie Johnson, Supreme Court nominee, Women&work in the 17th century, Rising popularity of thongs, MMR from 2022-02-01T11:33

As the Prime Minister apologises for a failure of leadership, accepting Sue Gray's report, and promises to overhaul Number 10 - his place of work and home - what of Carrie Johnson? And concerns abo...

Sarah Brown sings Mahalia Jackson, Performative activism, Over-exercising from 2022-01-31T13:12

Nikki da Costa is former director of legislative affairs at No 10. She has a piece in the Times this morning saying that 'No 10 failed us when we needed our leaders most'. Nikki joins Emma for an ...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Dr Koshka Duff, Tareena Shakil, 'Corona Lisa', Midwife Shortage, Six The Musical from 2022-01-29T17:00

Dr Koshka Duff, an assistant professor of politics at Nottingham University has received an apology and compensation from the Met Police after officers were caught on CCTV using sexist, derogatory ...

Tareena Shakil, Nabihah Iqbal&Libby Heaney, Death Doulas from 2022-01-28T11:11

Tareena Shakil is the first British woman to be found guilty of joining so-called Islamic State. She was jailed for travelling to Syria with her baby son to join ISIS. That was in 2014 when she was...

Opera arias reinvented, Holocaust survivor Rachel Levy from 2022-01-27T12:11

We’re all too familiar with operatic heroines, dying tragically on stage. The arias they sing are often completely beautiful, the skill of the composers not in doubt, but the stereotyping does mode...

The Corona Lisa, Dr Koshka Duff, Magistrates and Revolutionary women from 2022-01-26T11:30

Chloe Slevin, a 3rd year nursing student at University College Dublin has been painting well-known masterpieces - with a Covid-19 twist. First came 'The Girl with the Surgical Mask' after the famou...

Six the Musical, Author Hannah Jewell on 'snowflakes', Women in Ukraine from 2022-01-25T11:51

Six the Musical is currently on stage at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. The show follows Henry VIII’s six wives, as they take the microphone for the first time in a ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ style ...

Female Offender Strategy, Midwife shortage, Zara Rutherford, Annalena Baerbock from 2022-01-24T11:23

Concerns that the criminal justice system is not responsive enough to the specific needs of women are longstanding. In June 2018 the government published its Female Offender Strategy. It sought to ...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Tracey Emin, Ashling Murphy, Adult Literacy from 2022-01-22T17:00

Artist Tracey Emin shares why she wants an artwork she donated to the government’s art collection to be removed from display in Number 10 Downing Street. Last Wednesday afternoon, 23-year-old sch...

Mary Ward, Georgina Lucas&Ladette Culture from 2022-01-21T12:26

We discuss the life of Mary Ward the 17th century Catholic nun who actively championed education for girls - and even spent time in prison for her cause. Now, almost four hundred years after her de...

The future of IVF. Self-love. Reclaim These Streets judicial review. ENB's Tamara Rojo. from 2022-01-20T11:16

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh are preparing to begin testing a new IVF treatment which could allow women to freeze their eggs at a much younger age and increase the likelihood of succ...

Georgina Ballantine - record-breaking fisherwoman, Dame Rachel de Souza, Dianne McKay, Rising cost of living, Rachel Krantz from 2022-01-19T12:16

The Raise the Roof project in Perth in Scotland, is gathering the lesser-known histories of a number of influential and fearless women to feature in the new Perth City Hall Museum when it opens in ...

Netball, Ashling Murphy, Adult Literacy, Universities&NDAs from 2022-01-18T12:29

Yesterday on Woman's Hour we talked about the outpouring of grief in Ireland and beyond about the murder of Ashling Murphy. Today we are looking at solutions to ending violence against women. Sara...

Winter Olympics; Ashling Murphy; Gender roles and parenting; Investing in female-founded companies from 2022-01-17T13:47

The Winter Olympics begin on 4th February in Beijing and Team GB will be sending around 50 athletes with the hopes of bringing back a clutch of medals. The run up to the Games has been challenging...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Anti vaccine mandate, Witchcraft, Helen Pankhurst from 2022-01-15T17:00

A midwife from a maternity unit tells us why she and over thirty of her colleagues are refusing to have the Covid jab. We hear from the Royal College of Nursing who want the Government to pause the...

Midwives refusing the vaccine, Spiking inquiry, 50 years of diet&fitness with Rosemary Conley, Slam poetry from 2022-01-14T11:17

A midwife from a maternity unit tells us why she and over thirty of her colleagues are refusing to have the Covid jab. They will all lose their jobs when the Government’s vaccine mandate for NHS st...

Emma Gannon on her new book (Dis)connected, Virginia Giuffre US civil case, Helen Pankhurst from 2022-01-13T11:47

How can we have a healthier relationship with tech, the internet and social media? In her new book Disconnected, podcaster Emma Gannon looks at how we can take back control, set boundaries, and unl...

Safety of Women; Sarak Sak; Adjoa Andoh and Julie Cooper; Women on Coins; Adolescent Skin from 2022-01-12T11:47

Adjoa Andoh is British actor who has graced stage and screen and is perhaps best known as Bridgerton's Lady Danbury - but you may not be aware that in addition to being a director and producer she ...

Rhian Graham, Who is Sue Gray?, Hopeline19 from 2022-01-11T11:48

Who is Sue Gray, the civil servant tasked with investigating the Downing Street parties and has she been put in an impossible position? Caroline Slocock former private secretary to Margaret Thatch...

Helena Merriman, Bus driver Tracey Scholes, Pardons for women tried as witches from 2022-01-10T11:14

Three years ago, BBC radio broadcaster Helena Merriman received a shock diagnosis related to hearing loss after giving birth to her son. This prompted her to explore how people handle life-changing...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Putting your life on the page, Dr Lin Berwick, Poorna Bell from 2022-01-08T17:00

We explore why so many of us want to put our lives on the page. Can writing stand in for therapy? What are the ethical and moral considerations of such sharing. Julia Samuel is a psychotherapist an...

Preet Chandi/'Polar Preet'; 'Collector culture'; Playwright, Nell Leyshon; Drones&night street safety; Novelist, Nikki May; from 2022-01-07T11:11

British Army officer and physiotherapist Preet Chandi has made history as the first woman of colour to complete a solo expedition in Antarctica. 'Polar Preet' trekked 700 miles in 40 days, facing t...

Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Dr Lin Berwick, Women in the 1921 Census from 2022-01-06T11:47

Jamie-Lee O’Donnell is best known for playing the wise cracking Michelle in Channel 4’s Derry Girls, the comedy series about a group of teenagers growing up in 1990's Northern Ireland. Jamie-Lee ha...

Scottish Government consultation on gender recognition laws, Hazel Hunt, Pragna Patel, Rosie de Courcy&Megan Nolan from 2022-01-05T11:26

How widely is the Scottish Government consulting on its plans to allow people to legally change sex without a medical diagnosis? Emma Barnett speaks to Lisa Mackenzie from MurrayBlackburnMackenzie,...

Poorna Bell, Scars, Adele Parks from 2022-01-04T11:21

Many of us will be thinking about making a change for the better now that we're in a new year. Poorna Bell, author and journalist, gives us some inspiration and talks about getting stronger, both e...

Putting your life on the page with Ann Patchett, Cathy Rentzenbrink, Julia Samuel and Arifa Akbar from 2022-01-03T11:00

Today, Emma and guests explore why so many of us want to put our lives on the page. What stops us, what gets in the way and is it always a good idea? Is getting published the answer or are there...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Sarah Ransome, Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Donna Ward from 2022-01-01T17:00

British woman Sarah Ransome says she wanted to be at Ghislaine Maxwell trial when it started: not to testify but to see justice take its course. Like the four women who gave evidence, she says she'...

Sarah Ransome, Scars, Sequins from 2021-12-31T11:09

Today Andrea Catherwood talks to Sarah Ransome. She wanted to be at Ghislaine Maxwell trial when it started: not to testify but to see justice take its course. Like the four women who gave evidence...

Ghislaine Maxwell verdict, Novelist Susie Boyt, Girls' education in Afghanistan, Disability rights activist Abia Akram from 2021-12-30T11:59

Ghislaine Maxwell is facing the prospect of spending the rest of her life in jail after a jury in New York found her guilty of grooming and sex trafficking teenage girls to be abused by the sex off...

Donna Ward on reclaiming spinsterhood; Comedian Liz Kingsman; Scars - Jayne; BBC 100 Objects from 2021-12-29T12:24

Australian author Donna Ward’s new book She I Dare Not Name: A Spinster's Meditations on Life explores the meaning and purpose she has fought to find in a life lived entirely accidentally without a...

Women of Snow and Ice; Sheila Watt-Cloutier; Antarctic Women; Nancy Campbell and Cold Water Swimming from 2021-12-28T11:00

Sheila Watt-Cloutier, is a world renowned human rights and climate change activist, who has made it her life's work to protect her Inuit culture and the Arctic regions where Inuit live, in Greenlan...

A Woman's Hour Christmas mixtape from 2021-12-27T11:00

Emma Barnett looks back over her first year at Woman’s Hour, from holding those in power to account to hearing from women who found themselves in the most ordinary and extraordinary circumstances....

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Claire Foy, Joan Collins&the musical collaboration of Carol Ann Duffy and Kathryn Williams from 2021-12-25T17:00

The award winning actor Claire Foy tells us about playing the Duchess of Argyll in the BBC One TV series A Very British Scandal on Boxing Day. Margaret Argyll was branded a nymphomaniac by her husb...

The ladies of the Posh Club Dance Club. A Musical Family Christmas. Volunteering. from 2021-12-24T11:45

The ladies of the Posh Club Dance Club on what it means to them to be able to perform the dance of the flamingos, shimmy to dancehall music and feel like stars. Volunteering reached a record high...

Joan Collins, Prof Sharon Peacock, Jacquie White&Mary Bousted, Kayley Inuksuk Mackay&Tiffany Kuliktana Ayalik, Usma Saeed from 2021-12-23T11:17

We talk to Dame Joan Collins about her new BBC documentary “This is Joan Collins” which is on air over Christmas. Not shy of voicing her opinions, she reflects on her life, relationships, and seve...

Susie Dent, Emma Fuller, Charlie Jeer, Stephen Wright, Under Pressure series with Hawra and Mustafa on stillbirth from 2021-12-22T12:08

Countdown Star and lexicographer Susie Dent on our favourite festive words, how chocolate, Marzipan, Chipolata, Tinsel and Glögg got their names and some of the festive greetings in different langu...

Carol Ann Duffy and Kathryn Williams, Care worker shortages, Peng Shuai, Divisive TV from 2021-12-21T15:52

Former poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and Mercury-nominated songwriter Kathryn Williams have released new album 'Midnight Chorus'. We ask them about their collaboration and how they avoided the clic...

Claire Foy as the Duchess of Argyll, Janey Godley, Karen Teasdale-Robson, Edwina Paisley from 2021-12-20T11:39

Emma Barnett talks to the award winning actor Claire Foy about playing the Duchess of Argyll in the BBC One TV series A Very British Sacandal this Christmas. Margaret Argyll was branded a nymphoma...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Tamsin Greig, bell hooks, Grandparents and childcare from 2021-12-18T17:00

Actor Tamsin Greig on starring as the formidable theatrical agent Peggy Ramsay in the revival of ‘Peggy For You’, at the Hampstead Theatre. She also talks about her role in “wild” hospital comedy ...

Fridge Girl, Gen Z, bell hooks from 2021-12-17T12:19

Ebony Louise Barrett has now become Fridge Girl, after a video she put on TikTok went viral. It was a tall, free-standing fridge falling on top of her as she danced. She's OK, but even Janet Jackso...

Lucy Chappell; Æthelgifu the Medieval Abbess; Women on Boards; Women and Festive TV. from 2021-12-16T16:06

During a recent Business Questions in parliament Jacob Rees Mogg took a moment to mark the feast of St Æthelgifu, and called the medieval abbess one of Britain’s leading saints. But was she? What d...

Quaranteens, New police strategy to tackle violence against women and girls, Jess Duckworth from 2021-12-15T11:28

There is no doubt that the pandemic is still affecting people's social lives, but perhaps the most affected are teenagers or 'quaranteens'. Many young people have missed out on major social milesto...

Actor Tamsin Greig. Pregnant women and the booster jab. Volunteering. Miss World at 70. from 2021-12-14T13:37

Actor Tamsin Greig on her latest role as the legendary agent Peggy Ramsay. The Prime Minister has announced that all over 18s in England are being offered a Covid-19 booster vaccination. But as ...

Grandparents providing childcare, Kate Griffiths MP's barrister Charlotte Proudman; Under pressure - Fibromyalgia from 2021-12-13T12:13

The company SAGA has decided to give employees who've just become grandparents some special leave. They say it's about helping new grandparents celebrate but also it's to highlight how important ol...

Jazz musician Zoe Rahman, IVF regulation, County Lines, Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace from 2021-12-11T17:00

Musician and composer, Zoe Rahman has won a MOBO, a British Jazz Award, and this week Zoe was awarded the ‘Impact Award’ at the 2021 Ivors Composer Awards. Julia Chain the chair of the Human Ferti...

Catfishing, Caribbean Christmas Food&Gloves from 2021-12-10T11:25

Catfishing is the practise of using a fake profile to start an online romance. The podcast Sweet Bobby has been shining a light on this issue through the story of Kirat Assi, a 42-year-old radio pr...

Jazz pianist Zoe Rahman, Allegra Stratton's resignation, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Germany's abortion law from 2021-12-09T11:49

Jazz musician Zoe Rahman has been described as one of the brightest stars on the contemporary jazz scene. She takes influence from her English, Irish and Bengali heritage to write music with swing,...

Christmas Parties, Afghan Families in Hotels, Hypothalamic Amenorrhea from 2021-12-08T12:36

Allegra Stratton has found herself at the centre of a political storm. ITV footage shows her rehearsing a TV news conference and dealing with tricky questions about Christmas parties during covid l...

Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace, Education activist Vee Kativhu, Pregnancy and homelessness from 2021-12-07T11:25

Emma speaks to the Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace, about the government’s plans to improve women’s experiences in the armed forces. In particular she asks him to explain why the gover...

Under Pressure, Julia Chain, Hyaluronidase from 2021-12-06T11:21

In our series Under Pressure we've been looking at what happens to relationships when couples are put under extreme strain: how do they cope? Today we hear from Kate and Annie who live in Northumbe...

Brene Brown on emotions, Stepmums, Women in the Army, Poet Kim Moore, Morning after pill costs, Chef Ravinder Bhogal from 2021-12-04T17:00

Brené Brown's Tedx talk 'The Power of Vulnerablity' is one of the most viewed talks in the world with more than 50 million views. Her new book 'The Atlas of the Heart' takes on a journey through 8...

Rise in menopause tribunal cases; Brené Brown; Women's FA Cup Final; Ravinder Bhogal; Ghislaine Maxwell trial update from 2021-12-03T12:04

Brené Brown has always called herself a mapmaker and in her sixth and newest book, the Atlas of the Heart, out this week, she takes us on a journey through 87 of the emotions and experiences that d...

Joanna Chiu; Modern Stepmums; Angela Merkel's military farewell from 2021-12-02T12:39

The Women’s Tennis Association has suspended all events in China over concerns for the Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai. Her safety has become a matter of international concern after she posted sex...

Mississippi abortion law at the Supreme Court; Poet Kim Moore; England women's football win from 2021-12-01T11:21

The US Supreme Court is set to hear a case on a Mississippi abortion law, which would ban abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy. It was signed in 2018 by the state's then Republican Governor, Phil Brya...

Emily Ratajkowski, Republicanism in Barbados, Josephine Baker from 2021-11-30T11:58

Emily Ratajkowski is an American model, entrepreneur&writer. She rocketed to fame aged 21 when she took part in Robin Thicke’s music video, Blurred Lines. At the time Emily argued that the provo...

BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2021; Ghislaine Maxwell court case; Adoption breakdown;Anorexia&relationships; Nicola Adams from 2021-11-29T11:12

Vivianne Miedema of the Netherlands and Arsenal has been crowned the winner of BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2021. The annual award from the BBC World Service is voted for by football fans fro...

BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2021; Ghislaine Maxwell court case; Adoption breakdown;Anorexia&relationships; Nicola Adams from 2021-11-29T11:12

Vivianne Miedema of the Netherlands and Arsenal has been crowned the winner of BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2021. The annual award from the BBC World Service is voted for by football fans fro...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Beverley Knight, Melanie Sykes, Cinderella from 2021-11-27T17:00

‘The Drifters Girl’ is a musical which tells the story of Faye Treadwell, one of the first Black women to manage a vocal group in the US. Singer and actor Beverley Knight plays Faye. We discuss th...

Arwa Mahdawi, Cinderella&Sexual Harassment in Schools from 2021-11-26T12:01

Do women make better leaders? If so, what can they teach us? Strong Female Lead - Lessons From Women in Power, a new book by the journalist Arwa Mahdawi, argues that a rigid and masculine model of ...

Fabric a hidden history of material. Sweden's first female PM. Domestic violence and femicide in Turkey. from 2021-11-25T11:21

Do you ever pause to think about where the cotton t-shirt, woollen jumper or silk blouse you're wearing have come from? Victoria Finlay's new book Fabric weaves history, anthropology and myth to te...

Sheila Rowbotham; Sikh Women's Aid; Stella Creasy; HOGO; Motherhood&elite sport from 2021-11-24T11:18

Yesterday Sikh Women’s Aid launched a report into domestic abuse and child sexual abuse within the Sikh community. Conducted via anonymous surveys sent out over the summer, the survey of nearly 700...

MP Caroline Nokes, Beverley Knight, Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai from 2021-11-23T11:22

Last week, Caroline Nokes, former minister, Conservative MP and the chair of the Women and Equalities Committee - accused the Prime Minister's father of groping her 18 years ago at a Conservative P...

Melanie Sykes, Menopause, Marching Midwives from 2021-11-22T11:18

TV and radio presenter Melanie Sykes has just announced that she’s been diagnosed with autism at the age of 51. She says it's 'truly life changing, or rather life affirming… and so many things make...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Stonewall, Pride&Prejudice (Sort Of), Parcopresis from 2021-11-20T17:00

Nancy Kelley is CEO of Stonewall, the largest LGBT rights charity in Europe. She speaks about her organisation’s work and gives her reaction to recent high-profile withdrawals from Stonewall’s Dive...

The UK’s only female arm-wrestling referee Kath Whitaker from 2021-11-19T11:52

What comes to your mind when you think of ‘arm wrestling’? Burly men taking each other on to see who’s the strongest in a testosterone charged atmosphere? Well now there is a woman at the heart of ...

Cast of Pride&Prejudice (sort of); Nancy Kelley, CEO of Stonewall; Frida Kahlo from 2021-11-18T11:48

Nancy Kelley is CEO of Stonewall, the largest LGBT rights charity in Europe. She speaks to Emma about her organisation’s work and gives her reaction to recent high-profile withdrawals from Stonewal...

Deputy Chief Constable Maggie Blyth; Britney Spears; Losing a parent young; Jane Austen's early work and Food and Memory from 2021-11-17T11:13

Two months ago the then head of the policing inspectorate Zoe Billings warned of an “epidemic of violence” against women and girls. She urged police chiefs to “get a grip” of the situation and ca...

Actor Rose Ayling-Ellis in Strictly; Tracey Neville; Rape as a weapon of war; She-cession; Photographing Angela Merkel from 2021-11-16T11:31

Last weekend Rose Ayling-Ellis and her partner Giovanni Pernice danced part of their routine on Strictly with a silent section in tribute to the deaf community. Rose thanked her partner by saying "...

Kirsten Dunst, 'Laddish' culture in the armed forces, Teacher Joanna Harriott, Shy bowel, Child to parent abuse from 2021-11-15T11:16

Kirsten Dunst started in the acting business when she was just three years old - you may know her from films such as Marie Antoinette, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Virgin Suicides and...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Mary Robinson, Huma Abedin, Daddy Issues from 2021-11-13T17:00

Mary Robinson, once President of Ireland and now the Chair of The Elders, has been at COP26 in Glasgow all fortnight. She explains why the climate challenge ahead is so emotional. The BBC has with...

Mary Robinson, Rose Tremain, Daddy Issues from 2021-11-12T11:10

Mary Robinson, once President of Ireland and now the Chair of The Elders, has been at COP26 in Glasgow all fortnight. She explains why the climate challenge ahead is so emotional. Rose Tremain's n...

Noor Inayat Khan: secret agent; BBC&Stonewall; Female MPs, Parliamentary standards&second jobs; Tim Stanley from 2021-11-11T11:45

The BBC has withdrawn from a workplace diversity scheme run by Stonewall. Last night the BBC director general, Tim Davie, said it was “unquestionable” that its ongoing participation in the scheme “...

Barbara Taylor Bradford; Police conduct; Knitting Banxy; Astronaut Nicole Stott from 2021-11-10T11:19

Barbara Taylor Bradford's latest novel A Man Of Honour is a prequel to her first - the 1979 blockbuster A Woman of Substance. It's the story of Shane O'Neill who leaves County Kerry in 1899 at the ...

Update on Afghan women; Huma Abedin; UTIs; Elizabeth Denham; 'Buyer's Remorse' from 2021-11-09T11:13

It was reported over the weekend that a women's rights activist called Frozan Safi was murdered, after she thought she was being taken to safety. She had been contacted and promised safe passage to...

Hollyoaks star Sarah Jayne Dunn, the military and women, Russia advisor Fiona Hill, New induction guidelines from 2021-11-08T11:20

The Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, has called for an extraordinary meeting today of senior army leaders. Concerns about the culture of the military are on the agenda, in particular towards women. ...

Amanda Knox, COP26, Kathleen Stock, Lily Cole from 2021-11-06T17:00

Fourteen years ago this week, 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was sexually assaulted and killed in a brutal attack in her apartment in the Italian city of Perugia. As the world's media...

Rachel Wood&Dr Penny Coombes Monicah Kamandau, Brianna Fruean&Farhana Yamin , Dani Larkin, Dr Asma Khalil from 2021-11-05T14:47

Following last week’s astounding discovery of a set of Roman sculptures on the HS2 rail link route in Stoke Mandeville, we hear from the lead archaeologist for HS2 contractor Fusion Rachel Wood and...

Amanda Knox, HPV vaccine success, HRT prescriptions, Stockard Channing and 'Night, Mother from 2021-11-04T11:17

Fourteen years ago this week, 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was sexually assaulted and killed in a brutal attack in her apartment in the Italian city of Perugia. Her death was a shoc...

Professor Kathleen Stock; Royal Ballet principal Leanne Benjamin; Richard Ratcliffe from 2021-11-03T11:10

Kathleen Stock was until last week a professor of philosophy at the University of Sussex. In the last few years she has become better known for her gender critical views, contributing to the highl...

COP26 from 2021-11-02T11:22

The starting gun has fired on COP26, and the UK now has less than two weeks to get around 200 countries over the line towards stronger commitments on climate action. It's not going to be easy. Of t...

Lily Cole, Hasina Safi, Youmna Mouhamad from 2021-11-01T11:13

Lily Cole is a model, actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, podcast host and environmental activist. She's written a book about the climate, offering solutions to global challenges. She now lives in Port...

Monica Lewinsky revisited, 'Teen-ternity' leave, Wigs, Late-life libido, Young climate activists from 2021-10-30T16:00

The details of US President Bill Clinton’s affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky and the 1998 impeachment proceedings may be unfamiliar to some young women today. Impeachment: American Cri...

Monica Lewinsky Revisited: A new generation learn about the political scandal of the 1990s from 2021-10-29T10:20

Monica Lewinsky is a name that most people will know. But for a whole new generation of women, including younger millennials who were children at the time, the details of US President Bill Clinton’...

'Maid' - new word-of mouth hit series; Toni Tone; Access to coils; Women in the UK military; from 2021-10-28T11:07

Women in the military are suffering serious long term physical and mental health problems because of widespread bullying and sexual harassment. Research by the University of Oxford, King’s Colleg...

A scheme to help Afghan refugees like Amir housed in hotels up and down the country to access swimming and fitness facilities. from 2021-10-27T10:26

We talk to an Afghan family housed in one of the many hotels which have become home for thousands of others like them. Many families and children often struggle to exercise which has an impact on ...

Budget 2021. Toxic Relationships. Theatrical wig maker Angela Cobbin. from 2021-10-26T10:39

Budget 2021: What do you want to change? We hear from Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director of the Women’s Budget group, an independent not-for-profit organisation that monitors the impact of government ...

'Net zero' - what is the general public willing to do to get us there? Challenging online abuse, Suffragette trees from 2021-10-25T10:29

Last week, a whole new set of climate-related phrases entered the Oxford English Dictionary including global heating, eco-anxiety and net zero. But despite being increasingly used in conversation, ...

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny discuss their new novel, the Singer Ella Eyre&the Science of Knitting from 2021-10-23T16:05

The former presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has a new book out, “State of Terror”, a political thriller written with the award winning author Louise Penny. The two women were already f...

Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny, HPV kits, Aspire to adventure from 2021-10-22T10:35

The former presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has a new book out, “State of Terror”, a political thriller written with the award winning author Louise Penny. The two women were already ...

Singer Ella Eyre; Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah; Sofie Hagen; Neonatal deaths&stillbirth disparities; Covid&Xmas plans from 2021-10-21T11:58

Over the summer it's been tempting to think that the pandemic is almost over. But last night, Health Secretary Savid Javid insisted that "life is not back to normal". 49,000 people tested positive ...

Baroness Ruth Davidson; The science of knitting; Spiking by injection from 2021-10-20T10:27

Former Scottish Conservative leader – the recently ennobled Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links - will be giving her maiden speech in the House of Lords on Friday as part of a debate on assisted dyin...

Dame Eileen Atkins; Equal pay; Harassment in Parliament; Composer Charlotte Bray from 2021-10-19T12:20

In our final discussion to mark our 75th anniversary we look at the issue of equal pay. This was identified as the area women most want to see change in their daily lives and 70% of those asked sai...

Women pig farmers and mental health. Modern slavery. The cave woman rebuilding her business after Covid. from 2021-10-18T10:21

According to a new survey on mental wellbeing in agriculture, 58% of women in farming experience anxiety compared to 44% of men. What's the reason behind it? How much impact has Brexit and the pan...

Cush Jumbo, Predatory marriage, Equality in 2021, Tall women and dating, Sexual assault, consent and 'grey areas' from 2021-10-16T16:00

Cush Jumbo, star of The Good Wife and The Good Fight on her latest role playing Hamlet. Predatory marriage involves a vulnerable adult being led into a marriage, which financially benefits their ...

Tall women and dating, Vicky Featherstone on Maryland, Blackfishing, Equality in housework, Keisha the Sket from 2021-10-15T11:50

The average height of a female in the UK is 5ft 3in. What is life like for women at the other end of the spectrum, especially when it comes to dating? Jessica Creighton is joined by the author of G...

Singer, Sophie Ellis-Bextor; Breast reconstruction delays; Urban hermits; Predatory marriage; from 2021-10-14T10:16

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has seven albums, five children, a podcast and her Live Kitchen Discos during lockdown were a means of virtual escapism for many, and became weekly moments of united sequined ca...

Lucy Mangan, Girls&Education in Afghanistan, Sexual Assault, Consent&'Grey Areas' from 2021-10-13T11:57

Who does what in your home? Sourcing school shoes? Calling the plumber? Sorting the threadworms? In her debut novel 'Are We Having Fun Yet?' author and columnist Lucy Mangan reveals the comic diar...

Cush Jumbo on playing Hamlet; Reaction to our equality poll; Day of the Scientist from 2021-10-12T10:20

Radio DJ Emma Wilson believes that the policeman Wayne Couzens who kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard exposed himself to her in an alleyway some 13 years ago. Emma reported it to the polic...

As we mark our 75th anniversary, how do you feel about equality in 2021? Your chance to have your say from 2021-10-11T10:38

To mark our 75th anniversary last week we commissioned a poll to explore how you feel about equality in 2021 and how much progress you believe women have made since the first episode of Woman’s Hou...

Weekend Woman's Hour: 75th Birthday, Mina Smallman, Celibacy, Professor Anita Hill from 2021-10-09T16:00

Baroness Brenda Hale is a former judge who served as the first female president of the Supreme Court. She has written a book, Spider Woman, that spans her life and work. We hear from Professor Ani...

Musician&singer, Abi Sampa; Celibacy; Chinaza Onyechi; Femicide from 2021-10-08T11:39

Over the last few years, the figures around celibacy have generally been on the rise - particular amongst young women. What’s to be gained from making this life choice? And what should one know bef...

Woman's Hour turns 75 today from 2021-10-07T11:37

Our specially commissioned poll to celebrate Woman’s Hour at 75 looks at women and equality in the UK today. It finds the place that women feel the most unequal is in the home, at work in terms of ...

Mina Smallman, Pauline Campbell, FASD from 2021-10-06T11:05

Mina Smallman, the mother of Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry, the sisters who were murdered in a North London park last year, speaks to us about her grief and women's safety. She also talks about w...

Anita Hill on her book Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence. from 2021-10-05T10:39

We hear from Professor Anita Hill who thirty years ago faced an all-male, all-white Senate Judiciary Committee—led by the then, Senator Joe Biden—to testify that her boss, Supreme Court Justice nom...

Institutional Misogyny, Bullying in Parliament, Women Magicians from 2021-10-04T10:49

Is the Police institutionally misogynistic? It's the question that's been raised now that a police WhatsApp group has come to light which Wayne Couzens was part of. It contained offensive messages....

Institutional Misogyny, Bullying in Parliament, Women Magicians from 2021-10-04T10:49

Is the Police institutionally misogynistic? It's the question that's been raised now that a police WhatsApp group has come to light which Wayne Couzens was part of. It contained offensive messages....

Sarah Everard; Intergenerational friendships, 007 Lashana Lynch; 'Late life lesbians'. Married to an anti-vaxxer from 2021-10-02T16:01

Zoe Billingham, one of the top inspectors at Her Majesty’s of Constabulary, and Dame Vera Baird, the Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales on the reaction to further details about Sarah Evera...

Intergenerational friendships; Victims' Commissioner Vera Baird; Nikita Gill and Gnarly; Liz Fraser from 2021-10-01T11:01

Are you in an intergenerational friendship? Anita speaks to Emily who’s 33 and her best friend Sue who’s 60 about the unique benefits of friendships across the ages. The Metropolitan Police Commis...

Sarah Everard; Zoë Billingham, Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary; Pepsi&Shirlie; The ethics and laws around surrogacy from 2021-09-30T12:23

Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens was sentenced today. The court heard that Sarah Everard was handcuffed by her murderer - a Metropolitan Police officer - as he pretended to arrest her for brea...

'Typical Girls' - a new play by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, set in a women's prison; Coming out at 44; Student counselling. from 2021-09-29T10:33

As if one new play opening wasn’t enough pressure Olivier award-winning playwright, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, has two this month. ‘Typical Girls’, set in a women’s prison, opened this week at the Cruci...

Former CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi; The R Kelly verdict; Barrister Robin Moira White; FIFA 2022 game soundtrack from 2021-09-28T10:47

The former CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi was one of the only women, and women of colour, leading a Fortune 500 company. She discusses the challenges facing female leaders and whether women can "have ...

Lashana Lynch, Labour Conference&women, Being married to an anti-vaxxer, Universal credit uplift from 2021-09-27T10:41

No Time To Die - the new James bond film that comes out this Thursday, sees actor Daniel Craig grace our screens as the famous British spy for the last time. The first "Blonde Bond" is stepping awa...

Lashana Lynch, Labour Conference&women, Being married to an anti-vaxxer, Universal credit uplift from 2021-09-27T10:41

No Time To Die - the new James bond film that comes out this Thursday, sees actor Daniel Craig grace our screens as the famous British spy for the last time. The first "Blonde Bond" is stepping awa...

Lashana Lynch, Labour Conference & women, Being married to an anti-vaxxer, Universal credit uplift from 2021-09-27T10:41

No Time To Die - the new James bond film that comes out this Thursday, sees actor Daniel Craig grace our screens as the famous British spy for the last time. The first "Blonde Bond" is stepping awa...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Daytimers - South Asian ravers of the 80s, Julia Bradbury and Gaming&Sexism from 2021-09-25T16:01

Daytimers UK is a new music collective made up of British South Asian DJs. Taking inspiration from the daytime raves of the 80s and 90s, they're reviving the way South Asian heritage and culture ar...

Daytimers - South Asian ravers from the '80s, Sabina Nessa, School absence&mental health, Folic acid&Afghan refugees from 2021-09-24T10:45

The 80s was the era of day time raving for thousands of British South Asian Kids from cities across the UK from Bradford to Birmingham, Manchester to London. People called them Daytimers. They wer...

Sabina Nessa, Fertility Warnings, Flexible Working from 2021-09-23T10:20

Police Minister, Kit Malthouse, talks to Woman's Hour about violence towards women in the light of Sabina Nessa's murder. We talk to him about the funding and strategies that were promised to how t...

Channel swimmer Chloë McCardel; Prison Ombudsman Sue McAllister; author Laura Dockrill; Afghan girls' education from 2021-09-22T11:32

Australian marathon swimmer Chloë McCardel is due to swim the English Channel for the 44th time – this will break the current World Record. Chloe already holds the world record for the longest una...

Music from Martha Wainwright, Australian campaigner Grace Tame. Dame Kate Bingham former chair of the Vaccine Task Force. from 2021-09-21T10:42

A live performance from Martha Wainwright who'll be talking to Emma Barnett about her first album in more than five years and going out on the road again. Ruth London from Fuel Poverty Action talk...

Julia Bradbury and breast cancer, Profile of Chancellor Angela Merkel, Charlie Webster on sexual abuse and safeguarding laws from 2021-09-20T11:05

It took three separate assessments before it was confirmed that TV presenter Julia Bradbury had breast cancer. It’s a disease that will affect 1 in 8 women, so why does it sometimes go unnoticed? A...

Dame Elizabeth Anionwu; Jennifer Saunders; Former Afghan women's minister; Pretty privilege; Choosing to be child free from 2021-09-18T16:00

Britain’s first sickle cell and thalassemia nurse specialist, Prof Dame Elizabeth Anionwu revolutionised treatment of the disease. She then established the Mary Seacole Centre for Nursing Practice,...

Dame Elizabeth Anionwu; Jennifer Saunders; Former Afghan women's minister; Pretty privilege; Choosing to be child free from 2021-09-18T16:00

Britain’s first sickle cell and thalassemia nurse specialist, Prof Dame Elizabeth Anionwu revolutionised treatment of the disease. She then established the Mary Seacole Centre for Nursing Practice,...

Pretty Privilege, Baby Deaths Report, Thea Gilmore, Victory for rubbish stink woman from 2021-09-17T11:02

Are you familiar with the phrase ‘pretty privilege’? A new trend on Tik Tok is seeing young women sharing stories about when they first realised good looks can get you far in life. From relationshi...

Dame Elizabeth Anionwu; Alison Goldsworthy; Linda Edwards; Ministerial reshuffle from 2021-09-16T10:52

With a career spanning five decades, Britain’s first sickle cell and thalassemia nurse specialist, Prof Dame Elizabeth Anionwu revolutionised treatment of the disease. As an academic, she became a...

Amy Hart, Covid Limbo, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP from 2021-09-15T10:34

Amy Hart, who was on Love Island two years ago was in front of politicians yesterday describing the problems she's had on social media. Appearing in front of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport S...

Women rowers in Venice; Former Afghan women's minister; Julia Peyton-Jones; Non-disclosure agreements from 2021-09-14T11:04

It's the first year in which women and men are awarded equal prize money in Venice's annual rowing race, the Regata Storica. Emma speaks to lead campaigner and professional rower, Elena Almansi. ...

Jennifer Saunders, Fashion editor Justine Picardie on the real "Miss Dior" from 2021-09-13T10:22

From Ab Fab to Jam&Jerusalem, Jennifer Saunders has been gracing our TV screens for decades. She now returns to theatre as eccentric mystic Madame Arcati in a production of Noel Coward’s comedy Bli...

Jennifer Saunders, Fashion editor Justine Picardie on the real "Miss Dior" from 2021-09-13T10:22

From Ab Fab to Jam & Jerusalem, Jennifer Saunders has been gracing our TV screens for decades. She now returns to theatre as eccentric mystic Madame Arcati in a production of Noel Coward’s comedy B...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Michaela Coel, Rafia Zakaria&Japanese ‘Womeneconomics’ from 2021-09-11T16:00

We hear from the Screenwriter, director, producer and actor Michaela Coel about her first book ‘Misfits: A Personal Manifesto’. The book draws on topics covered in her MacTaggart lecture in which ...

Comedian Sophie Willan, Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, Emma Raducanu, the Unofficial Bridgerton the Musical Afghanistan update from 2021-09-10T11:17

In May this this year, the comedian Sophie Willan won a BAFTA for best comedy writing, for the pilot episode of her BBC 2 comedy Alma’s Not Normal. She now has a six part series on BBC2 which begin...

Coughing; Rafia Zakaria; Rosie Jones; Population and climate; Cressida Dick from 2021-09-09T10:42

Thanks to Covid, coughing in public has joined the ranks of socially-unacceptable behaviours. Anecdotally there seems to have been a decline in coughing in theatre audiences since Covid came on the...

Jennifer Hudson on Aretha Franklin; Julie Bindel; Social Care; and Soviet Women in WWII. from 2021-09-08T11:22

RESPECT, is the new Aretha Franklin biopic which will be released this Friday. Aretha Franklin handpicked the Oscar Award winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson to play her in the film. Jennife...

Michaela Coel, Lockdown in paradise, Female HGV drivers, Tribunal win from 2021-09-07T10:54

In 2015, Michaela Coel’s Channel 4 series "Chewing Gum", adapted from a one-woman play she wrote while in drama school, about an awkward virgin became an instant hit. She's an established screenwri...

Val McDermid on Miss Marple; Sarah Harding's death; Sam Quek; Japanese 'Womeneconomics' from 2021-09-06T11:45

Miss Marple is one of the classic heroines of crime fiction. Quick-witted, devilishly observant and with a keen sense of justice, Jane Marple has delighted readers since she first appeared in a ser...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Greenham Common, 'Girlboss'&the magic of Mirrors from 2021-09-04T16:00

Forty years ago a campaign group called Women for Life on Earth marched from Cardiff to the Greenham Common RAF Base in Berkshire to protest against the British government allowing US nuclear missi...

Roe v. Wade, Girlboss and women of colour, Conscious sex work, Greenham Common banners from 2021-09-03T10:50

In Texas, a law banning abortion from as early as six weeks into pregnancy has come into force this week. This means that a woman can't have an abortion once a foetal heartbeat is heard, something ...

Fran Lebowitz, Parent Blame, Heiresses from 2021-09-02T12:58

She's been described as the funniest woman in America. We talk to Fran Lebowitz, the American writer, social commentator, humorist, and New York legend. She shares her opinion on everything from ge...

Greenham Common, Afghan Refugee Resettlement, Sarah Rainsford, Rebecca Welch from 2021-09-01T10:31

Forty years ago this week, 36 people from a campaign group called Women for Life on Earth marched from Cardiff to the Greenham Common RAF base in Newbury in Berkshire to protest against the British...

Cookery pioneer Claudia Roden, getting a SEN diagnosis, the impact of vaccine hesitancy among care workers from 2021-08-31T10:32

It is not an exaggeration to call Claudia Roden a culinary pioneer. For over 50 years she has been collecting recipes from home cooks throughout the MIddle East and Mediterranean. She shares wit...

Afghanistan, Paralympics, Mary Poppins from 2021-08-30T12:29

We get the latest on Afghanistan with BBC journalist Sana Safi and talk to Seema Malhotra MP whose constituency in West London has a large Afghan community. She explains the help that's being provi...

Listener Week: Afghanistan, Women and trades, Being Average, Clearing out the attic, Titles from 2021-08-28T16:00

Alice Bromage served in Afghanistan as a Major and left in 2016. She tells us what's she is hearing from the troops serving on the ground in Afghanistan. A recent survey revealed that tradespeopl...

Sislin Fay Allen, The situation for women in Afghanistan, Miss, Ms, Mx or Mrs?, Women&Pensions, Women&Munitions from 2021-08-27T10:42

Two explosions hit Kabul airport yesterday, killing some 90 people and at least 150 people were also wounded in the attack. The UK government has just announced the final stages of the evacuation.....

Parental Alienation, Afghan Judges, Being Average, Women Vets, Lady Evelyn Cobbold from 2021-08-26T10:48

Parental Alienation is the unjustified rejection of a parent by a child, encouraged by the other parent. We hear from one woman who hasn't seen or spoken to her daughter in six years. Dr Amy Baker,...

Listener Week: Sahraa Karimi escape from Kabul, Extinction Rebellion, Doughnut Economics, Early SEN diagnosis, Circo Rum Ba Ba from 2021-08-25T10:33

Circo Rum Ba Ba describe themselves as an exuberant troupe of all women performers who bring extraordinary spectacle and performance into unconventional settings where it is least expected. Founder...

Attic memories; Afghanistan; Food and climate; ME and Covid; Neanderthals from 2021-08-24T10:34

What should we do with all our attic memorabilia? Vicki from South Wales talks about the joy of clearing our her attic with her daughters and Maryam from Rotherham talks about her mother's suitcase...

Listener Week: Women and trades, Afghanistan, Stealthing, Dumping a friend from 2021-08-23T10:45

A recent survey revealed that tradespeople are £35,000 better off than university graduates. But only 14.5% of the construction workforce as a whole is female, and that drops to just 2% when it com...

Lesley Manville, Afghanistan, Menopause and dental health, Conceived by rape, Ruby Wax, Pens from 2021-08-21T16:00

The actor Lesley Manville on her mission to change the way the world sees older women - not least in her latest TV performance in Channel 4's I am series. Lesley plays Maria, who at 60 and after 3...

Divorce, Ruby Wax, the FIRE movement, Strings duo Balladeste from 2021-08-20T11:04

How common is it to experience ‘hate’ towards someone you once loved? We tend to think of 'hate' as one of the strongest emotions we can have, so what happens if you find yourself 'hating' your for...

Afghanistan, Adoption, Lesley Manville from 2021-08-19T10:37

We continue reporting on what's happening to women and children in Afghanistan. We hear from our BBC corespondent in Kabul, Secunder Kermani. Also Larissa Brown who's Defence Editor at The Times te...

Priti Patel on Afghan crisis, Aisha Jawando as Tina Turner from 2021-08-18T10:41

The UK government has announced plans to resettle 20,000 Afghan refugees over the coming years, with 5,000 coming to the UK in the first year. This will be in addition to those such as interpreters...

Dental health and menopause, Lisa Nandy, Police disclosures, Joy of stationery from 2021-08-17T10:19

Hot flushes are probably the first thing you associate with going through the menopause. But Radio 2's Liza Tarbuck had an interesting angle on it she wanted us to investigate - gums! Decreases in ...

Clothes sizing, Afghan women, What's driving men who define themselves as incels? from 2021-08-16T10:44

Many bigger-busted women find it difficult to find clothing tailored to their chest size. The last time a national size survey was conducted in the UK was back in 2001, so why don’t clothing manufa...

Weekend Woman's Hour - Mental health and dating, Charlotte Worthington BMX gold&comedy writer Georgia Pritchett from 2021-08-14T16:21

Dating apps have seen a growing trend towards individuals disclosing that they have a mental health disorder in their online profiles. Jo Hemmings a behavioural psychologist and Beth McColl a lifes...

Singer-songwriter Joy Crookes, Maternity discrimination, Data-driven parenting, Hot Girl Summer from 2021-08-13T10:23

Joy Crookes was nominated for Rising star at the BRIT awards 2020. Born and raised in Elephant and Castle, London, the daughter of a Bengali mother and an Irish father, she grew up listening to an ...

Baby Bonding, ASMR, Afghanistan, Eimear McBride, BMX Freestyle from 2021-08-12T10:31

Some mums may take a while to bond with their baby after they're born. This can be for a variety of reasons and is in fact very common among new mothers. Journalist and writer Natasha Lunn decided ...

Kamala Harris, US Vice President; WFH; Georgia Pritchett. from 2021-08-11T11:11

Earlier this year, Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first female black Asian American Vice President in history. 6 months on, some polling has been interpreted as saying she's the most unpopular V...

Unregistered births, Results Day, Dating and mental health, Work and menopause from 2021-08-10T10:27

Today will mark the first time that there will be a single results day for the whole of the UK with AS and A level, vocational qualifications, Welsh Baccalaureate, and Scottish Highers and Advanced...

Belarus, Domestic Violence and Terrorism, Instagram pictures, Anna Whitehouse from 2021-08-09T10:35

It's a year today since the disputed elections in Belarus. They sparked unrest because the election was widely believed to have been rigged in favour of Alexander Lukashenko, who's held power since...

Olympics -girls and urban sports; Disability&dating; Bobbi Brown; Emma-Jean Thackray; Women talking about men; Lucy St Louis from 2021-08-07T16:00

Will the young women smashing it at the Olympics in the new urban sports of BMX freestyling, Skateboarding and Sport Climbing inspire a new generation of girls to follow in their footsteps? Skatebo...

Emma-Jean Thackray, Dr Pamela Warner, Charlotte Edwards and Niki Adams, Judith Heumann from 2021-08-06T11:29

Anita Rani talks to Emma-Jean Thackray about her debut album Yellow, which has debuted at number one on the Jazz&Blues Chart. Will the young women smashing it at the Olympics in the new urban...

Emma-Jean Thackray, Dr Pamela Warner, Charlotte Edwards and Niki Adams, Judith Heumann from 2021-08-06T11:29

Anita Rani talks to Emma-Jean Thackray about her debut album Yellow, which has debuted at number one on the Jazz&Blues Chart. Will the young women smashing it at the Olympics in the new urban...

Bette Davis, Vaccines, Andrew Cuomo, Disability and Dating from 2021-08-05T10:13

Bette Davis was one of the biggest names in Hollywood, nominated for ten Oscars and her extraordinary career spanned almost sixty years. An outspoken and dedicated actress, she created some of the ...

Bobbi Brown, Lucy St Louis, Andrew Billen, Mary Anne Sieghart, Catherine Morgan, Julie Flynn from 2021-08-04T10:42

The shift to mask wearing and homeworking saw many of us ditch our make-up during the pandemic. Perhaps not the best time to launch a new beauty business – but that’s what Bobbi Brown has done. She...

Emily Campbell, Hospital Wards, Introverts&Extroverts from 2021-08-03T12:57

All eyes were on Laurel Hubbard at yesterday's women's Olympic weightlifting. That's because she's the first transgender athlete to compete in the Games, but it was Team GB's Emily Campbell who mad...

Saxophonist Nubya Garcia, Rainbow babies, Insomnia, Vaccine passports from 2021-08-02T10:44

Over the weekend Carrie Johnson announced she was expecting another baby describing it as a "rainbow" baby because she'd experienced a miscarriage earlier this year. Ruth Bender Atik from The Mi...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Women and Artificial Intelligence, Paralympian Stef Reid&Comedian London Hughes from 2021-07-31T16:01

The writer Jeanette Winterson tells us why women need to be at the heart of the Artificial Intelligence revolution and about her new essay collection which covers 200 years of women and science. T...

London Hughes; Motherhood when you have an inherited condition; Helen Thorn; Stalking; Sunisa Lee from 2021-07-30T10:40

Since moving to the US last year, the British stand-up comic, actor, writer and presenter London Hughes is making it big. Her stand up special To Catch A D*ck - originally performed at the Edinbur...

Jeanette Winterson, Colourism, Paralympian Stef Reid from 2021-07-29T11:22

Jeanette Winterson talks about her new essay collection which covers 200 years of women and science, from Mary Shelley to AI. She asks what love, caring, sex and attachment will look like when hum...

Singer-Songwriter Josie Proto, Child protection changes, Women and COP26, UTIs from 2021-07-28T10:43

An estimated 50% of women in the UK will have a urinary tract infection at some point in their lives and between 20-30% are likely to have a recurrence. For some, these recurrent infections can lea...

27/07/2021 from 2021-07-27T10:16

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

Support for black and minoritised women facing domestic violence; South Asian women in sport; Midwives under pressure from 2021-07-26T10:47

The government’s new violence against women and girls strategy was published last Wednesday. Many organisations welcomed the commitments it made but many had criticisms for areas not addressed, not...

Amy Winehouse remembered; Canadian residential schools; Women at the Tokyo Olympics; Typewriters; Casual workwear from 2021-07-24T16:00

It is 10 years since the tragic death of the singer Amy Winehouse from alcohol poisoning at the age of just 27. A new documentary film, Reclaiming Amy on the BBC on features Amy's closest friends a...

Kate Shortman&Izzy Thorpe, Dame Katherine Grainger, Nicola Adams, Anna Kessel, Frankie Miren, Laura Middleton-Hughes. from 2021-07-23T10:45

The Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics starts today and Team GB are taking more women athletes than men for the first time in 125 years. Of the 376 athletes selected, 201 are female. So could...

Off the Rails Film, Bella Mackie, Long Covid, #MeToo around the world from 2021-07-22T10:26

Jules Williamson has directed her first feature film in her fifties. The premier is tonight. Off the Rails is a celebration of women. It centres round four friends who went Inter-railing when they...

Amy Winehouse remembered; Women's cricket; Botox and fillers; Violence against women strategy from 2021-07-21T10:41

This Friday marks 10 years since the tragic death of the singer Amy Winehouse from alcohol poisoning at the age of just 27. A new documentary film, Reclaiming Amy on BBC 2 on Friday at 9pm feature...

Typewriters; Canadian residential schools; Isy Suttie; Stealthing from 2021-07-20T10:24

In the digital age, the humble typewriter seems rather quaint. But according to a new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland, the typewriter is a technology with a key role in the story of f...

Maria Callas, Loulou Storey&Lucy Adlington on casual workwear, International Aid legal challenge&slavery reparations from 2021-07-19T12:28

Maria Callas is one of the most famous opera singers. She was brought up in New York and Greece by an emotionally abusive mother who forced her to sing. Despite being admired by Hollywood stars and...

Weekend Woman's Hour: The Three Hijabis, 150 years of Female GPs&going braless from 2021-07-17T16:00

Three female football fans – hashtag ‘TheThreeHijabis - as they called themselves set up a petition calling for racists to be banned for life from all football matches in England. Shaista Aziz, Am...

Bronwen Lewis, Football Racists Ban and 'The Three Hijabis', Pregnancy&the Covid Vaccine, The Joy of Skating from 2021-07-16T11:22

Bronwen Lewis is a Welsh singer songwriter whose style sits between Country, Pop, Folk and Blues. She starred in the BAFTA Award Winning and Golden Globe nominated film ‘Pride’ where she sang the t...

Going braless; Em Sheldon and trolling; Continued shielding; Anne Theroux from 2021-07-15T10:25

After more than a year of many of us working from home during the pandemic, there's been a lot of talk about the lack of requirement to put on a bra. Just this week actor Gillian Anderson announce...

Deborah James; Colin Pitchfork Parole and Falling in love with an object from 2021-07-14T10:32

Deborah James is a the host of the BBC's You, Me And The Big C podcast, a campaigner, writer and mother of two. As @bowelbabe she blogs about living with stage 4 bowel cancer since Christmas 2016. ...

150 years of female GPs. Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Lucy D’Orsi. Anne Sebba on US spy Ethel Rosenberg. from 2021-07-13T10:42

This week, the Royal College of GPs is marking 150 years of women in general practice. More than half of GPs in the UK are women - but despite this, many still face issues like lower pay compared t...

Baroness Cumberlege, Euro 2020 men's football final, Equality in opera from 2021-07-12T12:32

Baroness Julia Cumberlege, who led a critical review into how the health service has treated female patients, says she is angry and frustrated that not enough progress has been made. A year ago her...

Lady Lavinia Nourse; Caitlin Moran; Female truckers; Comedian Gina Yashere; Football and Atomic Kitten from 2021-07-10T16:00

Lady Lavinia Nourse, the 77-year-old widow of the High Court judge Sir Martin Nourse was cleared of all 17 counts of historical child sex abuse involving a boy under the age of 12. In her first bro...

Gina Yashere; Afghanistan; WAGs; Helen Epega from 2021-07-09T10:38

British comic Gina Yashere has made it big on both sides of the Atlantic. A veteran of the UK comedy scene, she's also had huge success in the US. Now she's just released her first book, a memoir c...

The Euros, Money, Atomic Kitten from 2021-07-08T10:39

The Footie! England's through to the final of the Euros after a nail biting match against Denmark last night. We speak to Emma Hayes, Chelsea Women Manager who was on the TV commentary team last ni...

Lady Lavinia Nourse; Early labour; Chile’s constitution from 2021-07-07T10:28

Lady Lavinia Nourse is calling for those accused of child abuse to be granted anonymity until charged. Speaking exclusively to Woman’s Hour just over a month after she was cleared of child sex abus...

Female truckers; Dealing with disappointment; Caitlin Moran; Maternity failings from 2021-07-06T10:21

There is currently a huge shortage of road hauliers in the UK. According to the Road Haulage Association, up to 100,000 more lorry drivers are needed to transport the food, medicines and equipment ...

Claudia Winkleman, Yvette Cooper, Heidi Carter, Lillie Harris from 2021-07-05T10:31

Studies have found that men are more reluctant than women to wear face covers. So, in a couple of weeks when restrictions are likely to be lifted, making it a personal choice, what are we likely to...

Weekend Woman's Hour - Libby Scott and mum Kym on Autism, the future of the High Street&Anne Robinson from 2021-07-03T16:00

The novelist Libby Scott has just released her third novel ‘Ways to Be Me’ in collaboration with the author Rebecca Westcott. Along with her mum she tells us about her new book and it’s realistic p...

Rachel Weisz; Euro 2020; Kanya d’Almeida; Abortion in Northern Ireland; Emily Rapp Black from 2021-07-02T10:43

Rachel Weisz seems to have had constant work in the film industry since the early nineties. She's been in all kind of films: historical, action, science fiction, serious, art-house. Now she's divin...

Mary Portas&Suzannah Clarke; Summer childcare; Eilidh Doyle; Mackenzy Beard; Prof Dame Caroline Dean from 2021-07-01T11:10

The future of the High Street looked challenging before the pandemic but as shops have reopened it’s become evident how urgent the situation now is. Many brands or their outlets have gone bankrupt...

Female wildlife rangers; Chief Inspector of Ofsted; Lady Boss: Jackie Collins story; Transgender athletes from 2021-06-30T13:04

The work of female rangers protecting wildlife from poachers. Collet Ngobeni of The Black Mambas and Holly Budge of How Many Elephants discuss. The Chief Inspector of Ofsted, Amanda Spielman on t...

Stella Creasy, Libby Scott and her mum Kym on Autism, Sexual Harassment from 2021-06-30T10:22

The Labour and Cooperative MP Stella Creasy is threatening legal action over her forthcoming maternity leave cover. Backbench MPs are currently allowed to take informal maternity leave, but not all...

Exercise aggression; Purity culture; The Plumage Act; Smacking from 2021-06-29T12:12

Sports psychologist Dr Josephine Perry has some insight into what makes athletes tick, but wasn't prepared for what happened to her yesterday morning when she was doing laps at a swimming pool. A m...

Anne Robinson; Millennial relationships; WWII female resistance fighters; Breastfeeding in public. from 2021-06-28T10:27

The presenter, journalist and “Queen of Mean”, Anne Robinson, is best known for her acerbic style of presenting on 'The Weakest Link'. In the 1960s she was the first young female trainee on the Da...

Bank Note designer Debbie Marriott, Protecting the title "nurse", Author Kate Moore&"Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner" from 2021-06-25T10:29

Anita Rani with Bank Note designer Debbie Marriott, Protecting the title "nurse", Author Kate Moore&"Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner" Presenter: Anita RaniProducer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Man...

Bank Note designer Debbie Marriott, Protecting the title "nurse", Author Kate Moore & "Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner" from 2021-06-25T10:29

Anita Rani with Bank Note designer Debbie Marriott, Protecting the title "nurse", Author Kate Moore & "Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner"

Presenter: Anita Rani
Producer: Lisa Jenki...

Britney Spears, Jackie Collins. Young Engineers from 2021-06-24T10:17

Britney Spears spoke publicly in a LA court yesterday about the conservatorship that she sees as controlling her life. Her father was granted control over her affairs after she went to hospital bec...

DIY dancing at home; Transgender athletes; Ugandan women; Eco novels from 2021-06-23T10:26

Nightclubs are shut, dancing at weddings is not allowed and gigs and festivals are still uncertain. If you want to dance you have to do it at home. Woman's Hour shares your DIY dancing stories an...

Female wildlife rangers; Miscarriage cards; Life after prison in Iran; Boric acid; Nude photos online from 2021-06-22T10:19

Wednesday will be the first ever World Female Ranger Day, celebrating the work of female rangers around the world who do an important but ultimately dangerous job protecting wildlife from poachers....

Chief Inspector of Schools Amanda Spielman, Divya Chadha Manek, Dr Jen Gunter, Hira Ali&Gary Ford. from 2021-06-21T10:40

The Chief Inspector of Schools Amanda Spielman, talks to Emma Barnett about the problem of sexual abuse in schools and colleges and reflects on what needs to be done to bring about change. Divya ...

Weekend Woman's Hour: The award-winning composer Shirley J Thompson, Domestic Violence Prevention&Managing our data from 2021-06-19T16:05

Composer Shirley J. Thompson is the first woman in Europe to have composed and conducted a symphony within the last 40 years. She tells us about her new work Emanation, which she’s written for the ...

Dame Darcey Bussell; Single Fatherhood; Rape Review with Max Hill QC from 2021-06-18T10:10

Dame Darcey Bussell is the former Principal of The Royal Ballet&Strictly Judge, President of the RAD&creator of Diversity Dance Mix. She joins Anita to talk about her passion for dance and her mis...

Shirley J. Thompson; Female rabbis; Underwear in Pakistan from 2021-06-17T10:27

Composer Shirley J. Thompson is the first woman in Europe to have composed and conducted a symphony within the last 40 years - New Nation Rising, A 21st Century Symphony, which was originally commi...

Jessie Ware; girls disappearing from care services; women's football and sponsorship from 2021-06-16T10:10

The singer-songwriter Jessie Ware was nominated for Female Solo Artist and Album of the Year at this Year’s BRIT Awards. She was also included in Barack Obama’s favourite music playlist of 2020. ...

Summer hair trends; Police&sexual misconduct - Woman's Hour/Newsnight reveal 1,400 accused from 2021-06-15T10:39

Summer’s here and despite the restrictions still in place on social gathering we’re still managing to meet up with friends and enjoy the odd night out. One aspect of that is of course looking your ...

Domestic violence prevention. Managing how our data’s used. Veteran journalist Hella Pick. "Freedom Day" postponed. from 2021-06-14T10:33

We hear many stories of domestic abuse but rarely from those who have been the perpetrators. John, who's just completed a 20 week domestic violence prevention programme at the Hampton Trust, speak...

Paloma Faith, Heath Minister Nadine Dorries, Sexual harassment in the workplace, No-fault divorce from 2021-06-12T16:00

Paloma Faith on combining motherhood with her music as well as her reaction to the OFSTED survey that sexual harassment of schoolchildren has become normalised in schools. Her new single Monster is...

Nannie, the figurehead for the Cutty Sark; The power of giving away power; No fault divorce; from 2021-06-11T10:21

The G7 kicks off in Cornwall today. Boris Johnson and leaders from Japan, Canada, Italy and France who make up the Group of Seven will be joined by US President Joe Biden and the German Chancello...

Paloma Faith, Nursing, Maya Forstater Verdict from 2021-06-10T10:57

We talk to Paloma Faith about her music, her films, being a mother of two daughters, and harassment towards women and girls. She's got a new single out called Monster which is about her relationshi...

Women's Health Special - Nadine Dorries, Unwell Women, Mesh removal centres, Autoimmunity from 2021-06-09T10:12

Women's health has long been the poor relation when it comes to medical understanding, funding and research. The government says it wants that to change - and earlier this year announced the establ...

Abortion in America, Stamping out sexual harassment in the workplace, Talking to young people about drugs from 2021-06-08T10:24

Last month the US Supreme Court agreed to consider a major challenge to reproductive rights, saying it will look at the state of Mississippi’s bid to enforce a ban on almost all abortions after the...

Dido Harding, Friendship between gay men and straight women, Foreign aid cuts from 2021-06-07T10:17

It’s just over a year since the businesswoman and conservative peer Dido Harding was brought in to set up a test and trace system to help stop the Covid-19 pandemic. The system was going to be “wor...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Arooj Aftab, Reclaiming sexist language from 2021-06-05T15:00

How possible is it to actually earn a living from sport? The latest BBC Elite British Sportswomen’s Survey found that four out of five elite British sportswomen feel they are not paid enough compar...

Arooj Aftab, PIP implants, Race, trauma&culture, Reclaiming sexist language from 2021-06-04T11:13

Arooj Aftab is a Pakistani composer, based in Brooklyn. She joins Anita to talk about her music and influences from jazz and Qawwali to Jeff Buckley and Abidi Parveen. She explains how grief has sh...

Author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie from 2021-06-03T15:24

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the author of novels including 'Purple Hibiscus', 'Half of a Yellow Sun', which won the Orange Prize (now called the Women’s Prize for Fiction), and 'Americanah', which ...

The Politics of Motherhood, Big Night Out Reading, Women and environmental art. from 2021-06-02T10:21

You may have visited Kew Gardens and seen the incredible gallery of botanical art created by Marianne North - she is one of several female artists being featured at the Herbert Art Gallery and Muse...

Sinead O'Connor, Your returning to work manifesto. from 2021-06-01T12:05

It's one of the most unforgettable moments in pop. Sinead O'Connor singing Nothing Compares 2 U straight into the camera. Big eyes, shaved head, minimal make up - tears rolling down her cheeks. It...

A Celebration of Women's Sporting Success from 2021-05-31T10:00

Over the last few weeks and months we have seen women make huge progress in the world of sport. It was just over a month ago that the jockey Rachael Blackmore made history by becoming the first fem...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Holly Smale, Paris Lees, #MeToo in the British Army, Hormones and vaccines from 2021-05-29T15:00

A former senior Army officer is calling for the military to have a “#MeToo moment” and is claiming that hundreds of female troops have been raped and sexually abused by colleagues. Lt Col Diane All...

Covid vaccines and women, Paris Lees&Nero's women from 2021-05-28T10:26

Some women and trans men are reporting unusual symptoms after having their Covid vaccinations – ranging from menstrual irregularities to bleeding post menopause. We talk to the reproductive immunol...

Babes in the wood, Ecocide, Sexism in craft beer, and How to save a life from 2021-05-27T14:19

Karen Hadaway was one of two little girls murdered in the Babes in the Wood case. Her mother, Michelle, tells us about giving her daughetr's clothes to Martin Bashir in 1991 to get DNA tested. She ...

Gemma Arterton, Care Homes, The Astronomer Royal from 2021-05-27T10:38

Gemma Arterton’s latest acting role is in a play called Walden. It's on in London’s West End and it's the story of estranged twin sisters: one's a botanist for Nasa and the other's a former archit...

#MeToo in the British Army, Dominic Cummings, Women&Art: How We Look, Geriatric Millennials from 2021-05-26T10:44

A former senior Army officer is calling for the military to have a “#MeToo moment” and is claiming that hundreds of female troops have been raped and sexually abused by colleagues. Lt Col Diane Al...

Holly Smale, Caroline Dinenage MP, Ursula Le Menn&Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, Proff. Asma Khalil&Dr. Mary Ross-Davie from 2021-05-24T10:20

On Woman's Hour today Emma Barnett talks to the best selling author Holly Smale about being diagnosed with autism at age 39. The author of the "Geek Girl" series has said she feels relief that she...

Weekend Woman’s Hour: We are Lady Parts, Environment Minister Rebecca Pow, Police abuse supercomplaint, Brit rising star Griff from 2021-05-22T16:00

A TV comedy series featuring funny and bold Muslim women – ‘We Are Lady Parts’ is a new six part comedy series for Channel 4. It follows the highs and lows of the female punk band Lady Parts. Anita...

Women on nature, Prisons Minister Alex Chalk, We Are Lady Parts, How infertility diagnoses impact relationships. from 2021-05-21T10:31

New research shows that girls face unique and escalating risks as they turn 18. The transition from girlhood to adulthood could be an opportunity to get things right, but with little to no speciali...

Women and sheds, Environment Minister Rebecca Pow, Rape threat insults, Declining birth rate in China from 2021-05-20T10:37

Since the beginning of the pandemic, shed sellers have seen a surge in demand - especially those that can be used as home offices. And existing summerhouses and garages have been commandeered, part...

Police abuse supercomplaint, Alice in Wonderland Exhibition and Consensual non-monogamy from 2021-05-19T11:53

Since the first publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in 1865, the books have never been out of print and remain one of the most influential texts in the world. The Victoria and Albert Mu...

Women spies; Kelly Gough; Lisa Keogh; Second chances; Home abortion rules from 2021-05-18T10:24

Despite a long and courageous history of female spies, the UK's secret intelligence agencies - MI5, MI6 and GCHQ - are still overwhelmingly dominated by men. The head of GCHQ, Jeremy Fleming, has c...

Griff, Typo-Squatting, Ece Temelkuran, Windrush Compensation Scheme, Public loos from 2021-05-17T10:31

Replacing traditional male only or female only toilets with gender neutral facilities has increased in recent years. Theatres were some of the first venues to hit the headlines. Many businesses ...

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Mona Eltahawy; Scarlett Moffatt; Female astronauts from 2021-05-15T16:00

Egyptian-American writer and activist Mona Eltahawy believes women should start actively defying and disrupting the patriarchy now - with force if necessary. Mona explains why she wrote her new bo...

Mentrix; Tech safety in domestic abuse; Sam Roddick; Dating over 60 from 2021-05-14T10:23

Last year the avant-garde Iranian artist Mentrix released the critically acclaimed album My Enemy, My Love. The tracks Walk and Nature had accompanying cinematic videos, that explored themes of wom...

Scarlett Moffatt, Patricia Devlin, Gender and AI from 2021-05-13T10:26

There's to be an inquiry into the Covid pandemic. It will start in Spring next year. We speak to one of the women who's been pushing for it, but still thinking it's starting too late. Her name is ...

Female Astronauts, Second Chances, Jackie Weaver, Celebs and the male gaze from 2021-05-12T10:51

A total of 65 women have been into space - compared with 501 men. The last time the European Space Agency recruited for their Class of 2009, only 16% of applications came from women. That process ...

Mona Eltahawy on embracing female anger; Maternal ambivalence; Women in the Senedd from 2021-05-11T10:23

'We need to dismantle the patriarchy' is a familiar feminist rallying cry. But Egyptian-American writer and activist Mona Eltahawy believes we should stop just saying it, and start actively defying...

Singer-songwriter Dodie, TikTok and domestic workers in the Middle East from 2021-05-10T10:43

How domestic workers in the Middle East are using the video sharing app TikTok to raise awareness of abuse. Louise Donovan from the Fuller Project tells us how she found these women and why they ar...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Tracey Emin; Susan Rogers, Prince's sound engineer; Panic attacks from 2021-05-08T15:00

Tracey Emin was one of the leading figures of the Young British Artists movement of the 1990s. She has recently undergone radical surgery to treat bladder cancer. For her latest exhibition - The ...

Covid in India; Susan Rogers, Prince's sound engineer; panic attacks; the novel Careless from 2021-05-07T10:22

India remains in the grip of a Covid crisis with record numbers of cases being reported every day. Oxygen and vaccines are running out and hospitals are overwhelmed. Save The Children has warned it...

Anya Hindmarch, Women on Boards, Rosie Aycliffe, Ruthie Henshall on Care Homes from 2021-05-06T10:37

In 2016 Mia Ayliffe Chung was killed at a remote farmworkers’ hostel while backpacking in Australia. What she didn’t realise at the time and what her mum Rosie Ayliffe later discovered was backpack...

Tracey Emin; Women and Nightclubs; Young Children and Mental Health from 2021-05-05T10:28

Tracey Emin was one of the leading figures of the Young British Artists movement of the 1990s. Hers is a uniquely provocative, confessional style which confronts issues such as trauma of abortion, ...

Male fertility; Gordon Brown on global vaccination; Celebrating Ailsa Burkimsher Sadler and Caroline Norton. from 2021-05-04T10:38

Fertility rates around the world are declining. It's partly through choice, as couples decide to have smaller families. But it's also the case that sperm levels among men in Western countries have ...

Breaking barriers to cycling for women from 2021-05-03T10:00

Have you always wanted to get on a bike, but something is holding you back? This is the programme for you, presented by Melanie Abbott. If you're completely new to cycling, there's no doubt it's i...

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Dawn French; Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe’s sentence; Women’s Football from 2021-05-01T15:00

Today if you are a woman you are likely to live into your eighties. But what to do with those extra couple of decades? Dawn French is best known for her comedy and acting and is now an author long...

Morris Dancing, Jacqui Oatley&Ben Bloom, Maya Foa&Andrew Mitchell MP, Bletchley veteran Betty Webb from 2021-04-30T10:59

Anita Rani talks to Boss Morris the all-female Morris dancing team based in Gloucester who'll be marking May Day by leading a livestreamed dance. We hear from Bletchley Park veteran Betty Webb and...

Arlene Foster, Kate Wilson, Kelly Critcher from 2021-04-29T10:25

Arlene Foster, First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the DUP, has stood down. She was the first woman and the youngest person to hold both jobs. In her resignation announcement she said...

Dawn French, Claire Findlay, Second Chances, Caroline Slocock from 2021-04-28T16:06

Emma Barnett talks to Dawn French about her fourth novel "Because of You" which has been longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and we'll find out later today if it's made the shortlist. She...

Nazanin's sentence and women's rights in Iran, The Barbizon Hotel, Orgasms from 2021-04-27T10:51

We now know that Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe has been sentenced to another year in an Iranian prison, plus she's banned from travelling abroad. This time she's charged with spreading propaganda. Her ...

Breast cancer and cognitive behavioural therapy, The history of make-up, Second children from 2021-04-26T10:45

New research out today from the charity Breast Cancer Now, indicates that training breast care nurses to deliver Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - or CBT - can be effective in alleviating the distres...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Julia Gillard on girls' education; Pauline Black of The Selecter; Dogs in Lockdown from 2021-04-24T15:15

We hear from former Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard who is working to help children from developing countries get a quality education. Josephine Kamara and Selina Nkoile are Youth Leader...

Daphne Oram - one of electronic music's female pioneers from 2021-04-23T10:30

In 'Come Fly the World', journalist Julia Cooke explores the history and legacy of Pan Am, one of the world’s most iconic airlines. Julia focuses on the adventurous lives and careers of the intern...

Diver Christine Grosart on 'Ghost Fishing'; Katya Adler discusses Annalena Baerbock; Teenage drinking research; Foetal medicine from 2021-04-22T10:39

Angela Merkel steps down as Chancellor or Prime minister of Germany in September. Nicknamed Mutti or mummy she has held the top job since 2005 so her departure is a huge shift at a challenging ti...

Sexist abuse of MPs, Town Crier Brenda Willison, Vanessa Frake on The Governor, Second Chances from 2021-04-21T11:13

Vanessa Frake worked in the prison service for 27 years. For 16 of those years she was the head of security and operations at the notorious male prison Wormwood Scrubs. Her career saw her cross pat...

Dogs of Lockdown; Teachers assaulted by pupils; Family reconciliation; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu from 2021-04-20T10:17

With the surge in people getting dogs during lockdown, Emily Dean, broadcaster and host of ‘Walking The Dog with Emily Dean’ joins Anita to discuss her shih-tzu called Raymond, the trend for ‘pande...

Pauline Black of The Selecter, Julia Gillard on girls' education, Mothers at risk of losing their children. from 2021-04-19T10:42

The original rude girl and ‘Queen of Ska’ Pauline Black was working as a radiographer when she came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the 2 Tone ska revival band The Selecter. P...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Dame Maureen Lipman; Women feeling the Cold; Singer Imelda May. from 2021-04-17T15:10

Actor and writer Dame Maureen Lipman recently lost Guido Castro, her partner of more than thirteen years, having already been widowed in 2004 when her husband Jack Rosenthal died after 30 years of ...

Irish singer-songwriter Imelda May from 2021-04-16T11:01

Imelda May is an Irish singer/songwriter discovered by Jools Holland when she supported him on tour and subsequently appeared on Later ... with Jools Holland in 2008. She was the queen of rockabill...

Catholic Church Abuse. Recycling Shaming, Maureen Lipman from 2021-04-15T10:33

A woman who won a settlement from the Catholic Church after reporting the abuse she suffered, is now launching a personal injury claim against Westminster Diocese. It's because of a series of email...

Owen Paterson MP on the suicide of his wife Rose, Evy Cohen, GeorgiaElliot-Smith and music from Manika Kaur from 2021-04-14T11:41

Emma Barnett talks to the former cabinet minister Owen Paterson about the suicide of his wife Rose and the charity he's founded in her memory. Evy Cohen talks about Prince Philip and how his mother...

Shirley Williams, New Mums&Jury Service, Flexible Working from 2021-04-13T10:36

Baroness Shirley Williams has died at the age of 90. She was a titan of British politics and a true trailblazer for women. She appeared on Woman's Hour many times and so we remember her by listenin...

Amanda Owen&Clare Eglin on women feeling the cold, Clare Balding on Rachael Blackmore, Pippa Wicks&teacher Andria Zafirakou from 2021-04-12T10:41

Shepherdess Amanda Owen&the academic Clare Eglin talk about why women tend to feel colder than men. We talk to Clare Balding about Rachael Blackmore the first woman to win the Grand National this w...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Body image; Caring for an abuser; Tracey Thorn on her friend Lindy Morrison from 2021-04-10T15:05

The 2011 Census found that 6.5 million people in the UK are carers and provide unpaid care by looking after an ill, older or disabled family member, friend or partner. It found that women are more ...

Body image. Caring for an abuser. Bafta lookahead. Mrs Sri Lanka Beauty pageant controversy from 2021-04-09T10:45

A parliamentary report into body image has just been published. The Women's and Equalities Committee has been looking into why so many people feel dissatisfied about the way they look. They did a s...

Tracey Thorn on her friend Lindy Morrison; Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds; Women in the Wedding and Beauty Industry. from 2021-04-08T10:29

Writer and singer-songwriter Tracey Thorn has a new book out, My Rock 'n' Roll Friend. The friend in question is Lindy Morrison. They first met backstage at the Lyceum in London in 1983 when Tracey...

Jessica Fellowes on the roaring twenties and comparisons with life today as come out of lockdown. from 2021-04-07T10:15

As we begin to emerge from lockdown, what are the similarities with the ‘Roaring 20s’ 100 years ago when Britain, having survived the Spanish Flu and the Great War, became a hedonistic playground? ...

Family farming with Janice and Matt Baker; New maternal mental health hubs; Author Susan Spindler; Statues of famous women from 2021-04-06T13:00

What do you do, when your mother is in a spot of bother? You run to help…of course! That’s the situation the Countryfile and former One Show presenter Matt Baker found himself in last summer, when...

The Feminisation of Chocolate from 2021-04-05T10:05

Inspired by her childhood in York, Emma Robertson, Senior Lecturer in History at La Trobe University, Australia explores chocolate and the history of imperial exploitation, sexism and racism in her...

Sharon Stone. The impact of pornography on young people. Actor Vanessa Kirby from 2021-04-03T16:00

It’s nearly 30 years since Sharon Stone starred in Basic Instinct, with the famous uncrossing-of-legs scene. In 2001, after adopting her first child, she suffered a stroke and almost died. In an ...

Summer music festivals line-ups - how many female artists are included? from 2021-04-02T10:27

It’s exams season coming up. This summer, students will receive A-level and GCSE results based on their teachers’ predictions, after exams were cancelled for the second year in a row due to the pa...

Sharon Stone, Gillian Keegan MP, Fertility&Race from 2021-04-01T11:16

It’s nearly thirty years since Sharon Stone was in the film Basic Instinct, with the famous uncrossing-of-legs scene. She really wanted the role but only got it after twelve other actresses turned ...

Cindy Gallop&Dr Fiona Vera-Gray on the impact of porn on teenagers, writer Erin Kelly, Dr Jenny Mathers&Dr Peter English. from 2021-03-31T10:40

Continuing our look at what’s being reported as “rape culture” in schools, we talk about the impact of pornography on young people and its effect on relationships and sex. Emma Barnett talks to Dr ...

Jessica Moxham on life with a child with disabilities, Lord Macdonald and Harriet Wistritch, Noof Al Maadeed and Rothna Begum from 2021-03-30T11:42

Emma Barnett talks to Jessica Moxham about her memoir "The Cracks that Let the Light in: What I learned from my disabled son." Also to Noof Al Maadeed and Rothna Begum about life for women in Qatar...

Award-winning actor Vanessa Kirby; Sexual harassment, assault&abuse in schools from 2021-03-29T10:41

There are widespread allegations of peer to peer misogyny, harassment, abuse and assault of girls in schools. This eruption - which has been bubbling since last week - has been described as the pot...

Weekend Woman's Hour - Lockdown anniversary, Cryptocurrencies&Portraits of women from 2021-03-27T16:52

Last week marked the first anniversary of lockdown. We hear from three women of different ages, backgrounds and circumstances to discuss their experiences of having to stay at home. Actor and aut...

Equal pay judgement. Birth partners attending scans. Bangladesh at 50. from 2021-03-26T11:49

Today the Supreme Court will give its judgement on one of the largest ever equal pay claims . It could have implications for women working in retail all over the UK. It involves those working in t...

Covid 19 vaccines and children, East Asian Racism, Periods in lockdown, Young women and cryptocurrency from 2021-03-25T11:48

A newspaper article reported on discussions around children in the UK being offered COVID-19 vaccines as early as August, although a spokesperson from DHSC has said: "no decisions have been made on...

Endometriosis, NI Abortion, Portraits from 2021-03-24T11:28

Endometriosis is a condition where cells similar to the ones in the lining of the womb are found elsewhere in the body, often around reproductive organs, bowel and bladder. This can cause inflammat...

Lockdown anniversary, Nicola Sturgeon, Misogyny as a hate crime from 2021-03-23T11:15

It's exactly a year since Boris Johnson delivered the instruction to stay at home. To mark the occasion, we've assembled three women of different ages, backgrounds and circumstances to discuss t...

Navigating the perimenopause; Increase in online accessing of child sexual images; Nawal El Saadawi's death at 89 from 2021-03-22T11:10

The average age of menopause is 51, and menopause itself only lasts for one day, because it simply marks the one-year anniversary of your last period. Perimenopause, on the other hand, refers to t...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Women and confidence in the police; Syria; the future of the handbag from 2021-03-20T16:00

Susannah Fish, former Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police and Olivia Pinkney Chief Constable for Hampshire talk about how confident women can be in reporting crime to the police. We hear f...

Singer-songwriter and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson from 2021-03-19T11:30

The Supreme Court are today announcing their judgement on the so-called "pizza test". That is whether a residential or home carer who "sleeps in" is entitled to the minimum wage. The reason it is n...

Men and Violence from 2021-03-18T12:03

Today we have three men on Woman's Hour talking about male violence. They're discussing why some men attack women and what can be done to stop it. We know that statistically more men than women are...

Women and confidence in the police, Maria Ressa, and the future of the handbag post pandemic from 2021-03-17T11:29

The death of Sarah Everard has led to concerns for women's safety in public. Women have been encouraged to put their trust in the police if facing harassment or any kind of jeopardy. But following ...

Safe city design, Victoria Atkins, Do men and women garden differently? from 2021-03-16T11:27

After Sarah Everard’s murder, there are calls to make the streets safer for women. So, how can that be done? And how can town planning reduce the risk for women when they’re walking alone? Dr Ellie...

Emma Barnett covers the reaction to Sarah Everard’s vigil and the actions of the Metropolitan Police from 2021-03-15T11:25

Reaction to Sarah Everard’s vigil and the actions of the Metropolitan Police . Among the thousands who came to Clapham Common in South London on Saturday night to pay their respects to her were fe...

Weekend Woman's Hour - The Art of Repair, Nurses' Pay & the Power of Oprah Winfrey from 2021-03-13T17:07

The art of the repair, Molly Martin an illustrator and textile repairer, tells us why repairing clothes, furniture and appliances can be beneficial to not only your pocket but to your mind.
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Review into alleged abuse in British Gymnastics from 2021-03-12T12:03

An interim report into British Gymnastics, published this week, revealed 1,500 complaints between 2015 and 2020, including 39 claims passed to police. Jessica Creighton is joined by former gymnast,...

Nadine Dorries, Dame Donna Kinnair, Women and safety, Organised crime, mafia and gender. from 2021-03-11T11:27

The Health Minister Nadine Dorries joins Emma to talk about her plans to cut deaths caused by Strep B infection in newborn babies, as well as nurses' pay and the government’s new consultation on a ...

Stammering, Sharing intimate images without consent and The art of repairs from 2021-03-10T11:10

During lockdown, when we haven't quite had access to the shops we might need, many have turned to 'fixing up' items around the house, and mending our own clothes. With the popularity of shows like ...

Electing to home school. Trisha Goddard on the power of Oprah. from 2021-03-09T11:15

As Children return to school across the UK an increasing number of parents are choosing to educate their children at home on a permanent basis. Many have enjoyed home schooling their kids during Co...

When Meghan and Harry met Oprah; Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release; Clemency Burton Hill’s return to the airwaves. from 2021-03-08T11:49

Oprah Winfrey’s interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex was broadcast last night on CBS in the US. It is due to air here in the UK tonight on ITV at 9pm. What might be the repercussions of th...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Pensions scandal, Isabel Allende, Anti-Obesity Drugs from 2021-03-06T16:00

Pensions expert, Baroness Ros Altman talks about the state pension scandal which only affects women. Around 200,000 of them could be due pay-outs averaging £13,500 to top-up the underpayment of the...

Isabel Allende, Erna Solberg, music with Madeleine Mitchell & Errollyn Wallen & post lockdown workwear with Emma Jacobs. from 2021-03-05T12:12

Anita Rani talks to the Chilean author Isabel Allende, also to the Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg. To mark International Women's Day we have music with Madeleine Mitchell & Errollyn Wallen a...

Layla AlAmmar, Anti-Obesity Drugs, Maximalism from 2021-03-04T11:14

Silence Is a Sense is a new novel by Layla AlAmmar: a Kuwaiti now based in Lancashire. Her novel is about a young woman from Syria who's living in a block of flats in a small English city. It's abo...

Mothers' names on marriage certificates. The Budget. Captain Sir Tom's daughter Lucy Teixeira from 2021-03-03T11:24

From May mothers' names will finally be featured alongside fathers' details on marriage certificates, in England and Wales thanks to years of campaigning both inside and outside of parliament. We...

Afghan women and the current peace talks from 2021-03-02T11:25

As International Women’s Day approaches and peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban continue, what are the most pressing issues facing women in Afghanistan? We hear from BBC Afgha...

Lockdown Hair, 'Red Wall' Mums, Greek Goddesses from 2021-03-01T12:17

As the government announces plans for summer school and tutoring to help children catch up on their learning we hear from parents who think it’s more important to just let them go out to play with...

Weekend Woman's Hour - Camila Batmanghelidjh, Surrogacy, Women in Jazz from 2021-02-27T16:00

In her first in-depth broadcast interview since winning the High Court disqualification case regarding the disbanded children's charity Kids Company, its founder, Camila Batmanghelidjh, explains wh...

Weekend Woman's Hour: Women at breaking point, Revenge porn, The term 'witch' from 2021-02-26T12:28

Why the latest lockdown has left so many women feeling at breaking point as they try to juggle home schooling and working from home simultaneously. Annie tells us her story and we hear from Leann C...

Buying sperm online. Author Julie Ma. Vintage wedding photos from 2021-02-26T11:21

People wanting to start a family, who need to use a sperm donor say they feel forced into finding sperm online in unregulated spaces because NHS funding is rationed or they don’t qualify for it and...

Camila Batmanghelidjh from 2021-02-25T11:17

In her first in-depth broadcast interview since winning the High Court disqualification case regarding the disbanded children's charity Kids Company, its founder, Camila Batmanghelidjh, psychothera...

Surrogacy and Single Fatherhood from 2021-02-24T11:29

It's been announced that around 31,000 women in England will be offered the opportunity to do a smear test at home. It's all part of a trial by the NHS and experts hope it'll be a way to encourag...

Leadership and the effect of Covid-19 on leadership styles, Sex, Gender & the Census, Breast Reduction from 2021-02-23T11:55

Is being a tough guy (or girl) no longer the key to getting on? How important is empathy in leadership now that we know the effect that working from home, juggling child-care, concerns about u...

Women in Jazz, What women think about during sex, Japan: Women in meetings, One punch assaults. from 2021-02-22T11:19

Are women in the UK jazz scene facing discrimination and sexual harassment? Sarah Raine, an academic and anthropologist, carried out research of ten interviews with anonymised female jazz musicians...