Woman's Hour
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Woman's Hour
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Gisèle Pelicot and Mother Courage
In 2024, Gisèle Pelicot waved her legal right to anonymity for the trial of her then husband, declaring that shame has to change sides. Her then husba...
Emergency C-sections, Hannah Murray, Strip clubs
The way women give birth is changing, according to BBC analysis, which has discovered that one in four births in England are now emergency caesareans....
Al Fayed abuse allegations, Co-housing, Ovarian cancer, Queens
Survivors who say they were abused by former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed met Sir Keir Starmer yesterday afternoon, in what campaigners have describ...
Lady Brittan on false accusations, playwright Anna Jordan on Mother Courage, author Claire Powell, strength training
New research shows that strength training twice a week can lengthen your life. Sarah Best and Emma Holmes, who are 49 and 51, will compete at an elite...
Medical school misogyny, Wales’ fastest woman, Marilyn Monroe, HIV & AIDS
A newly qualified doctor Charlotte Buttercase, has said she was subjected to repeated sexual harassment and intimidation while studying medicine at th...
Gisèle Pelicot, Women's Tennis, Osteoporosis, Zoe Birkett
In 2024 Gisèle Pelicot waved her legal right to anonymity for the trial of her then husband, declaring that shame has to change sides. Her then husban...
Rugby star Ellie Kildunne, Baroness Jacqui Smith, Working from bed, Kimberlé Crenshaw
World Rugby Player of the Year and World Cup Champion Ellie Kildunne joins Nuala McGovern fresh from a Player of the Match performance at the Six Nati...
Baroness Jacqui Smith, Global manosphere, Working from bed
What are the implications for girls and young women of Alan Milburn's review for the Government into rising levels of inactivity among 16 to 24-year-o...
Ukrainian Drone Pilot, Young women NEETs, Kimberlé Crenshaw
The role of women is growing in Ukraine’s war effort, from military recruitment to frontline drone warfare. Anita Rani talks to 'Morva,' a female comb...
Rugby star Ellie Kildunne, Abuse scandal update, Women at GCHQ, Singer-songwriter Kamille
World Rugby Player of the Year and World Cup Champion Ellie Kildunne joins Nuala McGovern fresh from a Player of the Match performance at the Six Nati...
Nursery fees, Linda Bassett, Maria Semple
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has urged the competition watchdog to look into hidden extra charges some parents have encountered when trying...
Women and Wonder
We're putting our head in the clouds and going in search of wonder. How do we find it and how do we keep hold of it when life gets in the way?
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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Dawn French, Alexis Ohanian, Ladies loos on stage
Comedian, actor and writer Dawn French is best known as one half of one of the UK’s most successful comedy double acts, and as the fictional vicar Ger...
New single-sex spaces guidance, Natalie Cassidy, Southport attack survivors
Yesterday, the Government published guidance on how the Equality Act should be implemented in relation to single-sex spaces. This follows the landmark...
Alexis Ohanian on women's sport, Shadow banning, Malory Towers on stage, Margo from Race Across the World
Best known as the co-founder of Reddit, Alexis Ohanian is now turning his focus to the future of women’s sport. Once overlooked and underfunded, it is...
Harshita Brella, England Rugby, Olivia Chaney, Lauren Elkin
In November 2024 Harshita Brella's body was found in the boot of a car in Ilford, East London, approximately 100 miles away from where she lived in Co...
Dawn French, Assault in Scottish schools, BBC's Two Weeks in August
Comedian, actor and writer Dawn French is best known as one half of one of the UK’s most successful comedy double acts, and as the fictional vicar Ger...
Married at First Sight allegations, Falling pupil numbers, Fibromyalgia and breast implants, Ladies loos on stage
Two women have told a BBC Panorama investigation they were raped during the filming of one of Channel 4's biggest shows, Married at First Sight UK, wh...
Weekend Woman's Hour: Loan Sharks, Menopause and ADHD, Bra fitting
Women are being forced to turn to loan sharks due to a "hidden" but devastating form of economic abuse, according to new research. Scottish Women's Ai...
Menopause and ADHD, Flatpack World Champion, Women and Crime
Menopause can be challenging for many women, but for those with ADHD, the experience can often feel like life is completely unravelling. For some wome...
Loan sharks, Social media addiction, Canwen Xu
Women are being forced to turn to loan sharks due to a "hidden" but devastating form of economic abuse, according to new research. Scottish Women's Ai...
VAWG Minister resignations, Parental domestic homicide, Author Eleanor Anstruther
A new report out today is calling for urgent reforms to better protect and support children affected by parental domestic homicide, following an exami...
Tracey Neville, Deep fakes and schools, Pensions
In netball, once you’ve got the ball you have to pivot. It turns out that skill can be applied just as neatly to careers for Tracey Neville. The forme...
Will a woman lead the UN? Play 1536, Bra fitting
In its 80-year history, no woman has ever held the role of United Nations Secretary-General. The race for the job, which happens every 10 years, began...
Weekend Woman's Hour: Amandaland writer Holly Walsh, Impacts of extreme porn, Difficult conversations
Motherland spin-off Amandaland is back for a second series, starring Lucy Punch as Amanda and Joanna Lumley as her frosty mum, Felicity. Nuala McGover...
Prof Clare McGlynn, Running around Britain, Chronic pain
Megan Boxall is a 33-year-old runner who has been running clockwise around the coast of Britain, aiming to complete the equivalent of 200 marathons in...
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Motherland spin-off Amandaland is back for a second series, starring Lucy Punch as Amanda and Joanna Lumley as her frosty mum Felicity. Nuala McGovern...
AI fitness instructors, Rosalia, Brazilian jiu jitsu
A BBC investigation has uncovered misleading fitness adverts featuring AI‑generated characters that breach UK advertising rules. If you use social med...
Baby sleep influencers. Christine Dawood, Selena Kay & Cerys Hogg, David Attenborough
A BBC News investigation exposes an unregulated, booming industry of so-called baby sleep influencers or "sleep consultants". Some people who become s...
How to have difficult conversations
We all have to have difficult conversations at some point in our lives. We have them at work, at home, and with friends and family. So why do we oft...
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Maureen Lipman, Women in security, Female birdsong
Dame Maureen Lipman joins Chloe Tilley to talk about Allegra, the joyful new musical play that begins a nationwide tour just two days after her 80th b...
Primary school suspensions, Chess, Female birdsong
According to the latest Department of Education data, more than 7000 children under six were suspended in the 24 /25 school year in England and the nu...
Philippa Perry, Antisemitism, Undiagnosed children, Simone Pennant
Shrink Solves Murder is the first novel by the artist and psychotherapist Philippa Perry. She talks to Anita Rani about her new book and protagonist P...
Maureen Lipman, Memoirs, Black maternal health, Women in security, Afghan women's football
Dame Maureen Lipman joins Chloe Tilley to talk about Allegra, the joyful new musical play that begins a nationwide tour just two days after her 80th b...
Royal state visit to US and Epstein survivors, Abortion law, Plastic waste art
King Charles and Queen Camilla are on their four-day state visit to the United States. Today King Charles will address the US Congress. But at the sam...
Gaming industry, Unregistered children's care, Sheer fashion, Women's health
£30m is being invested in the games industry in the UK, mainly to help develop ideas for the next big games. But will this government funding benefit...
Weekend Woman's Hour: Melanie C, Breast reconstruction delays, Sarah Finch
Melanie C has been a household name for the past three decades, since the Spice Girls burst into the charts with Wannabe and went on to become the wor...
Sophie Raworth, Maternity deaths, Sarah Finch, Stalking
According to NHS England, every maternity service in England will need to meet new clinical standards set out by the NHS to significantly reduce the n...
Melanie C, Toddler 'skinfluencers', Bryony Gordon
Melanie C has been a household name for the past three decades, since the Spice Girls burst into the charts with Wannabe and went on to become the wor...
Naomi Parry, Breast reconstruction delays, Passport Bros
Naomi Parry, the costume designer who worked closely with Amy Winehouse to craft her iconic style, has this week been vindicated in a high court judge...