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Woman's Hour
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. Listen to The Woman's Hour Guide to Life on BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4nTa7W8
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Women's Finances and Feminist Fairytales
Annabel Rook dedicated her life to supporting vulnerable women, yet her own life was violently taken by her partner. Annabel co-founded MamaSuze, a cr...
Woman's Hour live from the Crossed Wires Podcast Festival in Sheffield
Joining Nuala McGovern and Anita Rani on stage is Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty, host of the BBC Podcast Fame Under Fire, which focuses on celebrity cour...
02/07/2026
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
Child mental health services, Amanda Wakeley, murder of Annabel Rook
Before the potential Prime Minister has even taken up office, a draft letter has been written for Andy Burnham asking him to appoint as many women as...
National Maternity Investigation, Budget-friendly school holidays, Wigs
As Baroness Amos releases her long-awaited National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation into maternity service failings in England, we discuss her ke...
Helen George, Wimbledon, Met Police and VAWG
The most prestigious tennis tournament in the world begins today. But Wimbledon has already attracted global attention before the courts even open, wi...
Weekend Woman's Hour: Joanna Cherry and Inclusive Fashion
Joanna Cherry was elected as an MP in 2015, part of the SNP landslide when they took 56 out of 59 Scottish seats, just a year after the referendum on...
Beth Orton performs live, The 23-year divorce case, DJ Smokin Jo
For three decades, the singer-songwriter Beth Orton has remained one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary music. She’s developed a devoted...
Nottingham Ockendon review, Sarah Vine, Frida Kahlo at Tate Modern
More than 500 mothers and babies came to harm or died as a result of inadequate care at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. That’s according to...
Women and heat, IVF add-ons, Costume designer Sandy Powell
Why are women’s bodies impacted by heat differently to men’s? What can women do to cool down? Nuala McGovern is joined by GP Dr Amir Khan, Alyx Gorma...
Charlotte Edwards; Jeffrey Donaldson convicted; Inclusive fashion; SEND inclusion bases
One of Northern Ireland's most high-profile politicians Jeffrey Donaldson is now convicted of 18 child sex abuse charges, including one charge of rape...
Maternity care, Joanna Cherry, Heavy periods
Maternity care and its shortcomings will be in the spotlight over the next fortnight, as the biggest maternity inquiry in the history of NHS England p...
Dr Precious Lunga on Jon Snow's Alzheimer's, Peptides, Flower farmers
Peptides have become a new buzzword in the wellness industry. Social media influencers have spoken about using them for optimising performance in the...
Haley Bennett and Virginia Woolf, The Spinster Cookbook
Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day is out today in cinemas. It’s billed as an unromantic-comedy set in the early 20th century and tells the story of young...
Dr Precious Lunga on Jon Snow's Alzheimer's, Vaginal microbiome, Mrs Dickens
The latest public version of ChatGPT can be made to generate sexualised images or depict scenes of graphic violence with a simple prompt, researchers...
Women voters in Makerfield, Scotland cricketers, Peptides, Sex work book
Tomorrow a by-election will be held in the parliamentary seat of Makerfield in Wigan, one of three taking place. Makerfield has found itself at the ep...
Jo Cox 10 years on, Actor Geraldine James, Swinging investigation
It’s been 10 years since Jo Cox, the Labour MP for Batley and Spen, was murdered in broad daylight by a man who lived in her constituency, motivated b...
Social media ban, Flower farmers, OnlyFans
The Prime Minister has announced a social media ban for under-16s to come into force in the early part of next year. The measures are part of the Gove...
Weekend Woman's Hour: Women’s Prize winners, Clare Connor, SEND, Weight, Mum’s poem in son’s exam
This week, two debut authors received the Women’s Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction, each worth £30,000, respectively. Anita Rani spoke to the two win...
Women's Prize winners, Weight, T20 World Cup, Mental healthcare
Last night, two debut authors received the Women’s Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction, each worth £30,000, respectively. Anita Rani speaks to the two w...
Northern Ireland, Kathryn Stockett and Mum's poem in son's exam
On Tuesday violence broke out across Belfast following a knife attack in the city. Stephen Ogilvie is in hospital with serious wounds after the attack...
Kanye West allegations, Government Experts at Hand programme, Author Doireann Ní Ghríofa
A model who alleges Kanye West choked her on a music video set has told the BBC she was left feeling "suffocated, unsure and scared". Jennifer An, a f...
Clare Connor, Archers BRCA storyline, Yassmin Abdel-Magied
The Women’s T20 cricket world cup begins on Friday. Nuala McGovern talks to Clare Connor, former England women’s captain, now the outgoing Managing Di...
Nottingham Inquiry, New generation thinkers, Female sexual pleasure, Serena Williams
Almost three years ago, Valdo Calocane – who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia – killed Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coat...
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...