Woman's Hour: News, Politics, Culture: Episodes
MOBO founder Kanya King talks to Sarah Jane Crawford about her route to success, after being named as one of the most powerful women in the UK on the Woman’s Hour Power List. Plus Sonali Deraniyagala, who lost her husband, children and parents in the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, describes her life since ...
David Lammey MP and Kathryn Grynell from the Centre for Policy Studies discussing the role of fathers; Zimbabwian author NoViolet Bulawayo on her new novel, We Need New Names; internet censorship with Kirsty Hughes from Index on Censorship and Sarah Green from End Violence Against Women; Rahila Gupta ...
Ann Widdecombe; Make Your Own Hat; Radical Feminism; Female Birdwatchers; Curtis Sittenfeld; Playground Bullying;
Raha Moharrak, first Saudi woman to climb Everest; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Raha Moharrak, first Saudi woman to climb Everest; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Older women returning to work; Why women are protesting in Turkey; Women and birdwatching; Teaching children about financial planning.
Ann Widdecombe, fines for unmarried mothers in China, US author Curtis Sittenfeld and the proposed anti-social behaviour bill.
Finn Mackay and Laurie Penny on radical feminism; Dundee social reformer Mary Lily Walker; Mentoring primary school children; Tomoxifen and breast cancer treatment; Children and bereavement
Women's role in economic growth with Minster for women & equality, Maria Miller; make your own hat with Mary Jane Baxter; bullying in the playground with Sue Minto of Childline and Professor Dieter Wolke; Raha Moharrak, the first Saudi woman to climb Mount Everest; presented by Jane Garvey
Blogger, Karina Marshall, talks about her experience of 'fat-shaming' and how she's been subjected to verbal abuse in public, in discussion with Bethany Rutter. Writer Sarah Dunant discusses the impact of the Borgias on history and their predilection for murder and intrigue. Alison Curtis, Britain's ...
The women in the new Italian cabinet; Britain's first professional boxing coach Alison Curtis; Women in science fiction films and on TV; close harmony singing sisters The Staves.
US high school student Katelyn Campbell's on speaking out against pro-abstinence sex education; Sarah Dunant on the Borgias; Dealing with a Sulker; Living in Care; How to improve PSHE in schools
ON Woman's Hour with Jenni Murray:
The first anti-domestic abuse advert in Saudi Arabia; the campaign to reverse the Bank of England's decision to replace Elizabeth Fry with Winston Churchill on English £5 notes. Edward Timpson, the Minister for Children & Families, on the government's plans to speed ...
The first anti-domestic abuse advert in Saudi Arabia; the campaign to reverse the Bank of England's decision to replace Elizabeth Fry with Winston Churchill on English £5 notes. Edward Timpson, the Minister for Children & Families, on the government's plans to speed ...
Fat Shaming and body confidence with Bethany Rutter and Karina Marshall; Sexism at gold clubs with Iain Carter, BBC's golf correspondent; Dr Hawa Abdi & Dr Amina Mohamed; China Forbes of Pink Martini; Lauren Beukes, author of the Shining Girls.
Why are there so few female comedians on our screens? Katherine Ryan and Jo Bunting on why, and whether it matters to audiences. Alison Wolf talks about women with what she's calling the XX factor and what impact its having on society. Coronary heart disease and why it's the single biggest killer of ...
On today's Woman's Hour Jane speaks to Lucy and Kelsie, two young women who had babies in their teens and suffered from post-natal depression. Dr Amanda Jones looks at the signs of PND, if it can be prevented and treatments available. Baroness Sue Campbell, on the Woman's Hour Power List, talks about ...
On Weekend Woman's Hour with Jane Garvey - Being Followed By A Stranger; Call the Midwife; Pressures On Girls To Have Sex; Finding It Difficult To Say No; Katherine Parr; Valentina Lisitsa; and Introducing the Partner To The Parents.
Prisoners wives;double whammy pensioners;teeth braces and Bollywood icons.
The female lobby in Rome for the papal election: Guardian journalist Joanna Moorhead on the "pink smoke" events aimed at raising the profile of women in the Catholic Church. Tracy Chevalier on her latest novel, The Last Runaway. Pat Wilkinson, another of our listeners hit by recent changes to state pensions. ...
Laura Bates of #everydaysexism, Rachel Griffen of the Suzy Lampugh Trust and and Assistant Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, Garry Shewan discuss women's experience of being followed in the street. Roller Derby training with the Romsey Town Rollerbillies. Kim Longinotto introduces her new film Salma, ...
Where is Claudia Lawrence, four years on from when she disappeared? The double whammy pensioners - Janet Waters talking about recent pension changes and how it has affected her; piano virtuoso Valentina Lisitsa and how she has used social media to further her career; Heidi Thomas, screen writer and executive ...
Standing for the Conservatives: how are women doing? Boys and mentors: we talk to a young man and his mentor from Brighton scheme, A Band of Brothers. A little pick-me-up...the women in Chorus line turned to ballet, what do you turn to, to help keep going through tough times? Sara Wheeler on her book, ...