Summer music festivals line-ups - how many female artists are included?
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 pande...
2 Huhti 202142min
Sharon Stone, Gillian Keegan MP, Fertility & Race
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 it ...
1 Huhti 202156min
Cindy Gallop & Dr Fiona Vera-Gray on the impact of porn on teenagers, writer Erin Kelly, Dr Jenny Mathers & Dr Peter English.
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 Fio...
31 Maalis 202142min
Jessica Moxham on life with a child with disabilities, Lord Macdonald and Harriet Wistritch, Noof Al Maadeed and Rothna Begum
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 an...
30 Maalis 202144min
Award-winning actor Vanessa Kirby; Sexual harassment, assault & abuse in schools
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 potent...
29 Maalis 202143min
Weekend Woman's Hour - Lockdown anniversary, Cryptocurrencies & Portraits of women
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 author...
27 Maalis 202155min
Equal pay judgement. Birth partners attending scans. Bangladesh at 50.
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 the ...
26 Maalis 202142min
Covid 19 vaccines and children, East Asian Racism, Periods in lockdown, Young women and cryptocurrency
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 wh...
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