Endurance runner Imo Boddy, love bombing, fake food artist
The endurance runner Imo Boddy has smashed the 45-year-old world record and become the fastest known woman to complete the UK Three Peaks. She joins Nuala McGovern live on the programme.Do you know wh...
22 Touko 202456min
Solving historic rape cases, British cyclist Lizzy Banks, Margaret Leng Tan
A new documentary on BBC Two is looking at how new forensic techniques can help police re-examine old cases involving sexual assault and rape, helping to convict perpetrators from decades ago. Cold Ca...
21 Touko 202455min
Infected blood scandal, Anita Pallenberg, Feminist theatre
The long awaited final report of the public inquiry into the infected blood scandal is published today, The inquiry was announced in 2017 after years of campaigning by victims. From the 1970s to the e...
20 Touko 202456min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Royal Navy exclusive, Tamsin Greig, Period Tracker Apps, Formula One, Sleepwalking, Choral music
A female officer in the military says she was raped by a senior officer who was responsible in the Royal Navy for behaviours and values, including sexual consent. Speaking exclusively to Woman’s Hour,...
18 Touko 202455min
Lesbian bars, Period Tracker Apps, World champion boxer, Lauren Price MBE
After going viral on social media earlier this year, new bar La Camionera is planning to open a permanent inclusive venue for “lesbians and their friends”. Reporter Martha Owen has been following as t...
17 Touko 202457min
Women in Formula One, Monstrum, Sex education, Bridgerton dresses
Schools in England should not teach about gender identity, according to new draft guidance from the government, due to be published in full today. There is also a plan to ban sex education for under-n...
16 Touko 202457min
Beth Mead, Women and choral music, Eating disorders
Over half of female footballers book pitches, only to find they’ve been reallocated to men. With twice as many women as men considering quitting the sport because of this, Arsenal forward and England ...
15 Touko 202456min
Birth trauma, Sleepwalking, Lolita Chakrabarti
How many women have decided not to have more children after a traumatic birth? The UK’s first inquiry into traumatic childbirth has found that too often poor care is normalised, with devastating effe...
14 Touko 202457min
