Lucy Cooke on the female of the species, Furniture poverty, Threads
You might be forgiven for thinking that the females of most animal species are passive, maternal and monogamous – because that’s been the long-standing scientific consensus. But now the zoologist and...
1 Mar 202258min
Ukrainian women on the front line, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Dangerous women and I, Mona Lisa
As the conflict continues in Ukraine, we've seen footage of predominately women and children fleeing the country. But that is just one aspect of this conflict. There are also many women who have staye...
28 Feb 202256min
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Diana Parkes, Ukraine, Unmodified bodies, Joanna Scanlan, Margaret Atwood
In an exclusive interview, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and future Queen Consort talks to Emma about her work with domestic abuse survivors. They are joined by Diana Parkes whose daughter Joanna Simps...
26 Feb 202258min
Ukraine, Matchgirls' strike of 1888, Equal pay deal for US women’s national football team, and Briony Greenhill
A pivotal moment in the history of trade unions and women’s rights is to be marked by English Heritage with the placement of a blue plaque commemorating the 1888 matchgirls’ strike in East London. Cur...
25 Feb 202256min
Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, Diana Parkes, David Trickey, Baroness Floella Benjamin
Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall is now at the heart of the royal family. In her ascension day message which begins a year of celebrations to mark seventy years on the throne, the Queen said that onc...
24 Feb 202256min
Margaret Atwood, Harriet Harman MP, Joanna Scanlan, Sportswomen's urinary incontinence
Margaret Atwood's latest collection of essays, Burning Questions, gathers together her essays and other occasional non-fiction pieces from 2004 to 2021. She is the author of more than fifty books of ...
23 Feb 202256min
Competitive cheerleading, Criminal records, Professor Clare Chambers
One in six people in England and Wales have a criminal record. A new campaign #Fairchecks spearheaded by charities Transform Justice and Unlock reveals the experiences of women whose lives have been r...
22 Feb 202256min
Disabled children and exercise, Women escaping domestic abuse, and 'rent farming', Whistler's Woman in White
Today Woman's Hour has an exclusive investigation into the women who have survived domestic violence but are being exploited a second time by ‘rent farming’. These women, trapped in what is known as '...
21 Feb 202256min
