Lockdown anniversary, Nicola Sturgeon, Misogyny as a hate crime
It's exactly a year since Boris Johnson delivered the instruction to stay at home. To mark the occasion, we've assembled three women of different ages, backgrounds and circumstances to discuss thei...
23 Mar 202142min
Navigating the perimenopause; Increase in online accessing of child sexual images; Nawal El Saadawi's death at 89
The average age of menopause is 51, and menopause itself only lasts for one day, because it simply marks the one-year anniversary of your last period. Perimenopause, on the other hand, refers to the ...
22 Mar 202142min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Women and confidence in the police; Syria; the future of the handbag
Susannah Fish, former Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police and Olivia Pinkney Chief Constable for Hampshire talk about how confident women can be in reporting crime to the police. We hear from C...
20 Mar 202156min
Singer-songwriter and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson
The Supreme Court are today announcing their judgement on the so-called "pizza test". That is whether a residential or home carer who "sleeps in" is entitled to the minimum wage. The reason it is name...
19 Mar 202142min
Men and Violence
Today we have three men on Woman's Hour talking about male violence. They're discussing why some men attack women and what can be done to stop it. We know that statistically more men than women are li...
18 Mar 202142min
Women and confidence in the police, Maria Ressa, and the future of the handbag post pandemic
The death of Sarah Everard has led to concerns for women's safety in public. Women have been encouraged to put their trust in the police if facing harassment or any kind of jeopardy. But following las...
17 Mar 202142min
Safe city design, Victoria Atkins, Do men and women garden differently?
After Sarah Everard’s murder, there are calls to make the streets safer for women. So, how can that be done? And how can town planning reduce the risk for women when they’re walking alone? Dr Ellie Co...
16 Mar 202142min
Emma Barnett covers the reaction to Sarah Everard’s vigil and the actions of the Metropolitan Police
Reaction to Sarah Everard’s vigil and the actions of the Metropolitan Police . Among the thousands who came to Clapham Common in South London on Saturday night to pay their respects to her were femin...
15 Mar 202142min
