Ockenden Review, Puberty Blockers, Student Sex Work Policy
This week the first part of The Ockenden Review into Maternity Services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS (SaTH) Trust was published. It urges improvements in the way mothers and babies are ...
11 Des 202050min
Puberty blockers - parents' reaction, Pottery, Power List : Diane Gilpin, A Girl from Mogadishu - Ifrah Ahmed
Last week the High Court ruled that it was ‘unlikely that children under 16 could give informed consent to puberty blocking drugs. The Tavistock - which runs the only clinics in the UK that have been...
10 Des 202047min
Brexit negotiations, Parenting a shy child, Cook the Perfect with Claire Thomson
Boris Johnson is in Brussels today to have a face to face meeting with European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen. They’re trying to find a post-Brexit trade deal. So how will the dynamics w...
9 Des 202044min
Gail Bradbrook: co-founder of Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion has used civil disobedience to put the climate crisis firmly at the top of the news agenda. It’s also attracted women and whole families to take to the streets to protest for the ...
8 Des 202051min
Ladies' Loos, Family Secrets, Dame Stephanie Shirley
What goes on in the ladies? Office gossip, getting locked-in, the most embarrassing moments, confessing to a stranger, a place for bonding, bullying, and bunking-off? We hear your stories about women’...
7 Des 202046min
Working in retail; Sparking a love of nature; Women’s innovation in tech; Women and underpaid state pensions, Evil women
Non-essential shops reopened in England this week after the second Lockdown - thousands of jobs now hang in the balance. We hear from Joanne Cairns, deputy head of research at USDAW and Catherine Sh...
5 Des 202056min
Festive drinks, Post-partum psychosis, Outliving your mum.
Sandrae Lawrence from the Cocktail Lovers Magazine stirs up some Christmas spirit in the Woman's Hour studio with a selection of festive drinks ideas. She'll be preparing traditional Snowballs and te...
4 Des 202050min
Is Joint Enterprise being used unjustly? A career in virology. A true crime quest. My life in shoes
Is the continued use of Joint Enterprise, where an individual can be jointly convicted of the crime of another, unjust?Next week, 800,000 doses of the first coronavirus vaccine will be available. It...
3 Des 202044min
