The Equal Pay Act at 50, Rachael Hearson Health Visitor, Public Toilets
It’s fifty years since the Equal Pay Act became law, though employers were given a couple of years to prepare for the change to take effect. The legislation followed the strike of a group of women mac...
29 Mai 202048min
Women, alcohol & lockdown; Jenny Colgan; Michele Roberts
Last week an editorial in the BMJ reported that before Covid-19 only one in five harmful and dependent drinkers got the help they needed, and now the proportion will be lower. There is concern for tho...
28 Mai 202045min
Office Cleaners, Cassa Pancho, Jackie Kay
The UK cleaning sector is worth almost £50bn a year to the country’s economy. It employs more than 900,000 people, mostly women. Right now, many are vulnerable. Some feel they won't be able to stop wo...
27 Mai 202044min
Troopers, Billionaires, Postnatal Support
TROOPERS is a new series of ours starting today. It's about the women in our communities who get things done, and many of them are volunteers. We begin with Margaret Johnson who works as a volunteer a...
26 Mai 202050min
Having a baby in lockdown
We hear from you about what it’s like to be pregnant, give birth and look after a new baby in the Covid-19 lockdown.Antenatal, labour and post-natal care has had to transform in the last two months, i...
25 Mai 202054min
Laura Wright, Extended Maternity Leave, Baroness Doreen Lawrence
The soprano Laura Wright tells us about her new single released with The Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London to mark Mental Health Awareness week.Baroness Doreen Lawrence discusses why the L...
23 Mai 202056min
Singer Laura Wright, Covid-19 and Oestrogen, Professor Heather Viles and Covid-19 and Fashion.
The soprano Laura Wright first came to prominence when she won the BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year in 2005 aged just 15. A lover of sport, she’s well known for her performances at huge sportin...
22 Mai 202044min
Baroness Doreen Lawrence. Author Glennon Doyle. Covid-19 and the impact on women's jobs
Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Labour’s race relations adviser.What will be the long term impact of Covid-19 on women in the workforce? Plus as just over 400 prisoners and more than 500 prison staff in...
21 Mai 202043min
