Preventing online abuse, Rage rooms, Puberty and sport, Actor Olivia Williams on AI
What should tech companies be doing to prevent online abuse of women and girls? Ofcom's Chief Executive, Dame Melanie Dawes, joins Nuala McGovern to discuss their new guidance. It's urging tech firms ...
25 Nov 202557min
Iron deficiency, Malintzin, Budget lookahead, Frida Kahlo self-portrait
Are you excessively tired with your hair falling out, nails always breaking, brain often foggy or sometimes, despite having youth on your side, maybe forgetting how to form a sentence? These are among...
24 Nov 202557min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Being fired, Boxer Francesca Hennessy, Women in Camps
Former US magazine editors-in-chief Laura Brown and Kristina O'Neill were both ‘let go’ from their respective jobs. They felt blindsided, devastated and temporarily lost their identities - until, unit...
22 Nov 202556min
Covid Inquiry, Poet Andrea Gibson remembered, Supporting survivors of violence
The Covid Inquiry led by Baroness Hallett has concluded that the UK did too little too late in response to Covid-19, that the lockdown could have been avoided if steps such as social distancing and is...
21 Nov 202557min
Boxer Francesca Hennessy, NEETS, Painter Caroline Walker
Francesca Hennessy is the 21-year-old shaking up women’s boxing. Nicknamed the 'Billion Dollar Baby', she’s unbeaten in her first six professional fights and will be fighting on the bill when boxing ...
20 Nov 202557min
Saskia Reeves, Childminders, Women in Camps
Childminders play a vital role in the early years of children’s lives, offering care, stability and a familiar face during those formative years. But their numbers are in sharp decline. Many are no lo...
19 Nov 202557min
The pension gap, Rape trial delays, Author Harriet Lane
Over a third of women could face poverty in retirement due to a growing gender gap in private pensions, according to a report from Scottish Widows, with women's finances being hit by caring responsibi...
18 Nov 202557min
Bouncing back after getting fired, Brain fog, Sheikh Hasina verdict
Former US magazine editors-in-chief Laura Brown and Kristina O'Neill were both ‘let go’ from their respective jobs. They felt blindsided, devastated and temporarily lost their identities - until, unit...
17 Nov 202556min
