Adoption, Camille O'Sullivan, Wicked
The complex needs of adopted children are leaving parents at breaking point as they say they are being denied support then blamed by authorities when they can no longer cope, a BBC investigation has f...
28 Nov 202552min
Femicide, The impact of the Budget on women, Remembering Pam Hogg
The Italian Parliament has voted unanimously to introduce the crime of femicide, the murder of a woman motivated by gender, as a distinct law to be punished with a life sentence. It makes Italy one of...
27 Nov 202557min
Kids social media ban in Australia, Tracey Emin on Bridget Riley, What your bum says about your health
Australia’s under-16 social media ban comes into force soon. From 10th December, platforms must take 'reasonable steps' to stop under-16s from opening accounts and remove accounts that already belong ...
26 Nov 202557min
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
