Malala Yousafzai, Briana Corrigan, Exclamation marks
NB: The music in this broadcast has been removed from this podcast for rights reasons.Thrust onto the public stage at 15 years old after the Taliban’s brutal attack on her life, Malala Yousafzai becam...
31 Okt 202547min
France rape law change, Women and alcohol dependency, Amina Khayyam
The French parliament has just ratified an amendment to add consent to the legal definition of rape and sexual assault. The issue gained national attention following the Pelicot rape trial. Gisèle Pel...
30 Okt 202554min
Clare's law, PIP breast implant scandal, Queen Victoria's mental health
The BBC has discovered widespread delays in a scheme designed to tell people whether their partners have a history of being abusive. Known as Clare's Law, people can ask police if their partner has a ...
29 Okt 202553min
Brigitte Macron cyberbullying case, Comedian Laura Smyth, Autism de-diagnosis
Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, has accused ten people of posting malicious comments about her, claiming she was a born a man, something Macron says is completely untrue. He...
28 Okt 202553min
Petula Clark, Teenagers and online coercion, Clocks going back
Singer, actor and performer, Petula Clark’s career has spanned over eight decades. She sang to wartime troops in the 40s, was a 1950s child star, became a European musical icon, before conquering Ame...
27 Okt 202553min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Landmark policy change in the Family Court, Essex Witches, Women rowing across the Pacific
The Essex witch trials represent one of the darkest chapters in British history. A new Sky History series, Witches of Essex, revisits the real lives of women accused of witchcraft in the 16th and 17th...
25 Okt 202528min
First mum in space, Tiggy Walker, Recruiting women to Formula 1
50 years ago today - in 1975 - 90% of women in Iceland took part in a nationwide protest over inequality. Instead of going to the office, doing housework or childcare, 25,000 women took to the streets...
24 Okt 202554min
Wes Streeting, Virginia Giuffre memoir, Pacific Ocean rowers
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting joins Anita Rani to announce new government policy on women’s health. Anita speaks to Amy Wallace, the writer and journalist who worked with...
23 Okt 202554min
