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
The Nocebo effect, Women sports photographers, Parental involvement in family courts
We’ve heard about the placebo effect, when belief in a treatment makes us feel better, but what do you know about the nocebo effect? It’s when our negative expectations of a treatment, medicine or pro...
22 Okt 202554min
Grooming gangs, Eve Muirhead, Lily King, Menopause
Two sexual abuse survivors have resigned from their roles on the national inquiry into grooming gangs. Fiona Goddard and Ellie Reynolds both stood down from the victims' liaison panel which was overse...
21 Okt 202554min
Maternity services inquiry, Women in architecture, Witches
The government has announced an independent inquiry into repeated failings in maternity services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Earlier this year, a BBC investigation revealed that the deaths ...
20 Okt 202554min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Tilda Swinton, Dads at work, Karen Carney, Living with Tourette Syndrome, Bobbi Brown
Half of working dads feel nervous asking for time off to care for their children, more than 20% have been asked ‘where’s your wife/partner?’ when requesting flexibility and 44% say employers treat mot...
18 Okt 202556min
Tilda Swinton, Homelessness, Gwenda's Garage Musical, Romance Scams
Tilda Swinton is one of the UK’s most singular and celebrated performers. Over four decades she has delivered unforgettable and varied screen performances, notably Orlando, The Chronicles of Narnia, ...
17 Okt 202554min
Global surrogacy, Karen Carney, Low-income & SEND, Talc trial
A major UK group litigation has been launched against Johnson & Johnson, involving approximately 3,000 claimants who allege they developed cancers due to asbestos-contaminated talc products. The compa...
16 Okt 202554min
