Weekend Woman’s Hour: Education Sec Bridget Phillipson, Author Marni Appleton, Women and prison
One manifesto pledge of the incoming Labour government was to provide over 3000 new nurseries in empty school classrooms in England. The first 300 of these will open by September and offer an average ...
5 Apr 202555min
What is it like to be a woman in prison?
The Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood believes “prison isn’t working” for women and wants to reduce the number of female prisoners. So what has gone wrong? Nuala McGovern speaks to Scarlett Roberts wh...
4 Apr 202557min
Zhenhao Zou case, Sally Phillips, Neonatal Leave
Chinese PHD student Zhenhao Zou was recently convicted for drugging and raping 10 different women in both London and China. Police only managed to identify two of those 10 women, but have just announc...
3 Apr 202557min
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, Anorexia legal case, Feminist yodelling
One manifesto pledge of the incoming Labour government was to provide over 3000 new nurseries in empty school classrooms in England. The first 300 of these will open by September and offer an average...
2 Apr 202557min
Caitríona Balfe, Child maintenance, Medieval medicine, Kids and happiness
Irish actor Caitríona Balfe was nominated for a Bafta for her performance in Kenneth Branagh’s film Belfast and is also known to many as Claire in time travel drama series Outlander. Caitríona joins N...
1 Apr 202557min
Women and Eid, School Refusal Report, Author Marni Appleton
Eid is a celebration of strength and gratitude where Muslims all around the world come together to mark the end of Ramadan. Nuala McGovern is joined by one of the first Muslim headteachers in the coun...
31 Mar 202557min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Stacey Dooley, Authors Yuan Yang and Sanam Mahloudji, Adolescence, Gossip, AI, Boxing & domestic violence
In the documentary Growing up Gypsy, Stacey Dooley gets to know three young English Romany Gypsy women. Invited into the traditionally private community, Stacey discovers the complex balancing act the...
29 Mar 202556min
Stacey Dooley, Lily Gladstone, Ask for Angela, Motherhood
In the documentary Growing up Gypsy Stacey Dooley gets to know three young English Romany Gypsy women. Invited into the traditionally private community, Stacey discovers the complex balancing act the ...
28 Mar 202557min
