2024 US Presidential Election, Comedian Hannah Gadsby, Irina Janakievska: The Balkan Kitchen
As results come in from the 2024 US Presidential Election, Krupa Padhy speaks to Woman’s Hour presenter Nuala McGovern from Washington DC about what we know so far, and the big ticket issues for women...
6 Nov 202458min
Women's tennis in Saudi Arabia, 'Dear Sirs', Women and advertising
This week sees the culmination of the women's tennis season as the WTA finals are held, somewhat controversially, in Saudi Arabia. So far, top seed Aryna Sabalenka is through to the first semi-final, ...
5 Nov 202456min
Kemi Badenoch becomes Tory leader, Athlete Julien Alfred, Author Eliza Clark
Kemi Badenoch is the first woman of colour to lead a major political party in the UK, after being elected as leader of the Conservative Party at the weekend. What do we know about her as a woman, and ...
4 Nov 202457min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Hunger strike, Anna Maxwell Martin, US Election and women, Joeli Brearley, Mary McCall Jr
British-Egyptian activist and Maths professor Laila Soueif has been on hunger strike for the past month to protest her son Alaa’s incarceration in Egypt. He is the country’s most high profile politica...
2 Nov 202456min
Saoirse Ronan’s viral moment, Mother on hunger strike, Donna Ockendon and her daughter Phoebe
Saoirse Ronan’s comments on the Graham Norton Show last week when she interjected in a conversation about self-defence and highlighted the issue of women’s safety are continuing to make headlines. She...
1 Nov 202456min
The impact of the Budget on women, Nuzo Onoh, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Following the announcement of Labour’s first budget in fourteen years – and the first Budget announced by a woman Chancellor – we hear how women across the country will be affected. Anita Rani speaks ...
31 Okt 202457min
Online scams, US election, Mary McCall Jr
The business owner Martha Keith found her products being sold fraudulently online. She tells Nuala how she set about trying to take control of the situation. Last month Lloyds Bank warned of a huge ri...
30 Okt 202457min
Joeli Brearley, US elections and women, Ballon d'Or Feminin winners
Sacked from her job by voicemail the day after she informed her employer she was pregnant Joeli Brearley set up Pregnant Then Screwed to end pregnancy and maternity discrimination. The charity has hel...
29 Okt 202457min
