Dr Shazia Malik, Charlotte Regan, Female surgeons, Poison pen letters, The Knock special series
They say current disparities in women’s health across England mean there are far too many cases where women’s voices are not being heard. But the decision to only speak to women up to the age of 55 ha...
12 Sep 202357min
Millie Bobby Brown, Arlo Parks, Martha's Rule
Millie Bobby Brown is a 19-year-old actress best known for her award-nominated performance as Eleven in Stranger Things, and for producing and starring in Enola Holmes. Now she has written a debut nov...
11 Sep 202357min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Economic Abuse, Should there be a Minister for Men? Rebuilding my life: Martine Wright
Economic abuse was officially recognised under the Domestic Abuse Act in 2021, yet a new study from the charity Surviving Economic Abuse suggests victims are still being let down by the police and the...
9 Sep 202356min
Economic Abuse, Michal Oshman, Roisin Gallagher, Barbershop Quartet, Mum shaming
Economic abuse was officially recognised under the Domestic Abuse Act in 2021, yet a new study from the charity Surviving Economic Abuse suggests victims are still being let down by the police and the...
8 Sep 202343min
Primodos debate, Rebuilding my life: Wiz Wharton, Cricket umpire pay
Today MPs from all parties are holding a debate on a controversial pregnancy testing drug used widely in the 1960s and 1970s. It's expected that MPs from all parties will speak, including former Prim...
7 Sep 202357min
Listener phone in - should there be a Minister for Men? Could the role ultimately help women?
On yesterday's programme, the Conservative MP for Don Valley, Nick Fletcher, championed the idea of a Minister for Men. He says statistics show that 75% of people taking their lives are men, that the ...
6 Sep 202357min
Nick Fletcher MP, Rebuilding my life: Martine Wright, Food writer Bee Wilson, Filmmaker Celine Song
Ukraine's First Lady, Olena Zelenska, has given a very personal interview to the BBC 18 months after the Russian invasion and subsequent war in her country. In it, she speaks about having to live in a...
5 Sep 202357min
Radioactive chapatis, Hostage negotiation, Non-birth mothers, Japanese women in politics
In 1969, migration to the UK was increasing with Britain becoming home for thousands of foreign settlers. In Coventry, 21 women of Indian origin booked what were supposed to be routine appointments wi...
4 Sep 202357min
