Yasmeen Lari, Pakistan's first female architect, Relationships under pressure
The Scout Association is not doing enough to protect and safeguard children from child abuse, that’s according to two young women who have set up a website which launches tomorrow (Tuesday) asking for...
12 Juni 202357min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Ukraine Kakhovka Dam, Candi Staton & Christina Rossetti the Carer
Facebook has removed an advert for a sanitary towel product because it referenced the words Vagina, Vulva and Clitoris. It's the latest in a long line of period ads that have caused a stir. So what is...
10 Juni 202354min
Sue Barker, Period advert bans, Selling sexual assault in East Asia, Jenny Jungle
This Wimbledon will be the first in 30 years without the familiar presence of Sue Barker. Last year she stepped down from hosting the tennis tournament that she herself played in. In Sue's memoir, Cal...
9 Juni 202357min
Louise Redknapp, Insomnia, Lindsey Burrow, Ukraine dam
The rescue efforts are continuing in Ukraine after Tuesday's breach of the Kakhovka dam. 30 communities along the Dnipro river have been flooded according to officials. Now the Red Cross has raised co...
8 Juni 202355min
Polly Toynbee on her new book An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals
As a self confessed “silver spooner” who enjoyed a privileged upbringing Polly Toynbee talks to Nuala McGovern about her committed left wing "rabble rouser" ancestors and her own life long battle w...
7 Juni 202357min
Candi Staton, Narcissistic mother 'Bethany', Author Emma Cline, Smart phones in school, Nurses
Four-time Grammy award nominated singer Candi Staton has moved between several musical genres during of the course of her celebrated career – from soul, R&B, gospel and disco. However, dance music ha...
6 Juni 202354min
Women in Ukraine, Baroness Sue Campbell, Abortion law in Texas, Drastic hair
The Sunday Times' Christina Lamb on the women involved in the war effort in Ukraine.We look at the trend of brides having their long hair cut into bobs before re-emerging with new hair at their weddin...
5 Juni 202357min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Witness Protection, Gender Pension Gap, Big Boobs and Dr Edna Adan Ismali
A woman who was stalked by her husband and then placed into witness protection with a new identity to escape him, says she feels like she's the one being punished. She's complained to the police about...
3 Juni 202356min
