Edna Adan Ismail, winner of Templeton Prize, Online games, Vasectomy increase in US, Iranian female journos on trial
Two female journalists in Iran are on trial for covering the death of 22 year old Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in custody last year sparking protests across the country and months o...
2 Juni 202358min
Witness protection, Anti-LGBT law in Uganda, Author Harriet Gibsone, Women's World Cup squad
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...
1 Juni 202358min
Gender pension gap, Trampolining, A Paedophile in the Family
When Rebecca Perry was growing up, she competed nationally and internationally as a trampolinist. She went on to become a published poet and has now ventured into non-fiction with a beautifully writt...
31 Maj 202358min
Childcare debt, Big boobs, Succession
As figures show more than a third of parents are using debt to pay for childcare, Nuala will be meeting two women who’ve gone deep into the red to pay nursery fees in order to maintain a career and di...
30 Maj 202358min
Why we lie, The Traitors star Amanda Lovett, Lies told by families, Lying to your partner
Why do we lie? And what is happening in our brain when we do it? Nuala asks psychologist Dr Sharon Leal, Senior Research Fellow and Member of the International Centre for Research in Forensic Psycholo...
29 Maj 202358min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Period Inequality, Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, Electropop duo Let’s Eat Grandma
A recent survey of a thousand teenage girls has found that nearly half of them have struggled to access products at school. On Sunday a Period Parade will make its way through London to call for conti...
27 Maj 202352min
The Turkish elections and female voters
In the last two years Turkey has withdrawn from the Istanbul Convention which "creates a comprehensive legal framework and approach to combat violence against women" and at the same time internation...
26 Maj 202356min
Tina Turner legend, Let's Eat Grandma, Whips, Sudan's women, Helen Hardy
Tributes are being paid to the Queen of Rock n Roll, Tina Turner, who has died aged 83 after a long illness. Turner became one of the world's most famous music icons, known for her smash hits What's L...
25 Maj 202353min
