The vegan stock car racing driver Leilani Münter, Lynne O'Donnell, Abortion stories
The BBC’s first Green Sport Awards has announced the winner of its Evergreen Award. Leilani Münter is an American former professional stock car racing driver whose environmental activism has been cent...
25 Juli 202258min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Vicky Pattison, Bananarama, Women's Health Strategy
TV personality Vicky Pattison shot to fame on the reality show Geordie Shore, where her extreme party-girl lifestyle in Newcastle was lived out in front of the cameras. Now, she’s taking a long, hard ...
23 Juli 202256min
Bananarama, The Baby, Tour De Femmes
Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward from Bananarama come into the Woman's Hour studio to talk about how it all started, their friendship and their new album, Masquerade.The Baby is a new TV drama about a w...
22 Juli 202257min
Vicky Pattison, Women's Darts, Period Loss and Iranian Feminists Cyberattack.
TV personality Vicky Pattison shot to fame on the reality show Geordie Shore, where her extreme party-girl lifestyle in Newcastle was lived out in front of the cameras. Now, she’s taking a long, hard ...
21 Juli 202256min
England's Lionesses Quarter Final against Spain; Women's Health Strategy; Women and the Web;
Today the government launches its much awaited Women’s Health Strategy for England. For generations women have lived with a healthcare system that is designed by men, for men. Despite making up 50 per...
20 Juli 202257min
Surviving in Scrubs, Male Contraception, Little Women Opera, Caps for England Women's Team
It’s being called medicine’s Me Too moment. Two female doctors have launched an online campaign gathering testimony about sexual harassment and a culture of sexism in the world of health care. Dr Beck...
19 Juli 202254min
R J Palacio, Dr Nneka Ikeogu, Rajini Vaidyanathan, Dr Radikha Vohra and Dr Jo Mountfield
American author R J Palacio talks to Krupa Padhy about her latest novel "White Bird" Following the overturning of Roe V Wade in the US more women have talked openly about having had an abortion but ma...
18 Juli 202256min
Artist, Elsa James; Forced adoption and unmarried mothers; Ukrainian refugees; Chef, Fatmata Binta
A formal apology should be issued by the government to the thousands of unmarried mothers in England and Wales who had their babies taken for adoption in the 50s, 60s, 70s. In a report published today...
15 Juli 202257min
