Police abuse supercomplaint, Alice in Wonderland Exhibition and Consensual non-monogamy
Since the first publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in 1865, the books have never been out of print and remain one of the most influential texts in the world. The Victoria and Albert Museu...
19 Maj 202157min
Women spies; Kelly Gough; Lisa Keogh; Second chances; Home abortion rules
Despite a long and courageous history of female spies, the UK's secret intelligence agencies - MI5, MI6 and GCHQ - are still overwhelmingly dominated by men. The head of GCHQ, Jeremy Fleming, has comm...
18 Maj 202157min
Griff, Typo-Squatting, Ece Temelkuran, Windrush Compensation Scheme, Public loos
Replacing traditional male only or female only toilets with gender neutral facilities has increased in recent years. Theatres were some of the first venues to hit the headlines. Many businesses and...
17 Maj 202154min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Mona Eltahawy; Scarlett Moffatt; Female astronauts
Egyptian-American writer and activist Mona Eltahawy believes women should start actively defying and disrupting the patriarchy now - with force if necessary. Mona explains why she wrote her new book ...
15 Maj 20211h 2min
Mentrix; Tech safety in domestic abuse; Sam Roddick; Dating over 60
Last year the avant-garde Iranian artist Mentrix released the critically acclaimed album My Enemy, My Love. The tracks Walk and Nature had accompanying cinematic videos, that explored themes of womanh...
14 Maj 202147min
Scarlett Moffatt, Patricia Devlin, Gender and AI
There's to be an inquiry into the Covid pandemic. It will start in Spring next year. We speak to one of the women who's been pushing for it, but still thinking it's starting too late. Her name is Jea...
13 Maj 202148min
Female Astronauts, Second Chances, Jackie Weaver, Celebs and the male gaze
A total of 65 women have been into space - compared with 501 men. The last time the European Space Agency recruited for their Class of 2009, only 16% of applications came from women. That process led...
12 Maj 202143min
Mona Eltahawy on embracing female anger; Maternal ambivalence; Women in the Senedd
'We need to dismantle the patriarchy' is a familiar feminist rallying cry. But Egyptian-American writer and activist Mona Eltahawy believes we should stop just saying it, and start actively defying an...
11 Maj 202143min
