Contraception & Covid-19; Caroline Nokes MP; Deborah Feldman; Asma Khan
Caroline Nokes was elected chairman of the House of Commons Women and Equalities Select Committee earlier this year. However, her committee had met just once before the lockdown began. She has since l...
30 Apr 202043min
Alison White, Corona Diaries, Midlife Crisis
All week our drama has been about a woman bringing up her son who has cerebral palsy and learning disabilities. Today we hear from the real people behind the story: Alison White and Louis, who's an ad...
29 Apr 202043min
Young Carers, Elizabeth Strout, Matilda McCrear
How are young carers coping in the lockdown? We hear from 17 year old James who looks after his mum and grandma. And Dr Kate Blake-Holmes joins us too. She's a social worker at the University of East ...
28 Apr 202049min
Primates, Domestic Violence, Woman's Hour Corona Diaries, Dreams
The Commons Home Affairs Committee warned that without urgent steps to address the issue of domestic violence, families and communities would be dealing with the "devastating consequences" for a gener...
27 Apr 202045min
Sewing, Victim Blaming & Daisy Edgar Jones
We hear why the lockdown is the perfect time to give sewing and mending your clothes a try with Ros Studd a textiles teacher; Dulcie Scott a TV costume designer and Esme Young the fashion designer and...
25 Apr 202055min
Nigel Slater, Woman's Hour Corona Diaries, 'County lines' drug gangs
Food writer and cook Nigel Slater says that one of his great joys in life is going out to shop for ingredients, but how has that changed during lockdown? What is he yearning for that he can’t get, and...
24 Apr 202043min
The BBC's Big Night in; PPE doesn’t fit women; Child maintenance suspended
Comic Relief and Children In Need are joining forces for the first time for a special night of comedy, music and live entertainment, to raise money for their projects on BBC 1 tonight. It'll celebr...
23 Apr 202044min
IVF suspension; Sewing for Britain; History of Working Motherhood
As of last week, all IVF treatment has been suspended in the UK. What impact is this having on women, and what could the longer-term consequences be? Tina Mulhern is 41 and can’t now start a second c...
22 Apr 202044min
