Going It Alone, Venezuela, Military children
In our new series Going it Alone we are hearing from three women about their experiences of having a child without a partner. These are women who are having donor conceived children, which is differen...
5 Jan 57min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Toni Collette, Adults regressing, The Archers special
Since her big break in Muriel’s Wedding 30 years ago, actor Toni Collette has graced our screens in a huge list of standout roles from The Sixth Sense to Hereditary, Little Miss Sunshine to Mickey 17....
3 Jan 56min
Living at home during university, Child violence in the DRC, What is RED-S?
A new report out from UNICEF has revealed some devastating figures on the prevalence of sexual violence against children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nationwide data indicates that more t...
2 Jan 57min
Woman's Hour celebrates the women of The Archers
It's 75 years to the day since The Archers first launched. Woman's Hour has come to Ambridge to celebrate the female characters who have helped this programme tackle some of the most challenging, cont...
1 Jan 56min
Toni Collette, Women of the Year, Disciplining children
Since her big break in Muriel’s Wedding 30 years ago, actor Toni Collette has graced our screens in a huge list of standout roles from The Sixth Sense to Hereditary, Little Miss Sunshine to Mickey 17....
31 Dec 202557min
Beyoncé the billionaire, Adults regressing at Christmas, Girls' political confidence
Beyoncé has been declared a billionaire by Forbes, making her the fifth musician to join its list of the world's wealthiest people with 10 figure fortunes, including Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Bruce Sprin...
30 Dec 202556min
'Battle of the Sexes' 2025, Irish nurses, AI & age-related diseases
Yesterday, the women's tennis number one, Aryna Sabalenka, faced Nick Kyrgios, ranked 671st in the men's game, in a match that was dubbed the new 'Battle of the Sexes'. She lost in straight sets. The ...
29 Dec 202557min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Rituals, 250th anniversary of Jane Austen, Women and the dark
On Woman’s Hour Christmas Day programme, Nuala McGovern and Anita Rani discussed the rituals and traditions that we do at Christmas. Some passed down across the generations and some adapted through in...
27 Dec 202528min
