Award-winning actor Vanessa Kirby; Sexual harassment, assault & abuse in schools
There are widespread allegations of peer to peer misogyny, harassment, abuse and assault of girls in schools. This eruption - which has been bubbling since last week - has been described as the potent...
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Weekend Woman's Hour - Lockdown anniversary, Cryptocurrencies & Portraits of women
Last week marked the first anniversary of lockdown. We hear from three women of different ages, backgrounds and circumstances to discuss their experiences of having to stay at home. Actor and author...
27 Mars 202155min
Equal pay judgement. Birth partners attending scans. Bangladesh at 50.
Today the Supreme Court will give its judgement on one of the largest ever equal pay claims . It could have implications for women working in retail all over the UK. It involves those working in the ...
26 Mars 202142min
Covid 19 vaccines and children, East Asian Racism, Periods in lockdown, Young women and cryptocurrency
A newspaper article reported on discussions around children in the UK being offered COVID-19 vaccines as early as August, although a spokesperson from DHSC has said: "no decisions have been made on wh...
25 Mars 202141min
Endometriosis, NI Abortion, Portraits
Endometriosis is a condition where cells similar to the ones in the lining of the womb are found elsewhere in the body, often around reproductive organs, bowel and bladder. This can cause inflammation...
24 Mars 202142min
Lockdown anniversary, Nicola Sturgeon, Misogyny as a hate crime
It's exactly a year since Boris Johnson delivered the instruction to stay at home. To mark the occasion, we've assembled three women of different ages, backgrounds and circumstances to discuss thei...
23 Mars 202142min
Navigating the perimenopause; Increase in online accessing of child sexual images; Nawal El Saadawi's death at 89
The average age of menopause is 51, and menopause itself only lasts for one day, because it simply marks the one-year anniversary of your last period. Perimenopause, on the other hand, refers to the ...
22 Mars 202142min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Women and confidence in the police; Syria; the future of the handbag
Susannah Fish, former Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police and Olivia Pinkney Chief Constable for Hampshire talk about how confident women can be in reporting crime to the police. We hear from C...
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