Mary Beard on witches, The Salmond Inquiry, Vulva anxiety in teenage girls
Emma Barnett presents Woman's Hour with Mary Beard who talks about her new BBC Two show Inside Culture looking at witches and their enduring presence in culture. We get the latest from the Salmond Inq...
17 Feb 202143min
Mums at breaking point...
The pandemic has pushed many working mothers to breaking point. Juggling family and career is nothing new, but working a full-time job while simultaneously home schooling children for many weeks is un...
16 Feb 202142min
Losing a friend to suicide, Period pants, The release of Loujain al-Hathloul
Loujain al-Hathloul, the Saudi women's rights activist, has just been released from prison after spending nearly three years in prison. Instrumental in the movement to allow women to drive in the king...
15 Feb 202142min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Alleged systemic racism in NHS maternity, Care homes, It's a Sin
We hear from Sandra Igwe, co-chair of an urgent inquiry set up to investigate how alleged systemic racism in the NHS manifests itself in maternity care and Dr Karen Joash, Consultant Obstetrician and ...
13 Feb 202155min
Inquiry launched into NHS maternity 'systemic racism'
An urgent inquiry to investigate how alleged systemic racism in the NHS manifests itself in maternity care was launched this week. Anita is joined by Sandra Igwe, co-chair of the inquiry and who set u...
12 Feb 202142min
Children's Minister Vicky Ford; Scottish Care Homes; Novelist Daisy Buchanan
As many as one in six young people now experience mental health problems ranging from depression to self-harm and anorexia. The situation’s got worse over the last year during the pandemic leading som...
11 Feb 202142min
Sailor Pip Hare. Children and puberty blockers. Stalking slogans on Valentines Day Cards
Pip Hare has been competing in the Vendee Globe race, sailing around the world, solo, non-stop and without assistance. She is on the home straight now and currently 20th place. Pip speaks to Emma fro...
10 Feb 202142min
The women at the centre of the new drama 'It's a Sin'. Plus a look at the gendered economic impact of covid.
'It’s a Sin', the new drama on Channel 4 by Russel T Davies tells the story of a group of young gay men living in London during the Aids crisis of the 1980s and 90s. At the centre of their lives is th...
9 Feb 202142min
