Women and heat, Surrey Police on catcalling stunt, Pregnancy sickness
As a heatwave grips the UK, we ask whether soaring temperatures impact women differently to men and what should be done about it. Professor Mike Tipton, Professor of Human and Applied Physiology at th...
13 Aug 202556min
Nurses facing abuse in A&E, Sailor Jazz Turner, What is the true value of care?
The chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing says their members are facing "abhorrent" levels of violence in accident and emergency departments. Nicola Ranger tells Nuala McGovern that their F...
12 Aug 202557min
Goalkeeper Hannah Hampton, Celine Song on Materialists, Women in construction
England goalkeeper and Lionesses legend Hannah Hampton joins Nuala McGovern on Woman's Hour fresh from winning the UEFA European Women's Championship. Born with a serious eye condition, doctors told h...
11 Aug 202557min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Female breadwinners, Married but living apart, Traditional craftswomen
What happens when a woman earns more than her partner, or is the sole earner in a household? For some couples, it’s a practical arrangement that works well. For others, it can bring unexpected tension...
9 Aug 202556min
Listener Week: Living with an incurable diagnosis, Sex therapy, Hybrid working
It's the final day of Woman's Hour's Listener Week, where all the topics in the programme have been decided by YOU!Listener Brenda wrote in about her situation: “I would love to hear you talking about...
8 Aug 202557min
Listener Week: Female breadwinners, Attitudes to stepmothers, Traditional craftswomen
Listener Week continues on Woman's Hour as we bring your stories, ideas and the issues you want to hear about to the air.What happens when a woman earns more than her partner, or is the sole earner in...
7 Aug 202555min
Listener Week: MND and women, Not being a granny, Studying later in life
Motor Neurone Disease is a condition that affects nerves found in the brain and spinal cord which tell our muscles what to do. The disease is life shortening and there is no cure. One listener, Diana ...
6 Aug 202557min
Listener Week: Testosterone, Talking to adult children about abuse, Why we dream
Listener Week continues on Woman's Hour as we bring your stories, ideas and the issues you want to hear about to the air.Carola got in touch to ask if we could find out more about the benefits of test...
5 Aug 202557min
