Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
2263 episodes transcribedStrictly’s back! It’s the 17th series and Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman have rolled out the red carpet for the class of 2019. To celebrate, Woman’...
Two decades ago, a public health official exposed how contaminated blood and plasma had led to tens of thousands of impoverished villagers and hospita...
Listener Wandja Kimani emailed the programme to ask us to discuss carving out a life in a community when you find yourself in a minority. Jenni speak...
Whilst the UK is dealing with a serious knife crime problem affecting teenagers especially in our cities, America is dealing with a gun problem. In t...
Led by Nigel Farage, the Brexit Party was formed in March of this year. In May it took 29 seats in the EU elections, more than any other party and nea...
Earlier in the summer we asked you, our listeners, to get in touch and send us a picture that somehow captured you at your best. Not just looking your...
The journalist Waad Al Kateab documented her life on camera in war torn Aleppo, Syria. She tells us about her documentary and how she fell in love, ma...
We asked you to get in touch and send us a picture that somehow captured you at your best. Today Diane Barker tells us about a very special picture t...
Susan Sontag, the American essayist, novelist and critic rose to fame in the 1960s. She became an iconic cultural figure and during her life she was l...
There's a call for population wide testing for the BRCA gene in the Jewish community, which is at greater risk carrying the gene mutation which is lin...
Margaret Atwood's new novel is out today. It's science fiction and is called The Testaments. Science fiction is often stereotyped as a male genre, but...
We want to hear how Brexit is affecting your relationship, your mood and your behaviour. Do you feel more or less anxious about the future? Do you see...
In a week of extraordinary politics, how have female MPs and advisors fared? We discuss the “macho” culture and language of parliament with Katy Balls...
Researchers tell us women are responsible for the majority of consumer decisions, making an estimated 80% of purchases, and most of the final decision...
National Poet for Scotland Jackie Kay on a new production of her 1980's play Chiaruscuro.A new survey by NCT (National Childbirth Trust) and Netmums...
As BBC journalist Carrie Gracie prepares to release her new book, Equal, about her yearlong battle for equal pay, we discuss the impact this case has...
The comedian Jen Brister talks about what it was like becoming a non-biological mum. She had twin boys with her partner Chloe four years ago after tw...
The comedian Jen Brister talks about what it was like becoming a non-biological mum. She had twin boys with her partner Chloe four years ago after se...
Why is having sex while you've got your period such a taboo subject? Does the idea disgust you or your partner or has the experience brought you close...
Cara Delevingne is one of the most recognisable faces in the world with over 43 million followers on Instagram alone. She’s spoken openly about her se...
