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2268 episodes transcribedAs prescriptions for weight loss drugs in the UK increase, Woman’s Hour explores how safe online prescriptions for things like Ozempic and Wegovy are....
Top perfume brands may have the “worst form of child labour” in their jasmine supply chains, a BBC Eye investigation reveals. Jasmine is considered t...
Ruth Jones is live in the Woman’s Hour studio to talk about playing the Mother Superior in a West End production of Sister Act. She discusses getting...
From the Pre-Raphaelites to Picasso, Vermeer to Freud, some of the most famous Western artwork involves an artist’s muse. So who are the muses who hav...
As India goes to the polls in the penultimate round of voting in their general election, Anita speaks to the BBC’s Divya Arya in Delhi. They discuss w...
There will be a general election on 4 July. Campaigning will start at the end of next week, but already some of the key players are speaking out. What...
The endurance runner Imo Boddy has smashed the 45-year-old world record and become the fastest known woman to complete the UK Three Peaks. She joins N...
A new documentary on BBC Two is looking at how new forensic techniques can help police re-examine old cases involving sexual assault and rape, helping...
The long awaited final report of the public inquiry into the infected blood scandal is published today, The inquiry was announced in 2017 after years...
A female officer in the military says she was raped by a senior officer who was responsible in the Royal Navy for behaviours and values, including sex...
After going viral on social media earlier this year, new bar La Camionera is planning to open a permanent inclusive venue for “lesbians and their frie...
Schools in England should not teach about gender identity, according to new draft guidance from the government, due to be published in full today. The...
Over half of female footballers book pitches, only to find they’ve been reallocated to men. With twice as many women as men considering quitting the s...
How many women have decided not to have more children after a traumatic birth? The UK’s first inquiry into traumatic childbirth has found that too of...
A female officer in the military says she was raped by a senior officer who was responsible in the Royal Navy for behaviours and values, including sex...
The number of children in care is continuing to rise each year, and thousands of new foster carers are needed. The comedian and writer Kiri Pritchard-...
Five babies have died from whooping cough this year as cases continue to rise in England. Medical doctor Dr Saleyha Ahsan, who currently has whooping...
The debate on assisted dying is often framed around the issues of choice for the terminally ill, but what about the rights of the disabled ? Actor and...
Now that women’s sport is advancing, we need clear safeguarding rules for women and girls about what is and isn’t okay when it comes to talking about...
What’s like to start again with nothing? On New Year's Eve of 2018, journalist Helen Chandler-Wilde lost everything she owned in a storage unit fire i...
