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Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Childcare, Kerry Washington, 80s egg donors, Women triathletes, Inclusive wigs after chemo, Bette & Joan

Episode Date: December 14, 2024

A new analysis on the quality and quantity of childcare provision in England has revealed that the huge expansion of free childcare currently underway...

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Kerry Washington, Ovary removal following PMDD, Women returning to Syria

Episode Date: December 13, 2024

You might remember Kerry Washington in her iconic role, Olivia Pope, the fixer in TV series Scandal, or perhaps you know her from her many other roles...

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Sara Sharif, Netball, Disability stigma, 80s egg donors

Episode Date: December 12, 2024

The father and stepmother of 10-year-old Sara Sharif have been found guilty of her murder after subjecting her to "horrific suffering" for more than t...

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Women triathletes, Imani Erriu and romantasy, Prostitute's caution

Episode Date: December 11, 2024

A new report from SheRACES and Fund Her Tri UK has found that women triathletes can experience unacceptable harassment at events. It also showed that...

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Childcare, Returning to Syria, Inclusive wigs after chemo

Episode Date: December 10, 2024

A new analysis on the quality and quantity of childcare provision in England has revealed that the huge expansion of free childcare currently underway...

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Syria, Raising a family in the UK, Lisa O’Neill

Episode Date: December 9, 2024

What does the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria mean for both the present and future of women on the ground? Nuala McGovern is joined by Chief...

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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Keira Knightley and Sarah Lancashire, Sutara Gayle, Uterine fibroids, Surviving grief, Josie Lloyd

Episode Date: December 7, 2024

Powerhouse actors Keira Knightley and Sarah Lancashire are starring alongside Ben Wishaw in new Netflix spy drama Black Doves. It follows the story of...

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PCOS misinformation, Sutara Gayle, Raving

Episode Date: December 6, 2024

Influencers on TikTok and Instagram are selling fake ‘cures’ for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal condition, according to a new BBC invest...

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Afghan midwives, DJ Annie Mac, Artist Chila Burman, Surviving grief

Episode Date: December 5, 2024

There have been reports that Afghan women are being banned from midwife and nursing courses in the latest blow to their rights. Women training as midw...

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Pumeza Matshikiza, Josie Lloyd, CensHERship

Episode Date: December 4, 2024

South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza has performed at many of the leading opera houses across Europe and the United States and released her debut a...

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Keira Knightley and Sarah Lancashire, Raye, Stalking

Episode Date: December 3, 2024

Powerhouse actors Keira Knightley and Sarah Lancashire are starring alongside Ben Wishaw in new Netflix spy drama Black Doves. It follows the story of...

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Bonus episode: Raye in conversation with BBC 100 Women

Episode Date: December 3, 2024

In this episode, Woman's Hour's Nuala McGovern introduces a bonus podcast in collaboration with BBC 100 Women. It’s an interview with the award-winnin...

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Gregg Wallace, Uterine fibroids, Director Kiran Rao

Episode Date: December 2, 2024

The TV presenter Gregg Wallace has denied behaviour of a sexually harassing nature, after 13 people came forward last week with allegations of inappro...

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Weekend Woman's Hour: Miscarriage, Maggie O'Farrell on stammering, Women and alcohol-related liver disease

Episode Date: November 30, 2024

Losing a baby in the early stages of pregnancy can be an extremely painful experience. Having to explain to your employer why you can’t come to work o...

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Author Maggie O'Farrell, Allegations against Gregg Wallace, Marina Costa-Jackson

Episode Date: November 29, 2024

When the Stammer Came to Stay is award-winning author Maggie O’Farrell’s third book for children. Based on her own experience of living with a stammer...

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Children with special educational needs and disabilities at academy schools, Kim Cypher, Choreographer Lucy Hind

Episode Date: November 28, 2024

Academy schools were one of the issues that listeners raised during, and since, Woman’s Hour’s special programme investigating the SEND system for chi...

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Joan Armatrading, Baroness Lola Young, Melanie Reid

Episode Date: November 27, 2024

Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Joan Armatrading joins Nuala McGovern to discuss her 23rd studio album, How Did This Happen and What Does it Now Me...

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Supreme Court hears case on definition of a woman, Barbara Taylor Bradford's life

Episode Date: November 26, 2024

Judges at the Supreme Court are today considering how women are defined in law in a landmark case brought by Scottish campaigners. It will address wha...

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Civil rape case against Conor McGregor, Binge drinking, Chappell Roan

Episode Date: November 25, 2024

The woman who accused the mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor of raping her has won her civil case against him. He has been ordered to pay nearl...

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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Michelle Yoeh, Primary school suspensions, Katarina Johnson-Thompson

Episode Date: November 23, 2024

Oscar-winning Michelle Yeoh’s career has spanned four decades. Starting out as a martial arts actor, she became a key figure in the Hong Kong action s...

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