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2040 episodes transcribedAs we move to ease lockdown restrictions in this country, and look ahead to the “new normal”, there are a large number of people who are still very mu...
While the world has gone into lockdown and economies have crashed, one type of business has been seeing double-digit growth – direct selling. Independ...
The US has been convulsed by nationwide protests over the death of an African-American man in police custody. George Floyd, 46, died after being arres...
More from our series that celebrates the women who get things done – the Troupers. They're very bad at blowing their own trumpets so we're doing it f...
An editorial in the British Medical Journal reported that one in five harmful and dependent drinkers got the help they needed, and now the proportion...
It’s fifty years since the Equal Pay Act became law, though employers were given a couple of years to prepare for the change to take effect. The legis...
Last week an editorial in the BMJ reported that before Covid-19 only one in five harmful and dependent drinkers got the help they needed, and now the...
The UK cleaning sector is worth almost £50bn a year to the country’s economy. It employs more than 900,000 people, mostly women. Right now, many are v...
TROOPERS is a new series of ours starting today. It's about the women in our communities who get things done, and many of them are volunteers. We begi...
We hear from you about what it’s like to be pregnant, give birth and look after a new baby in the Covid-19 lockdown.Antenatal, labour and post-natal c...
The soprano Laura Wright tells us about her new single released with The Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London to mark Mental Health Awareness...
The soprano Laura Wright first came to prominence when she won the BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year in 2005 aged just 15. A lover of sport, she...
Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Labour’s race relations adviser.What will be the long term impact of Covid-19 on women in the workforce? Plus as just over...
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, we look at why it’s important to discuss mental health and trauma with young people. The Mental Health Founda...
The parents of a six month old have set up a petition asking the government to extend maternity leave by an extra three months. They believe that the...
What makes someone want to go to see the same show at the theatre time and time again? We talk to documentary maker Mark Dooley about his film, Repeat...
How do you manage to create boundaries between work and home during lockdown? Dr Yasin Rofcanin, of the University of Bath’s School of Management disc...
At the end of the week when government advice started to ease the lockdown we take stock and look at how relationships between the generations have be...
Cycling is seeing a huge increase in popularity thanks to people avoiding public transport and wanting to get some exercise. In today’s Woman’s Hour C...
Ida B. Wells was an journalist and campaigner. She's just been honoured with a special Pulitzer Price for her courageous reporting of the violence inf...
