Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
2059 episodes transcribedBlack women in Britain are now five times more likely to die during pregnancy, birth or postpartum than white women. This is according to the latest s...
Cash Carraway tells us about her life as a working class woman and mother living in poverty today.We discuss the importance of parental leave policy t...
The dress historian Amber Butchart has been finding out about the history of some of the summer wardrobe staples we all buy or dig out every year - t...
Olivier, Tony and Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave on her new stage play, Vienna 1934–Munich 1938 – a production which she has written, devised,...
The Girl Code: what is it and what does it include? How about "not going out with your friend's ex"? We find out with Moya Lothian-McLean and Ellen Sc...
Today’s we’re looking at an important milestone in a child’s life: when they move up from primary to secondary school. Can you remember how it felt?...
O’Hooley and Tidow the English Folk duo from Yorkshire talk to us about their track Gentleman Jack and perform Beryl.We discuss how some women’s centr...
Two women have been picked for top European Union positions for the first time. In a surprise choice, Germany’s defence minister Ursula von der Leyen...
A new report by the Children’s Commissioner for England estimates that there are 2.3 million children in England growing up with a vulnerable family b...
You’re ready for that nerve wracking event in every parent’s life – the school parents’ evening. You’ve done your best to look neat and tidy when your...
New research from the University of York shows that the number of women dependent on cannabis has been underestimated and that there is significant ge...
It's 50 years since the Stonewall riots, a defining moment in the history of the gay rights movement. We ask how visible lesbians were in those early...
England women’s football team are through to the semi-finals of the World Cup. Ahead of the game on Tuesday evening we discuss their chances of winnin...
We hear from Vicky Knight, the star of a new film ‘Dirty God’ about a young mother who is the victim of an acid attack.As we conclude our series on te...
Over the last two weeks we’ve been looking at teenage mental health - we’ve talked to doctors, teachers, parents and to teenagers themselves. Last...
Kate Tempest talks about her new album project produced by Rick Rubin. 'The Book of Traps And Lessons' has a run time of 43 mins and has a continuous...
Catherine Carr speaks to four young people, ranging in age from 13 to 19, to hear from them directly about their mental health experiences. We don't...
Vicky Knight, star of new film Dirty God, discusses how her experience of a fire influenced her role in the film.In the next in our series about teena...
When journalist Rebecca Reid discovered she was pregnant she didn’t want to wait until her 12 week scan to share her news. But, having told friends, f...
Third in our series about teenage mental health. So far we’ve talked to doctors and teachers, today we hear from the parents. 75% of mental health...
