BBC Woman's Hour: Daily Podcasts

Woman's Hour: Daily Podcasts

Woman's Hour brings you the big celebrity names and leading women in the news, with subjects ranging widely from politics to health, law, education, arts, parenting, relationships, work, fiction, food and fashion. Presented by Jenni Murray and Jane Garvey. Find out more at www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour
Daily English United Kingdom News · Society & Culture
28 Episodes
1 – 20

Adoption, Female Gladiators, Novelist Pyae Moe Thet War

Adopted children may be allowed much closer contact with their birth families in the future as part of “seismic” changes recommended in a new report published earlier this month. At the moment family courts set out the level of contact the child will have with their birth parents, usually letters…
22 Nov 5AM 57 min

21/11/2024

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
21 Nov 6AM 57 min

Lucy Manning, Zainab Johnson, Robyn Malcolm

In Lucy Manning’s words, it started with a phone call... A call from a withheld number late at night in October 2022 where the unknown male caller appeared to be masturbating as he made lewd comments about her. And so began what she describes as a two year ordeal to…
19 Nov 5AM 57 min

Forgotten Children, Women in the Green Industry, La Clique

This week Woman’s Hour has featured the Forgotten Children series about the impact on children when a parent is sent to prison. So what do the Government intend to do about the problem? Anita Rani speaks to Labour MP Jake Richards and Conservative MP Richard Holden about the possibility of…
15 Nov 6AM 57 min

Preterm birth, Devil Wears Prada, Forgotten Children

Preterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal death in the UK. Today the House of Lords Preterm Birth Committee have published a report calling on the government to do more to reduce the risks of babies being born prematurely and to improve the lives of those families who are…
14 Nov 6AM 57 min

Forgotten Children, COP29 and maternal outcomes, Mozart: Her Story

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has resigned from his post. What’s the reaction from women within the Church of England? We hear the third part of our week-long series Forgotten Children, which looks at the impact on families when one or both parents serve time in prison. Reporter Jo…
13 Nov 6AM 53 min

12/11/2024

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
12 Nov 6AM 57 min

Footballer Steph Houghton, Actor Kate Phillips, Writer Ece Temelkuran

Former England and Manchester City captain Steph Houghton was one of the first big names in women's football. In her new book, Leading From The Back, she details her experience of fighting to take the women's game from niche to mainstream. She also talks to Kylie about her husband, former…
8 Nov 5AM 57 min

Second Trump presidency, Dating red-flag questions, Sophie Tea

As Donald Trump has been declared the winner of the 2024 US Presidential Election and the election coverage dominates front pages around the world, we discuss what a second Trump presidency may mean for women. Krupa Padhy speaks to Woman's Hour presenter Nuala McGovern, who is in Washington DC, about…
7 Nov 7AM 57 min

Women's tennis in Saudi Arabia, 'Dear Sirs', Women and advertising

This week sees the culmination of the women's tennis season as the WTA finals are held, somewhat controversially, in Saudi Arabia. So far, top seed Aryna Sabalenka is through to the first semi-final, the second semi-final will be decided tomorrow. However, the decision to hold the tournament in a country…
5 Nov 6AM 56 min

Julien Alfred, Author Eliza Clark, Film director Natalie Hewit

The Women's 100 metre Olympic champion Julien Alfred joins Clare McDonnell in the studio. Her gold medal in Paris was the first time Saint Lucia had won an Olympic medal. She discusses what it look to become a champion and also having a national day named after her. The author…
4 Nov 5AM 57 min

01/11/2024

British-Egyptian activist and Maths professor Laila Soueif has been on hunger strike for the past month to protest her son Alaa’s incarceration in Egypt. He is the country’s most high profile political prisoner. Laila and her daughter Sanaa – who has faced arrest and imprisonment herself – join Anita Rani…
1 Nov 6AM 56 min
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