Woman's Hour Episodes Episode guide
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Cat Burns, Pakistan's period tax, Mary Earps
The Traitor and Mercury Prize-nominated singer-songwriter tells all.
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Margaret Atwood memoir, Racism in public services, Is having a boyfriend embarassing?
Feminist and literary icon Margaret Atwood looks back across her career.
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Teenage boys and AI, Lynsey Addario, Choking porn law
How and why are teenage boys using AI for therapy and romance?
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Fertility treatment, Bella Culley, Traitors' fashion
Should people have the legal right to paid time off work for fertility treatment?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Malala Yousafzai, Faulty breast implants, Petula Clark
The Nobel Peace Prize winner on life at university and coming to terms with her past.
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Malala Yousafzai, Briana Corrigan, Exclamation marks
Known for surviving a brutal Taliban attack, Malala is taking charge of her own destiny.
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France rape law change, Women and alcohol dependency, Amina Khayyam
France moves to include consent in the rape laws following the Gis猫le Pelicot trial
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Clare's law, PIP breast implant scandal, Queen Victoria's mental health
Delays in a scheme to tell people if their partners have a history of being abusive.
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Brigitte Macron cyberbullying case, Comedian Laura Smyth, Autism de-diagnosis
The French first lady's legal action to tackle alleged online harassment.
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Petula Clark, Teenagers and online coercion, Clocks going back
Find out why Petula Clark's autobiography is called Is That You, Petula?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Landmark policy change in the Family Court, Essex Witches, Women rowing across the Pacific
Claire Throssel on her campaign to change policies in the family court.
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First mum in space, Tiggy Walker, Recruiting women to Formula 1
Former Nasa astronaut Anna Fisher talks about becoming the world鈥檚 first mother in space.
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Wes Streeting, Virginia Giuffre memoir, Pacific Ocean rowers
The health secretary on menopause and the new Women's Health Strategy.
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The Nocebo effect, Women sports photographers, Parental involvement in family courts
The placebo effect is well known, but what do you know about the Nocebo effect?
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Grooming gangs, Eve Muirhead, Lily King, Menopause
Why did two sexual abuse survivors resign from the national inquiry into grooming gangs?
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Maternity services inquiry, Women in architecture, Witches
A new inquiry into failings in maternity services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Tilda Swinton, Dads at work, Karen Carney, Living with Tourette Syndrome, Bobbi Brown
Tilda Swinton on a new exhibition celebrating her work.
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Tilda Swinton, Homelessness, Gwenda's Garage Musical, Romance Scams
The celebrated performer on the exhibition that celebrates her work.
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Global surrogacy, Karen Carney, Low-income & SEND, Talc trial
The ethics of surrogacy and its impact pegged to a new report by the UN.
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Liz Kendall MP, Women & Tourette Syndrome, Andrew Graham-Dixon, Singing to help postnatal depression
Liz Kendall, Secretary for Science, Innovation and Technology on women in tech
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Bobbi Brown, Domestic abuse & family courts, Black maternal health film
The American make-up entrepreneur on her life and work.
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Dads and working flexibly, Baroness Margaret Thatcher centenary, Diane Keaton legacy
Is it more difficult for fathers to find flexibility in the workplace?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Sally Wainwright, Kellie Bright, AI girlfriends, lessons from the Pelicot trial
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, her drama about a group of mid-life women's punk rock band
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Pelicot trial, Lucy Guo, Bebe Jackson, Travel writing
The latest in the Gis猫le Pelicot case after a man appealed his conviction for rape.
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Tanita Tikaram, Sally Wainwright, Nature and kids with SEND
Singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram on fame in the late 1980s, identity and belonging.
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Kemi Badenoch's leadership, Manon Garcia on Gisele Pelicot, Joy Gregory
As she makes her second speech, how has the Conservative party leader's conference gone?
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AI 'girlfriends', Japan's PM designate, Hope Reese, Musica Secreta
The rise of AI 'girlfriends' with new websites offering online intimacy.
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Kellie Bright, Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally, Summer of Sport
Is the SEND system working for children with special educational needs?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Melinda French Gates, Rebecca Solnit, 'Carents', Actor Tracey Ullman
The most powerful woman in philanthropy on her fight for women's health.
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Melinda French Gates, Manchester synagogue attack, Rochdale grooming
The philanthropist on her post-divorce enterprise aiming to put power into women's hands.
