Woman's Hour Episodes Episode guide
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Abandoned Wives; Woman's Voices; Alicia Alonso
Asma Jahangir discusses why Pakistani women are being abandoned without their children.
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Trumpeter Alison Balsom; Teenage Pregnancy
Alison Balsom talks about what first attracted her to the trumpet and expanding its image.
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Sigourney Weaver; 1967 Abortion Act
Sigourney Weaver reveals how she prepares for her roles and her experience of motherhood.
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Julie Walters; Designer Babies; Victorian London Underworld
Actor Julie Walters discusses her life and career. Plus, should we choose our babies?
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Britain's Brightest Pupils; Julian Barnes on Madame Bovary; British Food
Do we need a national register of our brightest children? Plus, British food since 1950.
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Pete Doherty's Mother on Drug Addiction; Life with Llamas
Jackie Doherty reveals how Pete's high profile drug addiction had devastated her family.
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Rehabilitating Trafficked Women; Only Child Syndrome; Kiran Desai
How effective are projects to reintegrate trafficked women back into their communities?
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Male Attitudes to Diets; Molar Pregnancy; Kathleen McGowan
Is fat really just a feminist issue? And the pregnacy but without a baby.
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Politics of Parenting; Childbirth Choices; Fathers at Birth
What role do experts have in the upbringing of a child?
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The Legacy of World War II; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
What impact did the absence of WWII soldiers have on their children back home?
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Chlamydia Tests by Post; Children's Friends
Are postal tests the most effective way of screening for Chlamydia?
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Thea Gilmore; India's Child Labour; The 40s
Singer Thea Gilmore talks about her life and career. Plus, a passion for 1940s fashion.
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Germaine Greer on Simone de Beauvoir; Pushy Parent
Germaine Greer discusses the life and legacy of Simone de Beauvoir.
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Defining Beauty
Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? And how much is it to do with external appearance?
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3D Baby Scans; Katherine Mansfield; Treatment of Iranian Women
Are non-medical 3D baby scans good for mother and baby? Plus, how to help Iranian women.
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A Bollywood Affair; Polish Senator Urszula Gacek; Girl Soldiers
Do girl soldiers in conflict zones choose to fight? Plus, boundary breaking Bollywood.
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Microbicides and Aids; Antarctic Women;
How could a microbicide gel reduce the spread of HIV and AIDS?
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Middle-Aged Anorexia; Marilyn French; Introducing a Second Child
How many middle-aged women are afflicted by an unhealthy fear of putting on weight?
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Sperm Donation Crisis; Joan Rice's WAAF Diaries
Has waiving sperm donor anonymity cause a supply shortage of donated sperm?
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Gay Parenting; Director Kim Longinotto; Northern Ireland Women's Peace Movement
Did the Peace People's campaign in Northern Ireland lead to a fall in violence?
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Suicide in the Forces; Scottish cook Sue Lawrence
What are the causes of suicide within the forces? Plus, Sue Lawrence on Scottish food.
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Anita Wardell; South African Women's Apartheid Protests
An exploration into the lives of some of the women who protested against apartheid.
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Trudi Styler; The Politics of Surnames; Queen Maud
Trudi Styler talks about human rights and grief. Plus, the politics of taking a surname.
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Bel Mooney; NHS Nurses; Ladies of Leisure
Bel Mooney on her career and her trauma at giving birth to a stillborn baby.
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Gender Irritations; Preterm Babies; Sophie Solomon
What annoys men about women?...and women about men? Plus, the effects of a preterm birth.
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DNA Detectives; Facial Disfigurements; Barbara Erskine
What is the science behind DNA detective work? Plus how to cope with facial disfigurement.
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Mushroom Orphans; Battling Midges
How do Ireland's female mushroom picker migrants cope with leaving their children behind.
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Breast Feeding Dehydration; Kate Humble; Diana Quick on Shaw's Women
How to spot when baby becomes dehydrated after a day of poor breast feeding.
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Dating when HIV Positive; Jane Turner and Gina Riley as Kath and Kim
Is it easier to date someone who is also HIV positive?
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Male Vs Female Sailors; Detaining Immigrant Children
Why do women make such impressive sailors?