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Woman's Hour Episodes

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    Friends Forever, Fangirls, Period justice and flood victims, Energy crisis and use of public facilities

    We begin a new series on female friendship and explore if fan girls can change the world.

  2. Outliving Mum, Women and Unions

    How does it feel to reach the age your mum was when she died? Women and trade unions.

  3. Gossip: why we love it, why we do it, professional gossips, & its use in novels, films and television

    Gossip: is there really a difference between the amount women and men indulge in it?

  4. Ukraine sponsorship, Quizzes, Matrilineal communities, Anorexia and sectioning, Public hair loss, Trapezing

    Listener week: One woman's experience of hosting an Ukrainian student.

  5. DJ BB, DJ Ritu, Dame Esther Rantzen, Ros Whitehouse, Dr Caroline Boyd, Joy Porter, Dr Mariaelena Huambachano

    Older Women DJs on the UK’s club scene

  6. Rosie's Plaques, Anorexia and Sectioning, Hormones and Learning to Trapeze

    Emma speaks to Rosie's Plaques, a group from Norwich memorialising brilliant daring women.

  7. Listener Week: 106 marathons in 106 days, Universal Basic Income, Widowhood

    Emma and Fay join Emma Barnett to talk about their mammoth marathon challenge.

  8. Listener week: Patriarchal wedding practices. Ukraine sponsorship. Rural bullying. Pubic hair loss in menopause

    Listener week: Patriarchal wedding practices. Ukraine. Pubic hair loss in menopause.

  9. Listener Week: a basic guide to economics, quizzes, ageing without children

    Stories suggested by listeners.

  10. Weekend Woman's Hour: Women in Afghanistan, Pockets and women’s clothing, Russia’s Mother Heroine Award

    We look at life for women in Afghanistan one year on from the Taliban taking control.

  11. Sharon Horgan, Sport and periods, Fangirls

    Sharon Horgan and Eve Hewson on Bad Sisters.

  12. Britain's secret war babies, Naomi Stadlen, Health impacts of anal sex

    Mary, a 'secret war baby', tracks down her Black heritage in a Channel 4 documentary.

  13. Alison Rodgers, Dan Scorer, Ros Coward, Anita Anand, Sarah Class, Tracey Cox, Dr Tristram Wyatt

    Vabbing - the viral social media trend that proponents say could help you attract a mate.

  14. Musician Self Esteem, Baroness Minouche Shafik and Female Astronomers

    The musician Self Esteem on her Mercury Prize nomination.

  15. Women in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban took control, Children's Commissioner Rachel de Souza

    Afghanistan one year after Taliban control, and Children's Commissioner Rachel de Souza.

  16. Weekend Woman's Hour: Leah Williamson, Women and Partition, Afghan women's radio

    England captain Leah Williamson reflects on the Lionesses' Euro 22 victory.

  17. The Partition of India in 1947 and its impact on Women

    How the Partition of India in 1947 affected women’s lives.

  18. England Captain Leah Williamson

    England captain Leah Williamson joins Jessica Creighton.

  19. Tennis icon Serena Williams, Recruiting women to the armed forces, Afghan women radio, Stem cell donors, Women and bodybuilding

    Is Serena Williams leaving tennis?

  20. Brit and Mercury Prize-winning singer Heather Small, Chronic illness, Abortion

    Brit and Mercury Prize-winning singer Heather Small discusses her first album in 16 years.

  21. Child strip searches, Dr Sam Roberts of NICE

    A new report on children being strip-searched by the Metropolitan Police.

  22. Weekend Woman’s Hour: Lionesses legacy, Beyonce & Lizzo lyrics, school exclusions, dance music and discovering 35 siblings

    Lioness Kelly Smith and Dame Heather Rabbatts on the legacy of the 2022 Women's Euro.

  23. England's netballers - the Roses, School exclusions, South Asian women in WWII, Rape survivors and therapy, Women artists

    With such excitement around the Lionesses, will football start to outshine netball?

  24. Manipulating body images in ads. National Poet of Wales Hanan Issa . Abortion stories. Nancy Pelosi Taipei visit.

    Manipulating body images in ads. National Poet of Wales Hanan Issa. Abortion stories.

  25. Euros 22 legacy, Kansas and abortion rights, Dance music and women, Sam Smith, Juliette Pochin

    How easy is it to access all-girl teams around England?

  26. Commonwealth Games, Body image and mental health report, Lizzo and Beyonce lyrics, Personality disorders

    More medals to be awarded to women at Commonwealth Games.

  27. Women's Euro 2022

    What will the legacy of last night's Women's Euro 2022 be?

  28. Actor Samantha Womack, The Lionesses win, Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, Dear Daughter podcast, Jane Roe's daughter, The Home Edit

    Samantha Womack on her role as the White Witch in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.

  29. Fiona Govan, Louisa McGeehan, Tom Bennett, Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson, Namulanta Kombo, Helen Wood.

    'All Bodies are Beach Bodies' campaign.

  30. Clea and Joanna from The Home Edit, Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, Menopause report

    The women from the Netflix series Get Organised with The Home Edit give their pro tips.

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