Woman's Hour

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Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. The Woman's Hour Guide to Life collection is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/guidetolife

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Yesterday · 48 min
Women and Water
We celebrate the many different ways water shapes women's lives.
Saturday · 29 min
Weekend Woman's Hour: HPV home-testing kits, Nigeria schoolgirl kidnappings, author Louise Doughty
How will HPV self-testing kits work?
Friday · 56 min
HRT and dementia, Cookbook author Amy Sheppard, Cosplay
Research shows HRT may reduce the risk of dementia.
Thursday · 57 min
Parent Strike, Bella Mackie, non-recent child sexual abuse
Call for government to improve parenting policies like flexible working & paternity leave
Wednesday · 56 min
Remembering Dolly Parton, Karen Carney, restriction zones for violent offenders, poet Georgie Jones
Woman's Hour listeners remember singer-songwriter Dolly Parton, who has died aged 80.
August 25 · 57 min
HPV home-testing kits, Women-run hospitality map, Digital wardrobe apps
How will HPV self-testing kits work?
August 24 · 57 min
Author Louise Doughty, Scottish women offenders, Boxer Chantelle Cameron
What did author Louise Doughty learn about her parents from an old black suitcase?
August 21 · 57 min
GCSE resits, Hotel safety, Baby milk, Alisha Palmowski
Maths and English resits leave many in cycle of failure.
August 20 · 54 min
Amelia Dimoldenberg, Vaping, Bigamy, Angel Blue
Amelia Dimoldenberg, creator of Chicken Shop Date, on her career and creative academy.
August 19 · 57 min
France's mass drugging case, Olympian Jade Jones, Air pollution research
Why has a French civil servant charged with drugging hundreds of women not faced trial?
August 18 · 57 min
Sex offenders and ID change, IVF Investigation, A History of Bandanas
We ask why it's so easy for sex offenders to change their names.
August 17 · 56 min
Quadruple gold medallist Amy Hunt, Charlotte Church, Child maintenance, Comedian Lucy Porter
Amy Hunt on winning four gold medals at the European Athletics Championships.
August 15 · 56 min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Women in Afghanistan, Composer Gabriela Ortiz, Tourette Syndrome
Five years after the Taliban took power, we look at the lives of women in Afghanistan.
August 14 · 57 min
Girls in Afghanistan, Female entrepreneurs and life editing, Women’s cricket
Five years after the Taliban took power, we look at the lives of girls in Afghanistan.
August 13 · 57 min
Simon Levy verdict; the partition of India in fiction; mudlarking
Lessons for the justice system from the Simon Levy case.
August 12 · 57 min
Eclipse, China's fake brides, Female climbers, Dr Amanda Cole & Tourette syndrome
A leading astrophysicist and fan on watching the eclipse.
August 11 · 55 min
Composer Gabriela Ortiz, North Devon Maternity suspension, Children reading
Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz on the UK premiere of Revolución diamantina at the Proms.
August 10 · 57 min
Tamzin Outhwaite, 'Luteal Uglies', Kelly Latimer in space, Surrogacy laws in Europe
Tamzin Outhwaite discusses playing one of theatre's most memorable characters.
August 8 · 56 min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Listener week - Elderly caring, women in boat building, dialects, functional skills in schools
As we look back at Listener Week, dealing with an elderly parent as a pensioner yourself.
August 7 · 57 min
Listener Week: Aftermath of domestic abuse, women's dialects, losing parents in your 30s, knickers
As Listener Week continues, we hear how a community handled domestic abuse allegations.

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