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Woman's Hour Episodes

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    Liz Truss's first day as PM, breaking away from Judaism, Mursal Hedayat

    On Liz Truss's first full day as PM, Emma speaks to Baroness Gabby Bertin.

  2. Strictly's Motsi Mabuse, New PM priorities, Author Holly Bourne on female friendship, Women and cost of living crisis

    Strictly's Motsi Mabuse on her new autobiography.

  3. Why do Conservatives elect female leaders?

    The Conservative Party and female leaders and a midwife on board a search and rescue ship.

  4. Baroness Hale, Gossip, Women and unions, Becoming a mother when yours is dying, 'Frock Up Friday', Fangirls

    Baroness Hale on Roe v Wade, the barrister strikes and how rape cases are tried in the UK.

  5. 'Frock up Friday', Sexual harassment in Parliament, Young Conservative women, Fan Girls, Exercising outside

    In three weeks during lockdown, 'Frock up Friday' had 10,000 members worldwide.

  6. Baroness Hale on Roe v Wade, Women missing out on state pensions; Lara Feigel, Becoming a mother when yours is dying

    Baroness Hale talks about the law on abortion in light of Roe v Wade being overturned.

  7. 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.

  8. Outliving Mum, Women and Unions

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

  9. 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?

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

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

  11. 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

  12. 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.

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

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

  14. 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.

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

    Stories suggested by listeners.

  16. 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.

  17. Sharon Horgan, Sport and periods, Fangirls

    Sharon Horgan and Eve Hewson on Bad Sisters.

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

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

    The musician Self Esteem on her Mercury Prize nomination.

  21. 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.

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

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

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

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

  24. England Captain Leah Williamson

    England captain Leah Williamson joins Jessica Creighton.

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

    Is Serena Williams leaving tennis?

  26. 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.

  27. Child strip searches, Dr Sam Roberts of NICE

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

  28. 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.

  29. 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?

  30. 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.

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