Sense and Sensibility, Women in Iran, Rebecca F Kuang, Climber Shauna Coxsey
A new film adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility will be released in cinemas on Friday 25 September. Austen's first published no...
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20 of 2,122 episodesSydney Sweeney advert, Singer-songwriter Sarah Jane Morris, GLP-1s
A new advert featuring the American actress Sydney Sweeney has sparked a backlash from some female athletes for sexualising women’s sport. T...
AI and women’s jobs, Therapy speak and girls, Céline Dion's comeback
Is artificial intelligence more likely to disadvantage women at work? Women make up more than 60% of the UK’s administrative workforce – job...
Weekend Woman's Hour: Nudity-blocking law, Thelma & Louise: The Musical, French maternity care, Smaller rugby balls for women
The government has announced plans to require smartphones and tablets to block people from taking, sharing or viewing nude images by default...
Lady in Blue, Daddy issues, the Sexism of capitalism
More than 50 children's charities and parent organisations have written to the Prime Minister, warning that disabled children are being over...
Thelma and Louise the musical, Continuing Care funding, Changelings
The number of high earning parents turning down pay rises in order to keep free childcare is on the rise. Research from the University of Wa...
Nudity-blocking law, Smaller rugby balls for women, Fathers with dementia
The government has announced plans to require smartphones and tablets to block people from taking, sharing or viewing nude images by default...
Nadine Dorries, Emeli Sandé, Darts
High-profile Reform UK member and former cabinet minister Nadine Dorris was alerted by the police that a deepfake pornographic image had bee...
Boxer Katie Taylor, Baroness Margaret Hodge, The impact of having an absent father.
The Irish boxer Katie Taylor sold out Croke Park in Dublin on Saturday night. More than eighty thousand people turned out to see Katie perfo...
Weekend Woman's Hour: Natalie Imbruglia, Nursery safety, Car maintenance
The award-winning singer-songwriter and actress Natalie Imbruglia first hit our screens in the early 1990s, playing the role of Beth Brennan...
Sussex Maternity Review, Hidden world of charity shops, Remembering Gloria Steinem
Tomorrow the Sussex Maternity Review will launch in Brighton to examine more than 1,000 cases spanning over a decade. The independent review...
Nursery safety, Women in Norman times, Motor mechanics, Women in Film
Whilst the vast majority of nurseries provide safe and caring environments, there have been a number of highly distressing cases in recent y...
Child mental health, Siobhan Daniels & RV travels, Testosterone,
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the body that represents NHS paediatricians, has warned of a sharp rise in the number of...
Natalie Imbruglia, Adele Parks, Forced adoption, Heart attacks
The award-winning singer-songwriter and actress Natalie Imbruglia first hit our screens in the early 1990s, playing the role of Beth Brennan...
Women and Water
After a summer when hot weather has drawn many of us towards the water, we explore its pull as a place of freedom, adventure and friendship,...
Weekend Woman's Hour: HPV home-testing kits, Nigeria schoolgirl kidnappings, author Louise Doughty
Women who have missed a cervical screening appointment in England are to be offered HPV self-testing kits by the NHS. Over the next year, ne...
HRT and dementia, Cookbook author Amy Sheppard, Cosplay
Hormone replacement therapy may reduce the risk of dementia, a new study has found. Researchers tracked more than 180,000 postmenopausal wom...
Parent Strike, Bella Mackie, Nigeria schoolgirl kidnappings
People who were sexually abused as children and later seek help for mental health problems are being failed by the NHS, according to The Roy...
Remembering Dolly Parton, Karen Carney, restriction zones for violent offenders, poet Georgie Jones
Singer-songwriter, actress and philanthropist Dolly Parton has died aged 80. She was a feminist icon, although she denied the former. Known...
HPV home-testing kits, Women-run hospitality map, Digital wardrobe apps
Women who have missed a cervical screening appointment in England are to be offered HPV self-testing kits by the NHS. Over the next year, ne...