E L James's new novel, Maternity workplace protections, Catherine Bohart
When the writer E L James first self-published Fifty Shades of Grey as an e-book in 2011, she had no idea that her erotic novel would go on...
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20 of 2,153 episodesAntisemitism in schools, Lolly Adefope, Shingles and dementia, Femtick
A government review into antisemitism in schools and colleges in England will publish its recommendations today. The report from former Ofst...
SEND petition, Helen Fielding, Women's Rugby, Child photographers, Teen Summit
Campaigners deliver a petition to Downing Street calling for parents of children with SEND to be exempt from being fined if their children m...
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Chair EHRC, Dame Harriet Walter, Grey divorce, PMDD
It was World Menopause Day yesterday, the last before employers of more than 250 people in England, Scotland and Wales are mandated to have...
Weekend Woman's Hour: Navi Pillay, Women in tech, Caroline Hirons
Navanetham 'Navi' Pillay, a former International Criminal Court judge and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has won the 202...
RIBA Stirling Prize winner, NHS guidance on single-sex spaces, Caroline Hirons
Last night, architects gathered to celebrate some of Britain’s most acclaimed buildings as the RIBA Stirling Prize marked its 30th anniversa...
Grok deepfake images, Educating Afghan girls, Runner Esmée Gummer
An estimated three million deepfake images were non-consensually requested from Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok around Christmas of last year, most...
Women in Tech, Climate change and gender, Bed bugs, Endometriosis and work.
1 in 10 women of reproductive age suffer from endometriosis. A new report on the condition, just published by the All-Party Parliamentary Gr...
Auto-immune conditions, Author Laleh Khadivi, Women in football
A new study suggests that women going to the doctor with symptoms of auto-immune conditions are up to 74% more likely than men to be told th...
Navi Pillay Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Medical misinformation, Nigella eating
Navanetham 'Navi' Pillay, a former International Criminal Court judge and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has won the 202...
Weekend Woman's Hour: Consent, 80 years of Woman's Hour, The Lost Children of Tuam
To mark our 80th anniversary, Woman's Hour commissioned a survey of 2,000 women across the UK to explore how women feel about using their vo...
Mental health in women and girls, AI assistants, Extreme heat and pregnancy, Traitors fashion
A new review into autism, ADHD and mental health provision by the NHS in England has warned there has been a substantial increase in mental...
Consent, Top Fuel drag racing, Grey hair
To mark our 80th anniversary, Woman's Hour commissioned a survey of 2,000 women across the UK to explore how women feel about using their vo...
Woman's Hour celebrates 80 years from the Glasgow Women's Library
Launching the theme of our 80th birthday year: "Use Your Voice", we celebrate live from the Glasgow Women's Library in Scotland, the sole ac...
French student protests; Elizabeth Day and Sarah Solemani on TV drama The Party; could some adoptions be avoided?
Hundreds of schools in France have closed after clashes between police and student protestors. Chloe Quesnel is a high school teacher in Nic...
The Lost Children of Tuam, Ashley James on incontinence, Kemistry
Monica Dolan is starring in a new film, The Lost Children of Tuam, co-produced by Liam Neeson. In it, she plays the extraordinary amateur hi...
Weekend Woman's Hour: School uniforms in porn, The Farmer's Wife, 'Empty nesters'
A group of school children have set up a petition calling on the government to ban the use of school uniforms in porn. They say they want to...
Protests in Delhi, Retatrutide, The Farmer's Wife, Baby Loss
Multiple protests have been taking place in Delhi over the past week. Hundreds of women have come together in India's capital to protest aga...
Cornell University rape investigation, Tributes to Esther Rantzen, Sunbeds
New York state prosecutors say they will reopen a criminal inquiry into the alleged rape of a woman at Cornell University in 2024. The woman...
The Women's Art Collection at 40; school uniforms in porn; the history of widowhood
The Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced an end to the triple lock for the state pension from 2030, and it’s thought that women could b...