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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Weekend Woman's Hour: Katherine Ryan, EHRC Chair, Shingles vaccine and dementia
Comedian Katherine Ryan’s new memoir explores the impact being a Firstborn Daughter has had on her approach to life. From becoming the family’s ‘Head of Emotional Operations’ at a…
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Delia Smith, NEETS, Harpist Rachel Newton
For decades, Delia Smith taught us how to cook with confidence through her bestselling books and popular television programmes. She sold more than 20 million books, such was her in…
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Katherine Ryan, Public Speaking, Anna Byrne
Raye has just won the Mercury Prize 2026 with her album This Music May Contain Hope. Anita Rani talks to music journalist Sophie Williams, who was one of the judges this year.New f…
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EL James's new novel, comedian 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 to become a publishing phenomenon. Since…
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Antisemitism 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 Ofsted inspector Sir David Bell makes 27 rec…
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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 miss school. Currently they risk a crimin…
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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 a Menopause Action Plan in place. This n…
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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 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. She is the 21st fem…
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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 anniversary. The prize is considered the UK’s mos…
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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, mostly of women and children. Since then, UK…
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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 Group on Endometriosis and supported by En…
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Auto-immune conditions, Living with 'Butterfly skin', Author Laleh Khadivi
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 their symptoms are psychological or psycho…
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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 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. In a statement anno…
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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 voice in different areas of their lives. O…
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09/10/2026
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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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 voice in different areas of their lives, f…
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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 accredited museum of women’s history in th…
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French student protests; Elizabeth Day and Sarah Solemani on TV drama The Party; could some adoptions be avoid…
Hundreds of schools in France have closed after clashes between police and student protestors. Chloe Quesnel is a high school teacher in Nice in France. She's been watching her stu…
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The Lost Children of Tuam, Ashley James on incontinence
Monica Dolan is starring in a new film, called The Lost Children of Tuam, co-produced by Liam Neeson. In it, she plays the extraordinary amateur historian, Catherine Corless, whose…
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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 abolish the sexualisation of children t…