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Back to SearchFemicide Census, Period Pain, Eve Miles, Forced Adoption
New figures from the latest Femicide Census out are out today. It records the killings of women. It shows that 122 women, that’s more than 2 women a week, were killed by men and boys in 2022. Most wo…
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Forced adoptions, Author Paula Byrne, Is rugby safe?, Stalking and heart disease, Wool Sourcing
The former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has added his voice to calls for an apology for what he has called the state's role in the "terrible tragedy" of historic forced adoptions. Between 1949 and 197…
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Childcare, Robin Wright on The Girlfriend, Life after a loved one's suicide
As of today, eligible working parents in England can access 30 funded hours of childcare – in term time only - for children aged nine months to four years. The government is doubling the amount of fu…
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Forced adoptions, Belinda Carlisle, Harvest mice release
The former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has added his voice to calls for an apology for what he has called the state's role in the "terrible tragedy" of historic forced adoptions. Between 1949 and 197…
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Double jeopardy fight, Fertility rates, SRY tests, Wool sourcing
New ONS stats show that fertility rates are the lowest in England and Wales since 1938 when they were first recorded. Dr Bernice Kuona is researcher in fertility and family relationships at the Univ…
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Child abuse & VAWG, Novelist Miriam Robinson, Taylor Swift's engagement, Private midwives
Ten child protection organisations have written an urgent letter to the home secretary expressing concern over the omission of child sexual abuse from the upcoming government strategy on violence aga…
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Gender pay gap, 'Spicy' fiction, Is rugby safe? Labubu dolls
A new report, published yesterday, says Britain’s gender pay gap has been understated for two decades, casting doubt on the accuracy of official figures. It's news that might have big implications fo…
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Stalking & heart disease, Cellist Laura van der Heijden, Periods
Sussex-born cellist Laura van der Heijden won the BBC Young Musician of the Year at the age of 15 in 2012. She's now been named as the Royal Philharmonic Society's Instrumentalist of the Year and wil…
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Woman's Hour Special: Women's Rugby World Cup
Join Anita Rani as she broadcasts live from Blaydon Rugby Club in Gateshead ahead of the first game of the Women's Rugby World Cup. Tonight England kick off the tournament on home soil by facing the …
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21/08/2025
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