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Back to SearchSister Bliss, Maternity reports, River women, Karis Kelly
Sister Bliss started out DJing on London’s gay club scene, before co-founding Faithless in 1995 and became one of the few women of her generation to help shape UK dance culture. Faithless have sold m…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Karen Gillan, Children's exposure to porn, Lexi Chambers
If you knew the world was about to end, what would you do? That’s the dilemma Karen Gillan’s character faces in new film, The Life of Chuck, in which she stars opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor. Karen tells …
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Mounjaro price rise, The Real Housewives of London, Nail bars
As Mounjaro increases its prices, there are fears that more women will turn to black market drugs. Nuala McGovern talks to pharmacist Sehar Shahid about how easy it is to swap brands of the weight lo…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Afghanistan, RFU President Deborah Griffin, Pregnancy sickness, Goalkeeper Hannah Hampton
Four years after Taliban fighters retook the capital Kabul on 15 August 2021, UN Women, the gender equality agency, is warning that the situation for women and girls in Afghanistan is increasingly un…
Published on 4 months ago
Women in Afghanistan, Alison Goldfrapp, VJ Day, High St shopping
Four years after Taliban fighters retook the capital Kabul on 15 August 2021, UN Women, the gender equality agency, is warning that the situation for women and girls in Afghanistan is increasingly un…
Published on 4 months ago
Post Office scandal, RFU President Deborah Griffin, Annie & The Caldwells
Rooprit Gill ran the Post Office in Handsworth, Birmingham, a business started by her father. But that came to an end when, like hundreds of other postmasters and mistresses, she was falsely accused …
Published on 4 months ago
Women and heat, Surrey Police on catcalling stunt, Pregnancy sickness
As a heatwave grips the UK, we ask whether soaring temperatures impact women differently to men and what should be done about it. Professor Mike Tipton, Professor of Human and Applied Physiology at t…
Published on 4 months ago
Nurses facing abuse in A&E, Sailor Jazz Turner, What is the true value of care?
The chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing says their members are facing "abhorrent" levels of violence in accident and emergency departments. Nicola Ranger tells Nuala McGovern that their …
Published on 4 months ago
Goalkeeper Hannah Hampton, Celine Song on Materialists, Women in construction
England goalkeeper and Lionesses legend Hannah Hampton joins Nuala McGovern on Woman's Hour fresh from winning the UEFA European Women's Championship. Born with a serious eye condition, doctors told …
Published on 4 months ago
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Female breadwinners, Married but living apart, Living with a terminal diagnosis, Traditional craftswomen
What happens when a woman earns more than her partner, or is the sole earner in a household? For some couples, it’s a practical arrangement that works well. For others, it can bring unexpected tensio…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago