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<p>Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.</p><p>Listen to our new series of conversations, The Woman's Hour Guide to Life, on BBC Sounds - your toolkit for the juggle, struggle and everything in between: www.bbc.co.uk/guidetolife</p>

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Childhood epilepsy, Pre-loved fashion, Mary Magdalene music, Women only societies

<p>Childhood epilepsy, medical treatment, and the power of a mother and son working together. Filmmaker Emma Matthews and her son Louis Petit have created a new film, along with his …

Apr 03, 2026 · 57m
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Artemis II, Meg Jones, 'Battlefield techniques abuse'

<p>Nasa's Artemis II spacecraft has blasted off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida and is now orbiting the Earth in the first crewed mission to the Moon in half …

Apr 02, 2026 · 58m
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Women in Iran, Miscarriage cradle, Zoom bombing

<p>The week marks one month since the United States and Israel attacked Iran. We take a look at the impact the resulting war has had on the women and children …

Apr 01, 2026 · 57m
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Violence against women in NI, Singer Rita Wilson, Fashion getting skinnier?

<p>The music in this broadcast has been removed from this podcast for rights reasons. </p><p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland said last week that it is "shameful" that Northern …

Mar 31, 2026 · 54m
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Moon mission, Miscarriages, Romania's Eurovision entry

<p>Christina Koch is ready to make history. She is one of the four astronauts of Artemis 2 which is set to head around the Moon in the next few days. …

Mar 30, 2026 · 57m
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First female Archbishop of Canterbury, Elizabeth Moss and Kate Mara, Polyamory

<p>Dame Sarah Mullally is installed as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church’s 1,400‑year history. What unique skills and priorities will she bring to the role, and what …

Mar 28, 2026 · 29m
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Meta and Google trial, The Pitt actor Katherine LaNasa, Polyamory

<p>A young woman in the US has successfully sued Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp - and Google, owner of YouTube, over her childhood addiction to social media. …

Mar 27, 2026 · 56m
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27/03/2026

<p>Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.</p>

Mar 26, 2026 · 58m
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Olivia Dean's success, Esports, Andi Osho

<p>It's OIivia Dean's world and we are all just living in it. The 27-year-old music star picked up three MOBO awards last night to add to her four Brit awards …

Mar 26, 2026 · 56m
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First female Archbishop of Canterbury, Schiaparelli exhibition, Swiftynomics

<p>Today marks a historic moment for the Church of England as Dame Sarah Mullally is installed as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church’s 1,400‑year history. What unique …

Mar 25, 2026 · 59m
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Naz Shah, 'Alpine divorce', Sexism at football matches

<p>Naz Shah has been the MP for Bradford West since 2015, after a battle with George Galloway’s Respect Party, but her personal journey into politics is remarkable. Naz was born …

Mar 24, 2026 · 58m
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Dame Jenni Murray remembered, Elizabeth Moss and Kate Mara, Jane McDonald

<p>NB The music in this broadcast has been removed from the podcast for rights reasons</p><p>We start today's programme with the sad news that Dame Jenni Murray has died. For 33 …

Mar 23, 2026 · 55m
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FIFA's women's football tournaments, Glasgow fire, Pilgrimages

<p>New regulations state that every team in FIFA's women's football tournaments must include at least one female head coach or assistant coach. The requirements will come into effect during the …

Mar 21, 2026 · 29m
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FIFA's women's football tournaments, Women in Cuba, Adoption

<p>New regulations state that every team in FIFA's women's football tournaments must include at least one female head coach or assistant coach. The requirements will come into effect during the …

Mar 20, 2026 · 57m
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Glasgow fire, Sibling relationships, Artist LR Vandy

<p>**This programme has been edited since originally broadcast**</p><p>This month a legal case in the High Court has shed light on an industry of so-called 'Chatters' who work with online creators. …

Mar 19, 2026 · 56m
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Meningitis, FA's Director of Women's Football, Abortion amendments

<p>According to the UK Health Security Agency, five new cases of meningitis have been confirmed in Kent. Two people have died in the outbreak. Health Secretary Wes Streeting has described …

Mar 18, 2026 · 58m
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AI heart health mammogram, Prison family visits, The manosphere

<p>Researchers in Australia have developed an AI tool that means a routine mammogram can also monitor your heart health. The study, published in Heart, the journal of the British Cardiovascular …

Mar 17, 2026 · 58m
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Jesse Buckley's Oscars win, Social work, Kiran Millwood Hargrave

<p>It was an historic night for Ireland and for those watching in her home town of Killarney in County Kerry, as Jessie Buckley became the first Irish woman to win …

Mar 16, 2026 · 57m
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Leeds Maternity Review, Forgetting birthdays, the term ‘rough wooing’, Ashley Dalton MP, Maimuna Memon

<p>The health secretary Wes Streeting has appointed senior midwife Donna Ockenden to lead a review into maternity and neonatal services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The appointment came after …

Mar 14, 2026 · 51m
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CPR on women, AI toys, Maimuna Memon

<p>New figures out from Thames Valley Air Ambulance show that women are less likely than men to receive bystander CPR, with one in three female cardiac arrest patients getting no …

Mar 13, 2026 · 53m
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Dunblane 30 years on, Catfishing, Forgetting birthdays

<p>Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Dunblane massacre on Friday, presenter Anita Rani speaks to three women whose lives changed for ever that day; Melanie Reid, a journalist who …

Mar 12, 2026 · 58m
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Leeds maternity review, Women vets, The term 'rough wooing'

<p>The health secretary Wes Streeting has appointed senior midwife Donna Ockenden to lead a review into maternity and neonatal services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The appointment came after …

Mar 11, 2026 · 57m
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Rape investigations, Ashley Dalton MP, Winter Paralympics, Comic novel Motherfaker

<p>The government’s independent advisor on rape, Professor Katrin Hohl, is warning that despite an overhaul on how to investigate rape, there is a lack of awareness of the changes across …

Mar 10, 2026 · 58m
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Iran's women's football team, Menopause and mental health, Katherine Priddy

<p>Iran has a new Supreme Leader, the hard-line cleric, Mojtaba Khamenei, who has succeeded his father who was killed on the first day of the US-Israeli war against Iran. This …

Mar 09, 2026 · 53m
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Matrescence, Ramadan & the 'sandwich generation', The Traitors' Harriet Tyce

<p>The BBC has had exclusive access to the world’s largest study scanning pregnant women’s brains. The BeMOther project is based in Spain and has found that women's brains change significantly …

Mar 07, 2026 · 57m
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Iranian diaspora, Gen Z study, Onjali Rauf

<p>Conflict continues in the Middle East, but with near total internet blackout in Iran, there's currently very little access to information from within the country. Many women outside of Iran …

Mar 06, 2026 · 58m
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Allergy training, A Woman of Substance, Ramadan & 'sandwich generation', Model Charli Howard

<p>Schools in England must provide allergy awareness training for all staff for the first time, under new statutory guidance announced by the Department for Education today. From September, all schools …

Mar 05, 2026 · 58m
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Matrescence, Mexico's 'searching mothers', New novel The Night Nag

<p>The BBC has had exclusive access to the world’s largest study scanning pregnant women’s brains. The BeMOther project is based in Spain and has found that women's brains change significantly …

Mar 04, 2026 · 59m
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