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Topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire 📻 @BBCRadio4 10am Mon-Fri, 4pm Sat or anytime on @bbcsounds 🎧 Presented by @itsanitarani and @bbcnuala

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📣 We’re thrilled to reveal that Nuala McGovern @bbcnuala will be the new presenter of @bbcwomanshour !🙌🥳 Nuala will present Mon-Wed each week. She joins Anita Rani @itsanitarani who will now present on Thurs, as well as Fri & Sat 🎧 Read more here ⬇️
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Today on Woman's Hour: We speak to the one and only Jackie Weaver to find out what actually happened at *that* viral #HandforthParishCouncil meeting
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Listen now: In an exclusive interview, Professor Kathleen Stock @Docstockk speaks to @Emmabarnett about resigning from her post at the University of Sussex, her experiences while still at the university and the concept of academic freedom
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Exclusive: Kate Bush reacts to her chart-topping success with #RunningUpThatHill . @KateBushMusic joined @emmabarnett to react to getting to Number One, after it was featured in @Netflix ’s #StrangerThings . Listen to the full interview here:
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'I just want to have a coffee with my mates.' Actor Sheila Hancock told @Emmabarnett what a year in lockdown has been like for her and why she thinks we need a revolution
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Exclusive: ‘It’s been the hardest four to five years of my life’ Prof @JoPhoenix1 , who was compared to a 'racist uncle at the Christmas table' by colleagues over her gender-critical views, has won an unfair dismissal claim against the Open University. She spoke to @Emmabarnett .
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Exclusive: Professor Jo Phoenix, who was compared to a 'racist uncle at the Christmas table' by university colleagues over her gender-critical views, has won an unfair dismissal claim against the Open University. @JoPhoenix1 will be joining @EmmaBarnett to discuss at 10am ⬇️
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🤔 Are you in need of some advice? Well, you're in luck - Edith Eger is a 91 year old Auschwitz survivor who has a thing or two to tell you about living your best life. Here are her 4 top tips 👌 You can watch more videos 👉 #treatyoself 😃
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EXCLUSIVE: Kate Bush: ‘The whole world’s gone mad’ @katebushmusic joined @emmabarnett to discuss her song #RunningUpThatHill topping the charts 37 years after it was first released. Listen here:
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'Virginia Giuffre does not owe anyone in the public anything.' @jessphillips , the Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, told @emmabarnett about how she felt Prince Andrew's legal team used ‘every victim-blaming trick in the book’.
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‘Thank you because without you, we wouldn’t be where we are’ Watch the emotional moment England @lionesses captain @leahcwilliamson thanks Sue Whyatt, part of the first ever England women’s football team. Listen to the full interview on @bbcsounds 🎧⬇️
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We’ve had a big response from listeners to the interview with journalist @HadleyFreeman on today's @bbcwomanshour . Hadley recently resigned from the Guardian, claiming she was “censored” from writing about gender identity, trans issues and antisemitism. Listen back here ⬇
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On the programme today we look at fairness in sport as athletics and cycling become the most recent bodies to ban trans women from competing in the women’s category. Nuala is joined by Sharron Davies, former Olympic swimmer, to discuss her new book on the topic ⬇️
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The journalist @HadleyFreeman has recently resigned from The Guardian. She joins @emmabarnett to talk about her claims of being “censored” from writing about gender identity, trans issues and antisemitism. Listen here ⬇
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In a powerful interview, broadcaster and former lioness @AlexScott tells @emmabarnett that her father’s comments denying her allegations of abuse have ‘lit a fire’ in her and inspired her to use her platform to prevent other women from experiencing what her mum went through ⬇️
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Beth Mead: The Qatar World Cup is 'not something that I'll be backing or promoting at all' Speaking to @emmabarnett , England Women’s Player of the Year @bmeado9 comments on Qatar hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022, a country where homosexuality can be punishable by death ⬇️
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Exclusive: ‘It’s been the hardest four to five years of my life’ Prof @JoPhoenix1 , who was compared to a 'racist uncle at the Christmas table' by colleagues over her gender-critical views, has won an unfair dismissal claim against the Open University. She spoke to @Emmabarnett
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Leah Williamson tops the Woman's Hour Power List 2023! She led the @Lionesses to their UEFA Women's Euro 2022 victory. Now @leahcwilliamson has topped the Power List 🤩🏆 Here’s what she said when @bbcnuala joined her at the @ArsenalWFC training ground to share the news 👇
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The BBC has confirmed the following: "We can clarify that Brain of Britain's list of women finalists included a trans woman, a detail which was not made available to the Woman's Hour team when they covered the story."
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For the 1st time in its 55 year history, @BBCRadio4 ‘s ‘Brain of Britain’ had its first ever all-woman final. @Emmabarnett is joined by the 2022 champion 🏆Sarah Trevarthen, & co-founder of feminist quizzine @quizogyny Becky Howell to discuss the rise of women in quizzing.
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🤔 Are you in need of some words of wisdom? Well, you're in luck - Edith Eger is a 91 year old Auschwitz survivor who has a thing or two to tell you about living your best life. Here are her 4 top tips 👌 More videos 👉
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'Is the Royal Family not meant to be evolving with the times?' Author and activist @SholaMos1 spoke to @Emmabarnett about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex interview with @Oprah and what it could mean for the Royal Family
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The journalist @HadleyFreeman has recently resigned from The Guardian. She’s on today's programme talking about her claims of being “censored” from writing about gender identity, trans issues and antisemitism. Listen from 10am 📻
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Miriam Cates MP raised a question in the House of Commons with PM Liz Truss yesterday, about the charity Mermaids. She tells @Emmabarnett why.
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Exclusive: Professor Jo Phoenix, who was compared to a 'racist uncle at the Christmas table' by university colleagues over her gender-critical views, has won an unfair dismissal claim against the Open University. @JoPhoenix1 joins @EmmaBarnett to discuss. Listen now ⬇️
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'It's the end of an era' Did you watch the final episode of #DerryGirls this week? Siobhán McSweeney @siobhni , joined @KrupaPadhyBBC earlier this week to discuss playing the iconic Sister Michael in the @Channel4 show.
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📻 10am: @iiSuperwomanii tells us how to be a 'Bawse'. Plus, we ask her about her meteoric rise to fame as a Vlogger
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Boris Johnson has said he does not think “biological males should be competing in female sporting events”. What do you think should happen next on the issue of trans women in sport?
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Labour MP Rosie Duffield tells Emma why she is backing a new political campaign Respect My Sex if you want my X
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No. 1 is Caroline Lucas 🌍 @CarolineLucas was the first and currently only MP for the @TheGreenParty and is a constant advocate for the environment in the most powerful place in the UK – Parliament 🌿 #WHPowerList
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We have news! 🎉 From 17th May, Woman’s Hour will have more time dedicated to the issues that really matter in women’s lives, as we’re extending our live programme to A FULL HOUR! Put your countdowns on and let us know any stories you’d love/like for us to cover ⬇️
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Exclusive: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe reveals for the first time how she was made to sign a false confession in the presence of the British government. Nazanin has never told her own story in full - until now. Join @Emmabarnett on @BBCOne at 8pm & on @bbcwomanshour tomorrow.
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A message sent from Her Majesty The Queen to mark the 75th year of @bbcradio4 's Woman's Hour, read by our presenter @emmabarnett
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Six months on from Kamala Harris being sworn in as Vice President, some are claiming polling figures show her as the most unpopular VP in American history. We are joined by Sharon D Austin, a professor of Political Science, and lecturer Melissa Milewski
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Been holed up watching @TheCrownNetflix over Christmas? 👑 Scene-stealer Vanessa Kirby aka Princess Margaret shares some stories from set 👇🎥👌 #TheCrown
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It’s the end of an era here on Woman’s Hour 😢it's Jenni Murray's last programme! Our longest serving presenter @whjm has spent 33 years interviewing some of the world’s most inspiring, powerful & interesting women. Join us at 10 @bbcradio4 @bbcsounds 1/
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Beth Mead: The Qatar World Cup is 'not something that I'll be backing or promoting at all' England Women’s Player of the Year comments on Qatar hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022, a country where homosexuality can be punishable by death.
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The Cass Review into children and gender identity says young people have been 'let down' by the NHS and says it's mainly birth-registered girls seeking treatment. @hannahsbee , author of Time to Think, joins @Emmabarnett to discuss ⬇️
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‘I shed tears reading the script, and that's never happened before' ITV's Breathtaking tells the story of NHS staff battling to save patients in the pandemic. It’s based on Dr Rachel Clarke’s memoir. Actor @jofroggatt & @doctor_oxford joined us to discuss.
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A huge dose of #mondaymotivation right here courtesy of @ShakiraSweet1 👇She shares her inspiring rise to President-elect of @nusuk 👌
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After the BBC pulls out of Stonewall's diversity scheme citing concerns over impartiality, BBC Nations Director Rhodri Talfan Davies @rhodritd gives the organisation's first interview to @Emmabarnett - and is asked to clarify guidance over on-air language:
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'99.99% of council meetings just aren't like that.' We spoke to the one and only Jackie Weaver about *that* #HandforthParishCouncil meeting and how to keep your cool in online meetings 🖥 listen to the whole interview on now @BBCSounds
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‘I just thought: Somebody has to tell this story. We have to know what our NHS has done for us’ ITV's Breathtaking tells the story of NHS staff battling to save patients in the pandemic. It’s based on Dr Rachel Clarke’s memoir. @jofroggatt & @doctor_oxford joined us to discuss.
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‘I feel I’ve had to often work twice as hard as the men to be accepted’ Surgeon Zoe Barber spoke to @KrupaPadhyBBC about the challenges she faces as a woman in her line of work, compared to that of her surgeon husband. Listen to the full interview on @BBCSounds ⬇️
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‘It was great fun’ Rosie Duffield, the Labour MP who came to prominence with her views over sex and gender, was at the lunch hosted by JK Rowling this weekend. She spoke to Emma Barnett about it on @bbcwomanshour this morning:
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We spoke to Richard Ratcliffe @FreeNazanin , who was on day 11 of a hunger strike outside the Foreign Office @FCDOGovUK , trying to get his wife Nazanin home:
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‘I think they were [bully-boy tactics]. I think it was bullyish to bring myself to his meeting last night & kept me waiting for some time before I went in’ Pat Cullen of @thercn on why talks with Health Sec. @SteveBarclay collapsed last night & why nurses are striking on Thurs⬇️
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This morning @constanzahola talked to Jane about the situation in Chile. We heard a clip from comedian @ValdebenitoNata , one of the leading female voices during the protests. You can hear more from her on #BBCCulturalFrontline this weekend:
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Happy International Women's Day! 🎉🚺💪👭We asked some of our favourite women to share their role models to celebrate #IWD2018 👇🎥👌 #pressforprogress (More videos here 👉 👉 )
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A 16-year-old girl has died in Nepal as a result of the illegal practice of chhaupadi, where menstruating women are forced to stay in huts outside their homes. 🗣️ Journalist and campaigner @KafleShristi joins @BBCNuala from Kathmandu to discuss. 🎧 Listen now ⬇️
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'I thought extra time finished at 115 mins, so I'd been screaming at her for five mins to blow the whistle' England @lionesses captain @leahcwilliamson on hearing that whistle in the Euros final and why equal access to sport is so important. Listen to Woman's Hour on @bbcsounds .
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🎥 Edith Eger is a 91 year old Auschwitz survivor who has a thing or two to tell you about living your best life. Here are her 4 top tips for not just surviving but thriving too 👌 We ❤️️ her #egerlikebeaver Check out more of our videos here👉
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Sally Wainwright: ‘It’s boundless what I owe my mum’ Happy Valley creator and writer Sally Wainwright @spiceyw told @krupapadhybbc that she’d lost her mother just before Christmas. She went on to pay a beautifully moving tribute to her ⬇️
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A group of Labour party MPs & Peers are challenging the party's decision to turn down an application by @LabWomenDec to have a stall at this year's @UKLabour Conference in Liverpool. We talk to @HayteratLords , former chair of Labour’s ruling body:
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‘I cannot possibly ever get over this.’ Conservative MP @OwenPaterson talked to @Emmabarnett about the death of his wife Rose, who took her own life last year, and how he thinks it’s important people talk about the issue more
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‘I’ve probably stepped back and stayed silent for too long on these issues’ The Conservative peer Baroness Warsi has criticised Home Secretary Suella Braverman for using ‘racist rhetoric’. She joined @itsanitarani to tell her why she’s speaking out now. Listen here ⬇️
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‘He has been educated, has he not?' Baroness Hale shares her view on Justice Secretary Dominic Raab’s understanding of the word misogyny:
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Scottish law student, Lisa Keogh says she was invited to share her views about what defines a woman during University debates. She’s now being investigated for those comments which some considered inappropriate and offensive. Listen to full interview here:
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📢 ‘I screamed, and I screamed loud and long’ Head teacher Ruth Perry’s sister, Professor Julia Waters, tells @itsanitarani how she felt listening to Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman talk about her sister’s death ⬇️
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🥈No. 2 is @taylorswift13 💖 Country star turned pop icon - she's in charge of her own image & wants to empower girls 💫💪 She's criticised streaming services & in 2017 she sued a man who sexually assaulted her for $1🔥 #IBelieveHer #WHPowerList
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Last week @andreajenkyns , the new Education Minister, stuck up her middle finger to crowds while walking in to Downing Street. She's not apologised but defended her actions. What are your thoughts?
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‘I was so happy to be alive.’ Renowned artist @TraceyEmin told @EmmaBarnett about having cancer and how her outlook on life changed after extensive surgery
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'I only think that my derrière caused a ruckus because it's larger' 👗 Irish singer-songwriter @cmatbaby told @emmabarnett about the dress she wore to the @Brits , which showed her bum crack, and the reaction she received. Listen here ⬇️
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'I greatly regret the demise of the full bush' Actor Emma Thompson joined @emmabarnett to discuss changing beauty standards and preparing for full frontal nudity in her new film Good Luck To You, Leo Grande. Listen here:
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🗣️‘The messages have got worse since I started talking about it’ Actor and comedian @EmAtack told @bbcnuala about how the graphic online abuse she's received for years has increased even more since talking about it in a new documentary ⬇️ 🎧 Listen in full on @bbcsounds
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Who runs the world? 🤔 Well, we think it has to be @Beyonce , @taylorswift13 and @Adele . Find out why they all made the #WHPowerList 🎶: 📻 #WomenInMusic
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Sally Wainwright: ‘It’s boundless what I owe my mum’ Happy Valley creator and writer Sally Wainwright @spiceyw told @krupapadhybbc that she’d lost her mother just before Christmas. She went on to pay a beautifully moving tribute to her ⬇️
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‘I just wish we stopped discussing what mode of action is right or not and focused on the major issues happening right now’ Climate activist @vanessa_vash gives @jesscreighton1 her thoughts about the Just Stop Oil protests in the UK ahead of the COP27 climate summit next week.
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What happens when women speak out? @munroebergdorf discusses the consequences. She's on the programme from 10am 📢🙋🏽
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🏆No.1 is @Beyonce 🥇 YES it could only be #QueenBey 👑🐝 she’s changed the landscape of pop music! Her songs are infused with political meaning & power 💪 Her charity #BeyGOOD donates to students & women 🔥 #Lemonade #WHPowerList #BBCMusicDay
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Leah Williamson has spoken out about male allies in women’s football, saying that she’s concerned “we’re used as a stepping stone” into the men’s game. @leahcwilliamson was speaking to @bbcnuala after finding out that she's topped the #WomansHourPowerList .
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Fifty years on from the 1st Women’s Liberation Conference, what bought around 900 women to the latest gathering? We discuss with @sophiescott and @HJoyceGender #WomensLib2020
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Most Wikipedia profiles are of men. British physicist @jesswade has made it her mission to change that, adding pages for more than 800 women in STEM. But who really decides who is notable enough? She joins us ➡️
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From @YouTube to Woman's Hour 👌🎥 @BethanyMota talks to @JaneGarvey1 tmrw about bullying, life & interviewing Obama
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The UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission could lose its top level status at the UN's human rights body because of its "defence of biological sex", according to The Telegraph. EHRC Chair Baroness @KishwerFalkner will be joining @clairemcdonnell1 to discuss 🎧⬇️
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'The constant questioning around when I’m going into the men’s game… I already coach elite players’ ⚽Chelsea manager @emmahayes1 spoke to @HayleyHassall about being made to feel ‘grateful’ and being ‘reminded of her place’ during her career ⬇️
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🗣️'When I was 14, they came to take me & hold the marriage ceremony. I managed to cancel that' @shakardokht is the first Afghan woman to receive a PhD in medical physics & became a cancer pioneer in the UK. She told @BBCNuala how she resisted an arranged marriage in her youth⬇️
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‘It made me realise that life isn't a problem to be solved, it's an experience to be had’ Mathematician and author @FryRsquared was diagnosed with cervical cancer in January 2021. She told @pauletteish how she looked towards stats to make sense of it all.
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Join us tomorrow morning for an EXCLUSIVE interview with Kate Bush. She joined @emmabarnett to discuss topping the charts and gaining legions of new fans. Tune in at 10am:
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Could there be unintended consequences to using terms like 'pregnant people' instead of 'pregnant women'? @ProfJennyGamble joins @Emmabarnett to discuss:
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The BBC has withdrawn from Stonewall’s diversity scheme. In the first interview on why that decision has been taken @emmabarnett speaks to Director of Nations, Rhodri Talfan Davies @rhodritd Listen live from 10am
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‘I just wish we stopped discussing what mode of action is right or not and focused on the major issues happening right now’ Climate activist @vanessa_vash gives @jesscreighton1 her thoughts about the Just Stop Oil protests in the UK ahead of the COP27 climate summit next week.
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Stonewall CEO Nancy Kelley spoke to @BBCWomansHour about BBC impartiality, JK Rowling and trans rights. Listen to the full interview on @BBCSounds :
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: 'I could probably have written two novels had I not had my child’ 📚 Bestselling author @ChimamandaReal tells @emmabarnett why she struggled to get back into a creative space to write novels again after the birth of her child. Listen here ⬇️
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The @EHRC has published guidance for providers of single-sex spaces. It’s Chair @KishwerFalkner joins us live from 10am:
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#100years since the first votes were cast by UK women 🗳️🙌, we ask @lilyallen , Saoirse Ronan, @Pearlie_mack , @charlottechurch , @joswinson and others: Who are the people shining a torch 🔦 for women’s rights today? Watch the full video 📹 below. #Vote100
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ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) affects more women than men. The Health Secretary @sajidjavid has set out a plan to do more to tackle ME. We speak to @TimesONeill , who last year lost his eldest daughter Maeve, after suffering from ME since her teens:
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Did you miss our interview with Kate Winslet on @bbcwomanshour a few weeks ago? 👀 Now 47, Kate joined @emmabarnett to share why she wants to encourage women to embrace getting older as ‘life’s too flipping short’. Listen to Kate’s interview on @bbcsounds 🎧⬇️
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Listen now: Stonewall CEO Nancy Kelley gives her first interview since the BBC became the latest organisation to pull out of its diversity scheme - citing concerns about perceptions of impartiality regarding transgender rights and women's rights:
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🏃🏽‍♀️Yesterday @AdeleRoberts became the fastest woman to complete the London Marathon with a stoma bag 🏅 🗣️ She joins @BBCNuala to tell us how it felt and why it was such an important goal for her. 🎧 Listen now @BBCSounds ⬇️
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On now: In an exclusive interview, Maya Forstater talks to Emma Barnett about winning her tribunal appeal over her sex and gender beliefs and how JK Rowling’s support of her case raised its profile:
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🗣'Change is possible... But it's never easy & you have to be brave' 🙌 Singer & activist @AnnieLennox joined @itsanitarani to discuss how we can all become agents of change, her charity @thecirclengo & why she's passionate about amplifying voices of women across the globe 🎧⬇️
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‘It’s lit a fire in me. I will do all I can to help women in this position so they don’t have the feelings that my mum has carried her whole life’ @AlexScott tells @emmabarnett how it felt to read her father's comments in the Daily Mail denying her allegations of abuse.
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Now available on @bbcsounds : Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's exclusive interview with @emmabarnett IN FULL. She explains what Prime Minister Boris Johnson told her about the real reason for her imprisonment in Iran. Listen to the Woman’s Hour podcast now:
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BBC Woman's Hour
3 years
‘Don’t sit around waiting to suddenly feel better.’ Deborah James ( @bowelbabe ) is living with stage 4 bowel cancer. She joined @EmmaBarnett to share her best advice on how to get up and enjoy life, even in the darkest times 👉
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BBC Woman's Hour
6 years
🎵 @palewaves have been announced as fifth on the @bbcmusic #Soundof2018 top 5 list! 🎵 They join @janegarvey1 now 👉
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'Oliver wasn't mentally ill or psychotic, he was autistic' A new law will require healthcare staff to receive mandatory training in autism and learning disability awareness. @PaulaMc007 has been campaigning for this since her son's death in 2016.
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Exclusive: ‘I've just felt like I've been on trial for eight years.’ Dr Koshka Duff joined us in her first broadcast interview since she won compensation from the Met Police for sexist, derogatory language used during a strip-search in 2013. Listen here:
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6 years
"When you reclaim the word fat, it takes the power away..." Bloggers @GraceFVictory @NerdAboutTown & @bethanyrutter tell us why they've reclaimed the three-letter word 💪🎥👇 #bodypositive More about How Fat Feels on WH on Thursday 📻
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Beth Mead: ‘I would love to help try and bridge that gap so it’s just the norm’ England Women’s Player of the Year @bmeado9 told @emmabarnett about winning the Euros and normalising the ‘perception and acceptance of homosexuality’ in men's and women's football ⬇️
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