📣 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 ⬇️
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
'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
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
.
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 ⬇️
🤔 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
😃
'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’.
‘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
🎧⬇️
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 ⬇
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 ⬇️
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 ⬇
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 ⬇️
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 ⬇️
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
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 👇
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."
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.
🤔 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 👉
'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
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 📻
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 ⬇️
'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.
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?
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
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 ⬇️
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.
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
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/
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.
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 ⬇️
‘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.
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:
'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
‘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.
‘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
⬇️
‘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:
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:
‘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⬇️
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:
Happy International Women's Day! 🎉🚺💪👭We asked some of our favourite women to share their role models to celebrate
#IWD2018
👇🎥👌
#pressforprogress
(More videos here 👉 👉 )
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 ⬇️
'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
.
🎥 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👉
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 ⬇️
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:
‘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
‘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 ⬇️
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:
📢 ‘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 ⬇️
🥈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
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?
‘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
'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 ⬇️
'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:
🗣️‘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
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 ⬇️
‘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.
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
.
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 ➡️
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 🎧⬇️
'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 ⬇️
🗣️'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⬇️
‘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.
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:
Could there be unintended consequences to using terms like 'pregnant people' instead of 'pregnant women'?
@ProfJennyGamble
joins
@Emmabarnett
to discuss:
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
‘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.
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 ⬇️
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:
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
🎧⬇️
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:
🏃🏽♀️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
⬇️
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:
🗣'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 🎧⬇️
‘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.
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:
‘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 👉
'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.
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:
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 ⬇️