Catherine Carr has two teenage sons and, through talking to them and to other parents of teenaged boys, she became aware that boys were experiencing confusing and often troubling messages about their role in society. Catherine decided to speak to boys directly and, in a series which is running all week on Radio 4, About the Boys features the voices of teenage boys around the country discussing topics like sex and consent, masculinity, friendship, life online and education. She joins Clare McDonnell to talk about what she has learned.
Perinatal suicide, while thankfully rare, is the leading cause of maternal death in the UK. A new study from King’s College London is the first of its kind to focus on the causes. The perinatal period runs from the start of pregnancy to a year after giving birth – and the suicide rates among these women has recently risen. Clare speaks to Dr Abigail Easter, the lead researcher, and Krystal Wilkinson, who shares her own experience.
This week marks 30 years since South Africa’s first democratic elections following the end of apartheid. Millions of South African’s braved long queues to take part after decades of white minority rule which denied Black people the right to vote. But will the upcoming election at the end of May see as many turn out to vote, and are women in South Africa as engaged with politics as they were 30 years ago? Clare talks to the BBC's Nomsa Maseko about her own memories of 30 years ago, and what has happened in her country since.
Mica Paris, Is Facebook dangerous for kids? Regretting your tattoos
Imelda Staunton on depicting Queen Elizabeth II
The future of embryo research, Ofsted inspections, British Gymnastics' complaints procedure
Cancer during pregnancy, Israel-Gaza, Wedding dresses
Ruth Perry's sister, City Girl in Nature, Caring for a spouse, The politics of Christmas presents
Ruth Perry's sister Julia Waters, America Ferrera, 'Stuffed'
Conductor Marin Alsop, actor Diana Quick and a campaign to protect domestic abuse victims
Julianne Moore, Dame Mary Berry, Prevalence of forced sterilisation
Women's Football, Head of Ofcom, The politics of Christmas presents
Stella Creasy MP, Living with one breast, City Girl in Nature
Weekend Woman's Hour: Emily Blunt, Stammering, Long-distance friendships, Maria Callas' legacy
Director Adura Onashile, Grieving and Christmas Shopping, Maria Callas's Centenary
Emily Blunt, Pathologist-novelist, Baby formula, Short marriages
British Gymnastics and safeguarding, Long-distance friendships, Myha’la, Hunters, Hockey kits
Parenting a child with a stammer, EHRC Chair Baroness Falkner, Ukrainian chess player Kamila Hryshchenko
Dame Harriet Walter, Runner Eilish McColgan, Post-mastectomy bras
Weekend Woman's Hour: Sharon Osbourne, Jodie Whittaker and Outgoing Chief Inspectorate of Ofsted, Amanda Spielman
Sharon Osbourne, Shani Dhanda, Nurses and their mental health
Jodie Whittaker, Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman
Deepfake pornography, Professor Yvonne Doyle – lessons from the pandemic, Pianist Chloe Flower
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