Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide on Sunday, April 7th, BBC journalist Victoria Uwonkunda returns to the counry for the first time after fleeing the genocide as a child in 1994, to find out how the country, and its people, are healing.
Lots of our favourite pop - or rock - stars have had iconic looks to go along with their music. Suzi Ronson is the woman behind a hairstyle many of us will recognise - the red spiky hair of Ziggy Stardust, a character and onstage persona created by David Bowie. Her new memoir, Me and Mr Jones: My Life with David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars, talks about her time with the band during the 70s and meeting her late husband, guitarist Mick Ronson.
It’s almost the end of Ramadan 2024 – the month of fasting observed by Muslims all over the world. But what’s it like to be a modern woman, potentially on your period, and still going through Ramadan? Anita speaks with Mehreen Baig from the podcast Not Even Water and Hodo Ibrahim, co-host of The Oversharers podcast, on the challenges and advantages of being a Muslim woman in Ramadan.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Cecelia Armstrong
Sarah Everard's murder 3 years on, Jess Phillips MP and Baroness Ruth Davidson, singer CMAT
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Actor Samantha Morton, Alabama IVF, Andi and Charlotte Osho
Female history in 101 objects, Big hair, Toilet training and schools, Primodos
Alabama IVF, Porn series, Tattoos
Yvette Cooper on Raneem's Law, Porn review, Andi and Charlotte Osho, Lucia Keskin
Nadine Shah, Vivian Oparah, Baby loss certificates, Amber Heard trolling
Actor Samantha Morton, Mary Beard, Leap year proposals
Kelsey Parker, Ukraine's children, Black girls in education, Aisling Bea
Kelsey Parker, 'Sharenting', Maternity leave
Mistresses, Ultrasound 'bra', Diane Foley, Black girls in education
Ukraine children, Director of Wicked Little Letters Thea Sharrock, The implications of a new AI study on the brain
Tracey Crouch MP, Marina Litvinenko, Author Kiley Reid
Aisling Bea, Profile of Yulia Navalnaya, Carmen Smith, Wellness v stoicism
Lorraine Kelly, Paralympian Lauren Rowles, Chief Constable Sarah Crew
Lorraine Kelly, Actor and boxer Kali Reis, Presenter Gemma Cairney
Rain Newton-Smith, Paralympian Lauren Rowles, Homelessness
Surviving cancer five times, Government's independent rape advisor, Miners’ strike 40 years on, My Life with the Walter Boys
Joanne Froggatt and Dr Rachel Clarke, Minette Batters, NFU, Israel/Gaza war
Bryony Gordon, Israel-Gaza war, Chief Constable Sarah Crew
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Rhianon Bragg, Businesswoman and entrepreneur Emma Grede, Amelia Earhart’s legacy
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