This week, it was announced that 883 actors, writers, comedians and creatives had signed an open letter in support of Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, the star in a new production of Romeo & Juliet, due to run in London's West End next month. The open letter came after a statement was published by the Jamie Lloyd Company, "Following the announcement of our Romeo & Juliet cast, there has been a barrage of deplorable racial abuse online directed towards a member of our company..." It was co-authored by actor Susan Wokoma who told us about the open letter.
We hear from the new head of British Vogue Chioma Nnadi, a London born, fashion journalist, podcaster and the first black woman to lead the title.
We hear the stories of women living in a women’s refuge in London.
Do you remember our segment on female psychopaths? We hear from one woman who has been officially diagnosed with the condition, M.E Thomas.
The pioneering feminist, journalist and activist Gloria Steinem made a name for herself in the 1960s and 70s through her journalism, which included going undercover at the New York Playboy Club to expose exploitative working conditions. She co-founded the Women's Action Alliance and in 1972 she co-founded Ms Magazine, putting conversations about gender equality, reproductive rights and social justice in the spotlight, and bringing the issues of the women's rights movement into the mainstream. Gloria has just celebrated her 90th birthday and tells us about the current state of reproductive rights in the US, the importance of community and hosting her own women's talking circle.
Could we be happier and more successful if we acted like toddlers? Dr Hasan Merali, Paediatric emergency medicine physician, Associate Professor at McMaster University and author of Sleep Well, Take Risks, Squish the Peas, tells us what we can learn about self-improvement from toddlers.
And we have music from the singer songwriter Rebecca Ferguson.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed
Ellen White, How to ask for a pay rise, astronaut Christina Koch, Morning-after pill
Lionesses' legacy, Sarah Greene, Care leavers, Abortion
Martine McCutcheon, anxiety & the perimenopause, Who is Fani Willis? Period huts in Nepal
Youngest Afghan mayor, Romanticising your life, surviving WWII Japanese prison camp, Big tech & sexuality
Women's football World Cup, 'Older-age orphans', Channel swimming with a stoma, Caroline Moran, Women's feet
Weekend Woman's Hour: Megan Thee Stallion, Students Living at Home, Sarah de Lagarde, Dr Nadia Nadim
Andi and Miquita Oliver, Jacqueline Springer, Emma Rawicz, Afghanistan's most successful female footballer - Dr Nadia Nadim
Barbie in China, The Hundred: women's cricket, Women & student loans, Why university students are staying at home
Megan Thee Stallion, Fertility Anxiety, Colombian striker Linda Caicedo
The case against Bill Cosby, Live music from Chloe Matharu, The world of incels, Texas abortion law
Sarah De Lagarde's bionic arm, Women's World Cup update, Kim Sherwood on writing Bond
Weekend Woman's Hour: Loneliness & health, Concepts of Renaissance beauty & Rock Follies musical
Netball World Cup, Comedian Georgie Grier, Can design heal loneliness?
Loneliness, Lucy Calcines, Nicole Travolta, Kids at risk
Accusations against Lizzo, Power Lister Jodie Ounsley, Concepts of renaissance beauty, Loneliness, Rock Follies musical
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, Air pollution and pregnancy, BookTok, Loneliness and health
Author Jane Fallon, Two mothers talk about daughters' deaths, Netball World Cup, Young women and loneliness, Nouhaila Benzina
Weekend Woman's Hour: Men and stopping sexist behaviour, Grenfell play, Date Stacking
Women's Football World Cup, Black Beauty, Women in the city, Italian Lifeguard
Sinead O'Connor tribute, Singapore is scheduled to execute a woman, Scottish women artists, Date stacking, Femorabilia.
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