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
Tell-all celebrity memoirs, child poverty, and 'de-banking'
Israel-Gaza war, Monica Dolan, Kathryn Mannix
Ruth Birch and Julia Curry, Liza Mundy, Lyse Doucet and Tal Hochman, Cindy Thomas and Laura Barton
Ukrainian children in Russia, Fanny Mendelssohn, Men designing clothes for women
Weekend Woman's Hour: Coleen Rooney, IVF add-ons, Online safety, Talking on the phone, Singer Mica Millar
Maternity services, Resigning as a bridesmaid, Mica Millar, Poet Safiya Sinclair
Dr Lisa Cameron MP, Saffron Coomber & Yero Timi Biu, Julia Fox, IVF add-ons
Coleen Rooney, Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves MP, Poet Becky Hemsley.
Israel-Gaza war, Talking on the phone, Online safety, Baby stealers in Kenya
Madonna, Polish elections, Diana Parkes, Unconventional setups
Weekend Woman's Hour: Dawn French, Shirley Ballas, Violinist Esther Abrami, Pelvic Pain
Shirley Ballas, Bed Bugs, Everything Now writer Ripley Parker
Dawn French, Laura Linney, Israel-Gaza conflict, Unconventional living
Dr Katalin Kariko - Nobel Prize winner, latest on Israel Gaza, Pelvic pain and pain in sex, The International Day of the Girl.
Israel-Gaza conflict: Bereaved parents across the divide, musician Esther Abrami, Emily Hunt, Is the future of the Labour Party
Israel-Gaza conflict, Endometriosis test, Sam Brown - Savile survivor
Gunner Jaysley Beck’s mother, Organist Anna Lapwood, Menopause tribunal, Mary McAleese, Grace Dent
Food writer Grace Dent, Artist Shirin Neshat, History of enslaved women, Actor Mei Mac
Gunner Jaysley Beck's mother, Wild Hope, Earth Mama, Dangerous dogs
Mary McAleese, Isabel Hardman, Kitty Donaldson, Emma Reed Turrell, Viv Groskop, Dr Bernadette Jenner
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