The leader of the Taliban has declared on state television that women who commit adultery will be stoned to death. Nuala McGovern speaks to the former deputy speaker of the Afghan Parliament, Fawzia Koofi. We look at the legacy of children's TV executive Kay Benbow, hailed as “Queen of the Beebies”, who has died with historian Dr Emily Baughan and producer Anne Wood.
Our reporter Jo Morris talks to the mum of a young man who got into serious trouble with drugs in the third in our series Breaking The Cycle about SHiFT a new approach to helping young people at risk of going off the rails.
A new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research warns of an AI "jobs apocalypse" which will have the greatest impact on women and young people. We talk to Carsten Jung from the IPPR and to AI Expert Prof. Gina Neff.
And live music from Zara McFarlane who's appearing at this year’s Cheltenham Jazz Festival.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Steve Greenwood
Westminster honeytrap scam, What we can learn from toddlers, Saudi Arabia
Weekend Woman's Hour: Pregnancy discrimination, Girls State and Carly Pearce
Rwanda genocide, Bowie's hairdresser, womanhood during Ramadan
Pregnancy discrimination, Prue Leith, Femcels, Social workers on screen
Girls State, Author Holly Gramazio, First female prime minister of the DRC
Scotland's hate crime law, Motherhood and art, Actor Rachael Stirling
Women in Country Music
Weekend Woman's Hour: Katie Price, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain, Biba exhibition
Katie Price, A decade of same-sex marriage, From policing to crime-writing
Biba exhibition, Pupil behaviour, Australian politician Georgie Purcell, Breaking the cycle
Killed Women campaign, Anti-ageing products and young girls, France birth rate
Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain, Breaking the cycle, Musih Tedji Xaviere
Weekend Woman's Hour: Laura Kenny, Actor Vicky Knight, baby loss certificates
Who wants to be a female entrepreneur?
Waspi women, Dr Jen Gunter, The Liverbirds, Child poverty
Baby loss certificates, 'Women's intuition', Carolynne Hunter & energy bills
Actor Vicky Knight, Conscription, Author Lesley Pearse
Olympian cyclist Dame Laura Kenny, Actor Imogen Poots, Pornography series
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Irish folk singer Cara Dillon, The Hampstead Paedophile Hoax, Maximalism
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