Farah Naz, the aunt of murdered law graduate Zara Aleena, tells of her concerns that her niece’s killer has allegedly been caught having sex with a prison worker. Jordan McSweeney is serving a life sentence at high security Belmarsh Prison in South London.
For the first time, Royal Mail has dedicated set of stamps to a female pop group, to commemorate 30 years since the Spice Girls formed in 1994. We talk to Lauren Bravo, a culture journalist and DJ Yinka Bokinni.
We hear about the start of a new landmark Radio 4 documentary series called Child which follows a child’s development from fertilisation to first birthday from its creator India Rakusen.
There’s been a surge in the number of scabies cases and experts are warning there’s an acute shortage of treatments which is turning it into a major public health threat. Emma Barnett talks to Dr Tess McPherson about who is most at risk from catching it and how best to avoid it.
And we talk to barrister Harriet Johnson about a study which suggests rape convictions are 20% less likely in cases where victims give pre-recorded evidence.
Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Emma Harth
Sex and choking, Online Abuse and work, Plastic pollution
Boys, Lyra McKee, Perinatal suicide, South African elections
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Zeinab Badawi, Fisherman Ashley Mullenger, Stalking, Singing and periods
Weinstein conviction overturned, Fishing, Comeuppance, Ballet pumps
BRCA1, Open relationships, Wrongly Accused: The Annette Hewins Story
Zeinab Badawi, Singing and periods, How is the debate over abortion shaping the US election?
Kitty Ruskin's year of casual sex, The Girls of Slender Means, ARFID
Peres Jepchirchir, Rhianon Bragg and stalking, Nitazenes, Tortured poets
Woman's Hour special: Breaking The Cycle
Weekend Woman's Hour: Ruth Wilson, Young women and voting, Jing Lusi
Solitude, Apprentice winner Rachel Woolford, Personal space, Kids and smartphones
Ruth Wilson, periods and concussion, Ashley Storrie on BBC comedy Dinosaur, sewing for mental health
Cricketer Nat Sciver-Brunt, Smacking, Hypochondria, Police drama Blue Lights, Soul Sisters Pakistan
Hollywood film producer Deborah Snyder, Young women and voting, Machinal star Rosie Sheehy
Jing Lusi, Fatal stabbings in Sydney, Australia, Declaration of the Rights of the Child
Weekend Woman's Hour: Juliet open letter, Vogue’s Chioma Nnadi, Female Psychopath
Marian Keyes, Juliet open letter, Swiss climate victory
Gloria Steinem at 90, Rebecca Ferguson, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
The Cass Review, Back to Black, Female Psychopath
Vogue's Chioma Nnadi, Life in a women’s refuge, Parents jailed after son’s mass shooting
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