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
Jo Tongue, Universal Basic Income, Sian Norris, Childhood Obesity
Abortion laws, Anorexia and bone health, Profile of Greta Thunberg, Susanna Hoffs
Yasmeen Lari, Pakistan's first female architect, Relationships under pressure
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Ukraine Kakhovka Dam, Candi Staton & Christina Rossetti the Carer
Sue Barker, Period advert bans, Selling sexual assault in East Asia, Jenny Jungle
Louise Redknapp, Insomnia, Lindsey Burrow, Ukraine dam
Polly Toynbee on her new book An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals
Candi Staton, Narcissistic mother 'Bethany', Author Emma Cline, Smart phones in school, Nurses
Women in Ukraine, Baroness Sue Campbell, Abortion law in Texas, Drastic hair
Weekend Woman's Hour: Witness Protection, Gender Pension Gap, Big Boobs and Dr Edna Adan Ismali
Edna Adan Ismail, winner of Templeton Prize, Online games, Vasectomy increase in US, Iranian female journos on trial
Witness protection, Anti-LGBT law in Uganda, Author Harriet Gibsone, Women's World Cup squad
Gender pension gap, Trampolining, A Paedophile in the Family
Childcare debt, Big boobs, Succession
Why we lie, The Traitors star Amanda Lovett, Lies told by families, Lying to your partner
Weekend Woman's Hour: Period Inequality, Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, Electropop duo Let’s Eat Grandma
The Turkish elections and female voters
Tina Turner legend, Let's Eat Grandma, Whips, Sudan's women, Helen Hardy
Independent Inquiry into child sexual abuse, writer Katriona O'Sullivan, electric cars, fertility laws in France
Adoption, Protesting Indian Wrestlers, Naoise Dolan
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