The UK’s only female arm-wrestling referee Kath Whitaker

Anita Rani talks to Kath Whitaker about her national championships debut on Saturday.

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Stonewall, Pride & Prejudice (Sort Of), Parcopresis

Hear an exclusive interview with Nancy Kelley, CEO of Stonewall.

• 56 mins

Melanie Sykes, Menopause, Marching Midwives

Mel Sykes on her mid-life autism diagnosis and how it all makes sense.

• 57 mins

MP Caroline Nokes, Beverley Knight, Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai

Beverley Knight plays Faye Treadwell, who managed the Drifters after her husband died.

• 57 mins

Sheila Rowbotham; Sikh Women's Aid; Stella Creasy; HOGO; Motherhood & elite sport

Writer/historian Sheila Rowbotham and the women's liberation movement in Britain.

• 57 mins

Fabric a hidden history of material. Sweden's first female PM. Domestic violence and femicide in Turkey.

Fabric a history of material. Post Office worker on clearing her name. DV in Turkey.

• 57 mins

Arwa Mahdawi, Cinderella & Sexual Harassment in Schools

Arwa Mahdawi on strong women leaders and the ongoing appeal of Cinderella.

• 56 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Beverley Knight, Melanie Sykes, Cinderella

Actor and singer Beverley Knight on making her voice heard in the music industry.

• 56 mins

BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2021; Ghislaine Maxwell court case; Adoption breakdown;Anorexia & relationships; Nicola Adams

BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2021 winner-Vivianne Miedema of Arsenal & Netherlands.

• 57 mins

Emily Ratajkowski, Republicanism in Barbados, Josephine Baker

Emily Ratajkowski discusses sexuality, feminism, empowerment and the male gaze.

• 57 mins

Mississippi abortion law at the Supreme Court; Poet Kim Moore; England women's football win

Mississippi is asking the US Supreme Court to overturn the landmark ruling Roe v Wade.

• 57 mins

Joanna Chiu; Modern Stepmums; Angela Merkel's military farewell

Krupa Padhy explores the realities and complexities facing modern stepmothers.

• 57 mins

Rise in menopause tribunal cases; Brené Brown; Women's FA Cup Final; Ravinder Bhogal; Ghislaine Maxwell trial update

Tribunal cases where employees allege menopause-related discrimination are rising.

• 57 mins

Brene Brown on emotions, Stepmums, Women in the Army, Poet Kim Moore, Morning after pill costs, Chef Ravinder Bhogal

The American author and Professor Brené Brown on emotions.

• 57 mins

Under Pressure, Julia Chain, Hyaluronidase

We hear how Kate and Annie's long relationship is under pressure in our new series.

• 57 mins

Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace, Education activist Vee Kativhu, Pregnancy and homelessness

Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace on women's experiences in the armed forces.

• 57 mins

Christmas Parties, Afghan Families in Hotels, Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

Reaction to Allegra Stratton's TV rehearsal about parties at Downing Street

• 58 mins

Jazz pianist Zoe Rahman, Allegra Stratton's resignation, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Germany's abortion law

Award-winning jazz pianist Zoe Rahman joins Emma.

• 53 mins

Catfishing, Caribbean Christmas Food & Gloves

One woman’s story of catfishing and the why gloves are ‘high fashion’.

• 57 mins

Jazz musician Zoe Rahman, IVF regulation, County Lines, Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace

Jazz musician Zoe Rahman tells us about her new award from the 2021 Ivors Composer Awards.

• 43 mins

Grandparents providing childcare, Kate Griffiths MP's barrister Charlotte Proudman; Under pressure - Fibromyalgia

What's the impact of providing childcare for your grandchildren?

• 57 mins

Actor Tamsin Greig. Pregnant women and the booster jab. Volunteering. Miss World at 70.

Actor Tamsin Greig. Pregnant women and the booster jab. Volunteering. Miss World at 70.

• 57 mins

Quaranteens, New police strategy to tackle violence against women and girls, Jess Duckworth

What's the impact of missing out on traditional teen experiences because of Covid?

• 57 mins

Lucy Chappell; Æthelgifu the Medieval Abbess; Women on Boards; Women and Festive TV.

Chief Scientific Officer Lucy Chappell and we hear about the medieval abbess Æthelgifu.

• 57 mins

Fridge Girl, Gen Z, bell hooks

How a fridge falling on a woman dancing could have actually been a good thing!

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Tamsin Greig, bell hooks, Grandparents and childcare

Actor Tamsin Greig on her latest role as the legendary theatrical agent Peggy Ramsay.

• 57 mins

Claire Foy as the Duchess of Argyll, Janey Godley, Karen Teasdale-Robson, Edwina Paisley

The award-winning actor Claire Foy on her role as the Duchess of Argyll in a new BBC drama

• 56 mins

Carol Ann Duffy and Kathryn Williams, Care worker shortages, Peng Shuai, Divisive TV

Poet Carol Ann Duffy and folk musician Kathryn Williams on their new collaboration.

• 55 mins

Susie Dent, Emma Fuller, Charlie Jeer, Stephen Wright, Under Pressure series with Hawra and Mustafa on stillbirth

Countdown Star and lexicographer Susie Dent on festive words.

• 57 mins

Joan Collins, Prof Sharon Peacock, Jacquie White & Mary Bousted, Kayley Inuksuk Mackay & Tiffany Kuliktana Ayalik, Usma Saeed

The acting legend Dame Joan Collins on her life and seven decades in showbusiness.

• 57 mins

The ladies of the Posh Club Dance Club. A Musical Family Christmas. Volunteering.

The ladies of the Posh Club Dance Club. A Musical Family Christmas. Volunteering.

• 54 mins

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Claire Foy, Joan Collins & the musical collaboration of Carol Ann Duffy and Kathryn Williams

Claire Foy as the Duchess of Argyll

• 42 mins

A Woman's Hour Christmas mixtape

Emma Barnett presents a Woman's Hour Christmas mixtape.

• 57 mins

Women of Snow and Ice; Sheila Watt-Cloutier; Antarctic Women; Nancy Campbell and Cold Water Swimming

Women inspired to protect, write about, scientifically study and experience the cold.

• 57 mins

Donna Ward on reclaiming spinsterhood; Comedian Liz Kingsman; Scars - Jayne; BBC 100 Objects

Australian author Donna Ward on what it means to be accidentally single and childless.

• 57 mins

Ghislaine Maxwell verdict, Novelist Susie Boyt, Girls' education in Afghanistan, Disability rights activist Abia Akram

Pakistani disability rights activist, Abia Akram - one of the BBC's 100 Women in 2021.

• 56 mins

Sarah Ransome, Scars, Sequins

Sarah Ransome, a victim of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, tells her story.

• 56 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Sarah Ransome, Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Donna Ward

Sarah Ransome, a victim of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, tells her story.

• 57 mins

Putting your life on the page with Ann Patchett, Cathy Rentzenbrink, Julia Samuel and Arifa Akbar

Memoirs, morning pages: why do so many of us want to put our lives on the page?

• 57 mins

Poorna Bell, Scars, Adele Parks

Making a change for the better in 2022: we speak to Poorna Bell about getting stronger.

• 56 mins

Scottish Government consultation on gender recognition laws, Hazel Hunt, Pragna Patel, Rosie de Courcy & Megan Nolan

Scottish government consultation on gender recognition laws.

• 57 mins

Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Dr Lin Berwick, Women in the 1921 Census

The Derry Girls actor Jamie-Lee O'Donnell on her new show about prison officers.

• 56 mins

Preet Chandi/'Polar Preet'; 'Collector culture'; Playwright, Nell Leyshon; Drones & night street safety; Novelist, Nikki May;

Preet Chandi: believed to be 1st woman of colour to complete a solo crossing on Antarctica

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Putting your life on the page, Dr Lin Berwick, Poorna Bell

Psychotherapist Julia Samuel on the therapeutic benefits of writing our life stories.

• 48 mins

Helena Merriman, Bus driver Tracey Scholes, Pardons for women tried as witches

The presenter of Room 5 and Tunnel 29 on her own life-changing medical diagnosis.

• 57 mins

Rhian Graham, Who is Sue Gray?, Hopeline19

Emma speaks to Rhian Graham, one of the Colston Four.

• 57 mins

Safety of Women; Sarak Sak; Adjoa Andoh and Julie Cooper; Women on Coins; Adolescent Skin

Actor Adjoa Andoh and composer Julie Cooper talk about their new collaboration Continuum.

• 56 mins

Emma Gannon on her new book (Dis)connected, Virginia Giuffre US civil case, Helen Pankhurst

Emma Gannon on her new book new book, (Dis)connected.

• 56 mins

Midwives refusing the vaccine, Spiking inquiry, 50 years of diet & fitness with Rosemary Conley, Slam poetry

Midwives refusing the vaccine.

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Anti vaccine mandate, Witchcraft, Helen Pankhurst

Helen Pankhurst, on the legacy of the Suffragettes and protest.

• 43 mins

Winter Olympics; Ashling Murphy; Gender roles and parenting; Investing in female-founded companies

Skeleton racer-Laura Deas, one of Team GB's athletes competing in the Winter Olympics 2022

• 56 mins

Netball, Ashling Murphy, Adult Literacy, Universities & NDAs

Higher Education Minister MIchelle Donelan discusses universities and the ending of NDAs

• 55 mins

Georgina Ballantine - record-breaking fisherwoman, Dame Rachel de Souza, Dianne McKay, Rising cost of living, Rachel Krantz

Influential and fearless women from Perth in Scotland over several centuries.

• 57 mins

The future of IVF. Self-love. Reclaim These Streets judicial review. ENB's Tamara Rojo.

The future of IVF. Tracey Emin on removing her art from No.10. Anna Soubry on defecting.

• 57 mins

Mary Ward, Georgina Lucas & Ladette Culture

Mary Ward the 17th century feminist, Georgina Lucas & Ladette Culture

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Tracey Emin, Ashling Murphy, Adult Literacy

Tracey Emin on why she wants her artwork removed from display in Number 10 Downing Street.

• 56 mins

Female Offender Strategy, Midwife shortage, Zara Rutherford, Annalena Baerbock

Is the criminal justice system responsive enough to the specific needs of women offenders?

• 57 mins

Six the Musical, Author Hannah Jewell on 'snowflakes', Women in Ukraine

The success of the modern musical retelling of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII.

• 56 mins

The Corona Lisa, Dr Koshka Duff, Magistrates and Revolutionary women

Emma speaks to Dr Koshka Duff about her treatment by the Metropolitan Police.

• 57 mins

Opera arias reinvented, Holocaust survivor Rachel Levy

The all female string quartet who are reimagining the songs of tragic operatic heroines.

• 56 mins

Tareena Shakil, Nabihah Iqbal & Libby Heaney, Death Doulas

Tareena Shakil, the first British woman to be found guilty of joining IS, tell her story.

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Dr Koshka Duff, Tareena Shakil, 'Corona Lisa', Midwife Shortage, Six The Musical

Dr Koshka Duff’s first broadcast interview since winning compensation from the Met police

• 57 mins

Sarah Brown sings Mahalia Jackson, Performative activism, Over-exercising

To mark the 50th anniversary of her death, Sarah Brown sings Mahalia Jackson.

• 54 mins

Carrie Johnson, Supreme Court nominee, Women & work in the 17th century, Rising popularity of thongs, MMR

Carrie Johnson - the first prime ministerial spouse who has had a career in politics.

• 57 mins

Gloria Allred, Monica Ali, Val McDermid

American lawyer Gloria Allred, who is still representing 20 accusers of Jeffrey Epstein.

• 56 mins

Stacey Dooley, Police culture, Novice rowers become champions, Afghan women update, Anne Boleyn

Stacey Dooley investigates the UK's mental health crisis in her new book

• 57 mins

British Vogue, Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 & Mummy Bloggers

British Vogue’s iconic cover, the GB women at the Olympics and 'Insta mums'.

• 56 mins

World record Atlantic rowers, Police culture, Women and investing

The fastest women to row across the Atlantic. Photo credit Atlantic Campaigns.

• 29 mins

Knitted Sandringham, Donna McLean, Language of reproduction

Meet the creator of an extraordinary 'knitted Sandringham' - 92 year old Margaret Seaman.

• 57 mins

Group screaming, Kim Leadbeater, Breast cancer treatment, Separated fostered siblings, Lazy Susan

Have you ever felt like you wanted to scream from the top of your lungs?

• 56 mins

Marian Keyes, Women making crypto art, Self-harm in women's prisons

The bestselling novelist on revisiting a much-loved character in new book Again, Rachel

• 57 mins

Licoricia, Kate Nash, Devolution and Samantha Jones

The singer Kate Nash and the impact devolution has had on female political representation.

• 55 mins

Cressida Dick, Tukwini Mandela, Sheila Ferguson

Commissioner Cressida Dick's resignation and what it means

• 56 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Marian Keyes, Donna McLean, Mansion Hunters

Author Marian Keyes on revisiting a much-loved character in her new book Again, Rachel.

• 55 mins

Imtiaz Dharker, Catherine Nicholson and Agnes Poirier, Clare Murphy, Dr Alison Smith

The language of love and poetry with Imtiaz Dharker.

• 56 mins

Mina Smallman

Mina Smallman. Family planning and work. Women in Ukraine.

• 57 mins

Virginia Giuffre, Child Protection, Lydia Becker

The settlement between Virginia Giuffre and Prince Andrew: what does it mean for her?

• 56 mins

Women protest in India over hijab bans, Comedian, Isabelle Farah, Parents attacked by their children,

Women protestors in India condemn proposal to ban hijabs in classrooms in Karnataka.

• 57 mins

Reimagining ‘Jekyll and Hyde’. Author Charmaine Wilkerson. Forensic Scientist Professor Angela Gallop

Reimagining ‘Jekyll and Hyde’. Charmaine Wilkerson. Professor Angela Gallop. Baby names.

• 56 mins

Mina Smallman, Workplace Fertility Officers, Covid Jabs for kids, Suffragist Lydia Becker

Mina Smallman, mum of murdered sisters Bibaa and Nicole on Cressida Dick’s resignation.

• 57 mins

Disabled children and exercise, Women escaping domestic abuse, and 'rent farming', Whistler's Woman in White

First ever guidelines on physical activity published for disabled children & young people.

• 56 mins

Competitive cheerleading, Criminal records, Professor Clare Chambers

Political philosopher Clare Chambers explores why we feel the need to change our bodies.

• 56 mins

Margaret Atwood, Harriet Harman MP, Joanna Scanlan, Sportswomen's urinary incontinence

The Canadian bestselling author on feminism, grief and being in your 80s.

• 56 mins

Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, Diana Parkes, David Trickey, Baroness Floella Benjamin

Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall talks exclusively to Woman’s Hour.

• 56 mins

Ukraine, Matchgirls' strike of 1888, Equal pay deal for US women’s national football team, and Briony Greenhill

Ukraine, the matchgirls' strike, equal pay deal for US Women’s soccer, & Briony Greenhill.

• 56 mins

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Diana Parkes, Ukraine, Unmodified bodies, Joanna Scanlan, Margaret Atwood

An exclusive interview with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and future Queen Consort.

• 58 mins

Ukrainian women on the front line, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Dangerous women and I, Mona Lisa

We hear about the Ukrainian women taking up arms and fighting for their country.

• 56 mins

Lucy Cooke on the female of the species, Furniture poverty, Threads

The zoologist Lucy Cooke on her new book which aims redefine the female of the species.

• 58 mins

Dr Suzanne Simard & plant intelligence, Refugee women, Scottish govt & GRC, Inheritance laws & abusers, Sexist uniforms

Over thirty years of ground-breaking research on plant communication and intelligence.

• 56 mins

Women's safety, Paralympics

Where are we in the fight to deal with violence against women and girls?

• 58 mins

Priya Ragu, Olena Symonenko, Mountain climbing

Priya Ragu on her Tamil-inspired music

• 56 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Priya Ragu, Women in the Ukraine, Inheritance laws

Swiss-Tamil singer Priya Ragu and how women are coping with the situation in Ukraine.

• 56 mins

HER Ensemble, Dame Margaret Hodge MP, Surrogacy & IVF in Ukraine, Anne Dickson

The welfare of surrogate mothers in Ukraine

• 57 mins

Women and Equalities Minister. Celebrating the achievement of mothers. Ukraine refugees.

Women and Equalities Minister. Celebrating the achievement of mothers.

• 56 mins

Joss Stone, Maya Forstater

Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Joss Stone

• 57 mins

Figs in Wigs & 'Little Wimmin', Former Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill, Rachael Denhollander & USA Gymnastics

'Little Women', 'Little Wimmin' and the all-female collective Figs in Wigs.

• 57 mins

Betty Boo, Rana Ayuub, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC

Betty Boo is back with her first solo single in nearly thirty years.

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Women and Equalities Minister, Rachael Denhollander & USA Gymnastics, Betty Boo

We explore what role the Women and Equalities Minister should serve.

• 56 mins

Plaque for women priests, Young women coming off the Pill, Electric cars

A plaque put up to mark the first women priests' ordination finally includes their names.

• 56 mins