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30/05/2016
Programme that offers a female perspective on the world.
kd lang, Science behind obesity, Teaching fertility in schools
kd lang on her new collaboration with singer-songwriters Neko Case and Laura Veirs.
The horsewomen of Fantasia, Young women and self-harm
Young women and self-poisoning; the horsewomen of Fantasia; Eileen Gray.
A tribute to Carla Lane
We pay tribute to the writer Carla Lane who died this week.
Lindy West, Street sex, Panama canal engineer
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman; Sex workers' outreach project; Ilya de Marotta.
k.d Lang talks about the collaboration on her new album.
k.d. Lang on her new collaboration with singer-songwriters Neko Case and Laura Viers.
What do African-American women make of Hillary Clinton? Elisa Lasowski
Hillary Clinton, Elisa Lasowski in Versailles, losing your partner and the Radium Girls.
150 years of feminism, Music journalist Sylvia Patterson, Scented rose grower Rosebie Morton
What has feminism achieved for women over the last 150 years?
Women and clean energy in India; Meg Rosoff
Author Meg Rosoff on winning the 拢430,000 Astrid Lindgren Award. Jane Garvey presents.
The future of feminism; Patricia Clarkson; Marina Benjamin
The future of feminism, Patricia Clarkson, and Marina Benjamin on turning 50.
EU referendum - the women who still don't know how they'll vote. Plus French actress Isabelle Huppert
The women who still don't know how they'll vote in the EU referendum.
Fawcett Society 150 years, Patricia Clarkson, Isabelle Huppert
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Fawcett Society.
Takeover week: Guest Editor Mary Berry
Legacy of Girlguiding; Gardening as therapy; Home-made presents and thank yous.
Takeover week: Guest Editor Eniola Aluko
How sport helps build confidence, getting a good social life when busy, and social justice
Takeover week: Guest editor Jackie Kay
The newly appointed makar - Scottish national poet - guest edits the programme.
Takeover week: Guest Editor Professor Sunetra Gupta
Should people stick to a specialism or embrace multitasking in all elements of life?
Takeover week: Guest Editor Angelina Jolie Pitt
How do you deal with asthma, cancer or a difficult pregnancy living in a refugee camp?
Weekend Woman's Hour
The best bits of the Woman's Hour Takeover Week. Presented by Jane Garvey.
Kim Cattrall, Jess Phillips tribute to Jo Cox MP, Beekeeping
Kim Cattrall returns, Jo Cox remembered, and Mary Berry on beekeeping.
Adultery - Should You Stay or Leave? Italian Mayors, Enouraging Girls to Play Cricket
What do you do if you suspect or know that your husband is having an affair?
Annabel Croft and Wimbledon 2016; EU Referendum and Its Effects on Lower Income Women
Former British number one Annabel Croft, Vicky Pryce and Ruth Lea, and Wendy Rowe.
Laura Mvula on her new album The Dreaming Room.
Laura Mvula talks about her new album The Dreaming Room and living life in the public eye.
Vanessa Redgrave, Judy Joo, EU, Sheffield women
Richard III, cook the perfect kimchi, polls impact and Women in One.
Late Night Woman's Hour: Masturbation
Lauren Laverne and guests discuss women and masturbation - is it still a taboo?
Weekend Woman's Hour: Laura Mvula, EU referendum, Kim Cattrall
Laura Mvula on coping with fame and the inspirations for her latest album.
Phone-In: Infidelity
Phone-in on infidelity. If your partner has been unfaithful, how did you deal with it?
Woman's Hour looks at the current political situation and how women are shaping the debate
How are women shaping the debate in the current political situation?
Sheffield Women of Steel, Lauren Weisberger, Debbie Bestwick
A new statue commemorates the work of Sheffield women during the war. With Jenni Murray.
Mary Seacole, High heels, Cricket, Midlife blues, Sheffield
Looking at Crimean War heroine Mary Seacole, and a government inquiry into office dress.
Gone with the Wind's Olivia De Havilland celebrates her 100th birthday.
Brexit Debate, Life After Infidelity, Olivia de Havilland at 100
Brexit consequences, how to negotiate and can employers insist on high heels?