30/10/2024

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

Yesterday, the closing arguments were made in the trial of Dominique Pelicot and 50 other men accused of raping Gisele Pelicot - a case that has not only shocked France but far beyond that country's borders. To understand what impact the trial has had on women in France Nuala speaks…

In Lucy Manning’s words, it started with a phone call... A call from a withheld number late at night in October 2022 where the unknown male caller appeared to be masturbating as he made lewd comments about her. And so began what she describes as a two year ordeal to…

Oscar-winning Michelle Yeoh’s career has spanned four decades. Starting out as a martial arts actor, she became a key figure in the Hong Kong action scene. But it was her role in James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies that catapulted her into Hollywood. She's since starred in many hits including…

A new Woman's Hour series, Forgotten Children, explores the impact on families when one or both parents are sent to prison. Reporter Jo Morris hears from Kerry Wright, who was just 17 and living in Spain with her parents when British police arrived at their door and arrested both of…