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1937: Scrapbook For 1912 - Vera Brittain Introduces Dame Ethel Smyth. Audio, 00:03:58
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BBC
Posted
18 June 2024
1975: Newsday - Germaine Greer. Video, 00:11:29
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BBC
Posted
18 June 2024
1968: Dagenham women's strike. Video, 00:01:14
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BBC
Posted
18 June 2024
Period education campaigner 'honoured' by OBE
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South Yorkshire
Posted
17 June 2024
1968: Equal pay for women. Video, 00:14:32
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BBC
Posted
17 June 2024
Opening Lines. Frankenstein. Audio, 14 minutes
John Yorke explores the themes and background to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
'I want to show mums that they can do it all'
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Bristol
Posted
15 June 2024
Chinese #MeToo journalist jailed for five years
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World
Posted
14 June 2024
The Global Story. Menopause: Are attitudes changing? Audio, 26 minutes
Once a taboo subject, women are now being encouraged to talk about their experiences
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion drug mifepristone
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US & Canada
Posted
13 June 2024
Flying Nightingales celebrated 80 years after first flight
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Wiltshire
Posted
13 June 2024
1959: Interview with Nancy Astor - first female MP. Video, 00:11:35
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BBC
Posted
13 June 2024
Swiss parliament defies ECHR on climate women's case
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Europe
Posted
12 June 2024
Woman turns to art to express autism diagnosis
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Jersey
Posted
12 June 2024
Những đứa con bất hạnh trong Chiến tranh Việt Nam
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Vietnamese
Posted
11 June 2024
How a new boxing club is helping protect women
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
11 June 2024
Sikh woman becomes first to win barrister award. Video, 00:02:15
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London
Posted
10 June 2024
Opening Lines. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Audio, 15 minutes
John Yorke takes a look at Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
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BBC Radio 4
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Katie Piper forced to pull out of ITV show
Posted
8 June 2024
Statue to honour woman who fought for voting rights
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Wales
Posted
8 June 2024
The Documentary Podcast. BBC OS Conversations: Stories from Mexico. Audio, 23 minutes
Ordinary Mexicans share their concerns and hopes for new President Claudia Sheinbaum
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Actresses call for crackdown on bad behaviour
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Culture
Posted
5 June 2024
The Documentary Podcast. Whose Truth?: Online women haters. Audio, 17 minutes
How Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa came under fire for doing her job
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Mexican mayor killed hours after first woman elected president
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Latin America
Posted
4 June 2024