Women's rights
Witness History. The police rape interview that shocked Britain. Audio, 9 minutes
The documentary that changed the way British police treated women reporting rape.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted11 June 2021
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- Posted29 May 2021
Witness History. The first Arab woman pilot. Audio, 9 minutes
Egyptian Lotfia Elnadi made history when she gained her pilot licence in 1933
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted24 May 2021
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- Posted19 May 2021
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- Posted11 May 2021
Witness History. Legalising contraception in Ireland. Audio, 9 minutes
Contraception wasn't easily accessible in traditionally Roman Catholic Ireland until 1985
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Unavailable
- Attribution
- Posted6 May 2021
- Attribution
- Posted29 April 2021
Witness History. The women who reclaimed the night. Audio, 9 minutes
How women in England took to the streets to protest against a serial killer
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
A Point of View. Is that Miss or Mrs Wheeler? Audio, 9 minutes
Sara Wheeler argues that the Mrs-Miss distinction has no place in contemporary Britain.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sporting Witness. Fighting for women's boxing. Audio, 9 minutes
The story of Gail Grandchamp, who campaigned for the right of women to box in the USA.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted14 March 2021
Reclaim the streets: Bournemouth University students form friendship on scary walk home. Steve Harris. Audio, 00:04:16
Shannon McDavitt helped Lauren Oakley after she was followed home from a party.
- AttributionBBC Radio Solent
- Posted12 March 2021
Reclaim the streets: Dorset women share experiences of harassment. Steve Harris. Audio, 00:03:12
Residents Lorna and Toddy tell us their stories.
- AttributionBBC Radio Solent
- Posted12 March 2021
Witness History. Jane: The underground abortion network. Audio, 9 minutes
How feminists ended up performing abortions for women in 1960s America
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted10 March 2021
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- Posted8 March 2021
Witness History. The women of Egypt's Arab Spring. Audio, 9 minutes
In 2011 women were at the forefront of protests calling for a change in power in Egypt
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted2 March 2021
Princess Latifa: What are women's rights in Dubai and the UAE? Newshour. Audio, 00:02:29
While women do have rights, these are often dependent on the approval of a male guardian
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted26 February 2021
Brown Girls Do It Too. Who's Your Daddy with Alexa Singh. Audio, 42 minutes
Poppy & Rubina discuss daddy issues and effects on their sex lives with model Alexa Singh
- AttributionBBC Sounds
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted19 February 2021
