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Women in Music
Celebrating women in music. Presented by Jane Garvey.
Twitter Special
Jane Garvey presents the guests and subjects inspiring the most Twitter comment in 2011.
Shepherdess; jurors; diets; table manners
The life of a shepherdess; jurors and distressing evidence; children's table manners.
Women protesters; Christie Watson; new year resolutions
The year of the protestor; Elizabeth of York; Christie Watson; new year resolutions.
Remarkable Women of 2011
Jane Garvey celebrates remarkable women from 2011, including Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi.
Women in Business
We discuss issues facing entrepreneurs and how to tackle them.
Selection for secondary school; writing about fathers
Selection for secondary school; multigenerational living; writing about fathers.
Multi-generational living phone-in
Jenni Murray takes your calls about living with many generations in one home.
Facial fillers; CSA charges; women's rights in Saudi Arabia
Facial fillers - should women be worried? CSA charges; Saudi campaign for women's rights.
Misogyny in football, Making the first move and Alice Wheeldon
Meryl Streep on how playing Margaret Thatcher helped change her view of the former PM.
30/12/2011
Presented by Jenni Murray. Tackling truancy and Whistle Down the Wind at 50.
Meryl Streep, cosmetic fillers and grammar schools
Meryl Streep, costmetic fillers, grammar schools - highlights of the Woman's Hour week.
Parental Favouritism, Work-life Balance, Women in Business
Sibling rivalry and parental preference. Presented by Jane Garvey.
Women and alcohol; making a successful business from a market stall
Hidden domestic violence among older people. Launching a business with a market stall.
11/01/2012
Carey Mulligan on her latest film Shame, and how to cook the perfect steak.
12/01/2012
Faulty breast implants - who should foot the bill for their removal and replacement?
Margaret Thatcher and the North, Finance and missing persons and Shirley Woodman
Margaret Thatcher and the North of England, plus the morality of the implant scandal.
Weekend Woman's Hour
Should music videos have an age rating and is it natural to favour one child over another?
Academy Schools, Muslim marriage, Hermione Lee
Parents on academy schools and Hermione Lee on Edith Wharton. Presented by Jane Garvey.
17/01/2012
The human cost of the crisis in social care; Anna Calvi sings; and how to wear pastels.
18/01/2012
Does feminism change when it crosses party political lines? And novelist Ahdaf Soueif.
19/01/2012
Trouble brewing over the regulation of medical implants for Stress Urinary Incontinence.
Orchids v Roses, Revenge and Julie Jones
Intricate and exquisite - could the orchid ever usurp the rose in the nation's affections?
Freemarket feminism, parenting the French way and pretty in pink for spring fashions.
Sex on the agenda, Martha Reeves, Welfare Reform
Sex on the agenda - should you schedule it in your relationship? Presented by Jane Garvey.
Women and the Leveson Enquiry. Is IVF Overpriced? Alternatives to Prison for Female Offenders. Breast Awareness
Women in the media, overcharging for IVF. Presented by Jenni Murray.
25/01/2012
Why the NCT wants to reinvent itself, and is it time we Brits got rid of Miss and Mrs?
26/01/2012
Friendships from cradle to grave: the chemistry of lasting friendship; what makes it tick?
When to tell people you're pregnant, and female soldiers on film
When to tell people you're pregnant and female soldiers on film. Presented by Jenni Murray
Ed Miliband - attractive to women voters?
How could Labour Party strategists sell Ed Miliband to women? And why is IVF so expensive?
Child protection; Marine le Pen; could a woman lead the 91热爆?
Will the next DG of the 91热爆 be female? And child protection: how tough decisions are made.