Throughout history, women have been fearlessly taking up arms and waging war, but the stories of female fighters tend to be forgotten. That is changing, with more female warriors taking centre stage in films and TV series. Kim Chakanetsa talks to two women committed to bringing these stories into the limelight.
Cathy Schulman is an Academy award winning pr ... Show More
Oct 2020
Women and homelessness, WTO, The Secret Garden, Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women's Rights
The number of women sleeping rough has risen over the last decade and as the economic impact of Covid 19 takes hold, social policy advisers fear the situation could worsen. Female rough sleepers with their complex profile have it worse on the street, and in wider homelessness ter ... Show More
42m 47s
Apr 2023
15. Women's Bodies. Women's Rights
In this episode of Lady Killers, Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika discuss the first four cases - brothel-keeper Mary McKinnon, chocolate-cream killer Christiana Edmonds, enslaved woman Margaret Garner and abortionist Elizabeth Taylor. They ex ... Show More
28m 40s
Apr 2022
#172 - Ce que la guerre fait aux femmes
Cette semaine on parle de guerre et de femmes, dans le contexte dramatique de l’invasion russe sur le territoire Ukrainien. D’ordinaire associées à un statut de victimes à protéger, incapables de s’auto-défendre, les femmes sont rarement reconnues comme sujets agissants du confli ... Show More
42m 27s