Woman's Hour Folgen

Clean Break is a theatre company that works with women in prison or have been in prison. Clean Break is now 40 years old. and as part of their birthday celebrations one of their plays is on in the West End of London. It's called [BLANK] and is at the Donmar Warehouse. It looks at the experiences of women behind bars and the impact on their families and across society. Jacqueline Holborough the co-founder of Clean Break comes on the programme together with the play’s director, Maria Aberg and one of the actors, Lucy Edkins.We have the second in our series about the partners of soldiers with PTSD. Today we hear from Becky, who's 40 and a mum of two. She's known her husband since they were teenagers but she tells our reporter, Tamsin Smith, how PTSD infiltrated their relationship as soon as they moved into military married quarters.

In a new series, we hear from three women whose partners are veterans with PTSD. They describe what it's like living alongside the condition, often for decades, and how it's affected their own mental health, relationships and self-confidence. Over the past two years the charity Combat Stress has been running workshops across the country to help partners in crisis. This summer they launched an online programme - the first of its kind in the UK - designed to help partners isolated at home due to caring responsibilities, childcare and work pressures. Today we hear Sheila's story and how she found help for herself and her husband. Things are changing for women in Northern Ireland. Abortion has just been decriminalised and we can expect same-sex marriage to become available in the New Year. Northern Ireland was actually the first place in the UK where gay couples could get a civil partnership, but is now the last place in the UK to have same-sex marriage. Jane speaks to Grainne Close and Shannon Sickles - the first couple to get a civil partnership 15 years ago - about how things have changed. As more and more children and young people become engaged in environmental issues, how can parents support them and talk to them about climate change in an age-appropriate way? And are schools doing enough to educate this eco-conscious generation? We discuss with climate change psychotherapist Caroline Hickman, climate change teacher Fiona Cowen and teen eco-activist Ella Mann. The Oscar winning American actress Regina King, star of 'Boyz n the Hood', 'Jerry McGuire', 'Seven Seconds' and ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’, has been named as one of Time’s 100 most influential people of 2019. She talks to Jane about her new series, ‘Watchmen’.

We explore what women think about Brexit and how it might affect the way they vote in another possible referendum and in an expected general election.Near the beginning of the 20th century 'Dr' Linda Hazzard ran a sanatorium in Washington state, USA where she encouraged her patients to fast for months on end. Some of her patients sang her praises but many died of starvation under her care. Now the subject of a play, we explore her curious life and her search for a 'perfect cure'.Many of the organisations in charge of protecting the UK countryside are led by women. A coincidence or are women bringing anything different to the table?There is a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Pre-Raphaelite Sisters. The images of the Pre-Raphaelite painting - all sumptuous locks and languid poses - might be what we think of but their stories as artists, managers and artistic partners have been erased. Today we consider Joanna Boyce Well.Presenter: Jane Garvey Interviewed guest: Dr Michelle Harrison Interviewed guest: Dr Rosie Shorrocks Interviewed guest: Kate Valentine Interviewed guest: Kate Barton Interviewed guest: Marian Spain Interviewed guest: Beccy Speight Interviewed guest: Minette Batters Interviewed guest: Dr Jan Marsh Interviewed guest: Dr Alison Smith Producer: Lucinda Montefiore