FIFA's women's football tournaments, Glasgow fire, Pilgrimages
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
New regulations state that every team in FIFA's women's football tournaments must include at least one female head coach or assistant coach. The requirements will come into effect during the under 17s and under 20s Women's World Cup and Women's Champions Cup competitions this year. Kylie Pentelow caught up on the news with Fern Buckley, sports presenter and former Talksport commentator, and Claire Buzzeo, a football coach at the Sunderland football academy.
Women in Glasgow are pulling together after a fire near the city’s Central Station forced several female‑run salons and small businesses to shut their doors. For nearly two weeks, nail technicians and hairdressers have been unable to trade after their businesses were destroyed by the blaze. But amid the shock and uncertainty, a powerful network of local women has stepped in—rallying support, fundraising, and even donating equipment to help these business owners get back on their feet. Anita speaks to Carolyn Currie from Women's Enterprise Scotland, a membership body for businesswomen and Carina McCreedy who runs Bonos Nail Salon and who has received some of that help.
Dame Sarah Mullally, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, is on a walking pilgrimage from St Paul’s Cathedral to Canterbury. She is walking the ancient Becket Camino which was once travelled by medieval pilgrims, and her office believes she is the first Archbishop of Canterbury to do this. It will be part of her spiritual preparation for her role. Rev Sally Hitchiner, who knows Dame Sarah and is the Parish Priest of North Lambeth, where she worked alongside the Archbishop when she was Bishop of London joins Nuala to talk about the pilgrimage experience.
Presenter: Kylie Pentelow Producer: Dianne McGregor
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| 0:49.5 | A fire in central Glasgow a couple of weeks ago destroyed a building that was home to several small |
| 0:54.9 | businesses, many of them run by women. A powerful network of women has stepped in to support those |
| 1:01.3 | affected. We'll be hearing from two women, including one of those whose business was directly |
| 1:06.3 | impacted by the fire. And we discuss pilgrimages. The new Archbishop of Canterbury is currently on a |
| 1:13.5 | six-day journey to prepare for her installation service. Dame Sarah Malali has been walking the 87-mile |
| 1:20.9 | route from St Paul's Cathedral in London to Canterbury Cathedral. We'll hear more from the Reverend |
| 1:26.9 | Sally Hitchiner, who knows how well. |
| 1:29.5 | But first, big changes have just been announced in women's football, which the governing body |
| 1:34.7 | FIFA hopes will boost the number of female football coaches. Every team in FIFA's women's |
| 1:41.0 | football tournaments must include at least one female head coach or assistant coach. |
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