Medical school misogyny, Wales’ fastest woman, Marilyn Monroe, HIV & AIDS
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
A newly qualified doctor Charlotte Buttercase, has said she was subjected to repeated sexual harassment and intimidation while studying medicine at the University of Manchester. 32 other female students have now come forward to report similar abuse. Charlotte tells Nuala McGovern why she has waived her right to anonymity and written an open letter to the university to request a formal review of sexism within the School of Medical Sciences. More than 1000 women have added their signatures.
Sprinter Hannah Brier holds the Welsh 100m record, and last week became the fastest Welsh woman of all time. She broke her country's long-standing 200m record running it at 22.79 seconds at the Stratford Speed Grand Prix in London. But that time was just a few days after the Team Wales deadline for selection for this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She explains to Nuala how missing out on the chance to compete at the games pushed her to prove herself all over again.
Is Marilyn Monroe still a name that needs no introduction? Fans were marking her 100th birthday yesterday so we ask why her legacy still endures almost 64 years after her death and what she means to women today. Nuala is joined by Ellen E Jones, a film critic and the presenter of a new radio documentary on BBC Sounds called 'Bombshell: Five Faces of Marilyn Monroe', and Sarah Churchwell, professor of American Literature at the University of London and the author of 'The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe'.
Tenderness and Rage, and the juxtaposition of these contrasting emotions is at the heart of a new exhibition at the Wellcome Collection. It explores the history of HIV from the AIDS epidemic of the 80s and 90s to today. We see stories of protest and of tender care through photography, film and objects belonging to those who faced these illnesses when so little was known about how to treat or survive them. Angelina Namiba was one of them. She was diagnosed with HIV in 1993, and at first, thought it was a death sentence.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Helen Fitzhenry
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| 0:36.1 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:39.3 | Hello, this is Neula McGovern and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast. |
| 0:44.2 | Hello and welcome to the program. |
| 0:46.3 | Well, in a moment, the woman who has requested a formal review of sexism within the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Manchester. |
| 0:55.5 | But also today, Marlon Monroe at 100. |
| 0:58.7 | Would she be the woman you wanted as a best friend? |
| 1:01.8 | Well, one of my guests went on a quest to find out. |
| 1:04.7 | We'll hear all about that. |
| 1:05.8 | We also have the fastest woman in Wales. |
| 1:08.4 | That's Hannah Breyer. |
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