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Woman's Hour

Women in Iran, Miscarriage cradle, Zoom bombing

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The week marks one month since the United States and Israel attacked Iran. We take a look at the impact the resulting war has had on the women and children of the country. Krupa Padhy is joined by BBC Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet and Ghoncheh Habibiazad, Senior Reporter from BBC News Persian.

Recurrent miscarriage is when you experience more than two or three pregnancy losses, and it affects around one in 100 women. A device designed to offer more care and dignity during miscarriage, and that could aid greater understanding, is now being used in 28 hospitals across the UK. Engineer Laura Corcoran created a miscarriage collection cradle after she suffered the loss of her third pregnancy. She is calling for a wider roll-out of the device. Laura speaks to Krupa, along with Siobhan Quenby, Professor of Obstetrics at the University of Warwick.

A new exhibition at Kensington Palace is celebrating the 150th birthday of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh – the Punjabi princess and suffragette. The Last Princesses of Punjab exhibition explores her life and five other women who shaped her. Krupa talks to the curator Polly Putnam and journalist and Radio 4 presenter Anita Anand, author of Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary.

Another chance to hear our interview with Janet Willoner, known as the tree growing granny. Janet has grown more than 4,000 trees in her garden.  She forages for seeds, grows them, and they eventually grow in forests in her local area of North Yorkshire. 

Zoom bombing involves crashing into a meeting and taking it over - more often than not showing shocking content including pornography. Businesswoman Lou Robey was holding a meeting on International Women's Day when it was zoom bombed. Lou has put out a call for action for media platforms and the wider community to act. She and Gina Neff, Professor of Responsible AI at Queen Mary, University of London join Krupa to discuss.

Presenter: Krupa Padhy Producer: Dianne McGregor

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0:34.1

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you're here, I wanted to let you know that the Woman's Hour Guide to Life is back. You might have

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listened to some of the episodes from the first series, including ambition without burnout,

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or turning aging into your superpower. Well, we've got six new episodes for you over the coming

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weeks that will give you practical tips on issues like self-promotion without feeling awkward,

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caring for aging parents, navigating infertility with family and friends, and also how to

1:09.6

love your face, whatever your age.

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I'm really excited about this series of the Woman's Hour Guide to Life, so I really hope

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you'll join us. You will find the episodes in the Woman's Hour podcast feed on Sundays.

1:23.0

It's only on BBC Sounds. But now, back to today's Woman's Hour.

1:29.8

Good morning. Thank you for being with us. What a week it is yet again in geopolitics with the

1:36.0

ongoing war in the Middle East. Now, as you may have heard in our bulletins, President Trump

1:41.5

has announced the war will end within three weeks.

1:48.1

We're going to talk to the BBC's chief international correspondent, Lees Doucette,

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