The 51% Podcast
1) Why public transport fails to protect women
From Tokyo to Toronto, Delhi to Paris, millions of women plan their journeys: choosing where to sit, when to travel, and how to stay alert. More than 70 percent of women worldwide have encountered sex...Show More
2) French nurses sound alarm on sexual violence in the workplace
In France, nearly one in two nurses have reported experiencing sexual violence at work, this according to a new study by the country's Nursing Council. In 2025, more than two cases were reported each ...Show More
3) The age of female rage
This week we are talking about anger, the emotion that shaped 2025. So much so that "rage bait" was crowned the Oxford Dictionary's word of the year. But while anger has long been rewarded, even celeb...Show More
4) Iranian women on the frontline of protests
This week, we focus on Iran as the country has been rocked by its largest wave of protests since the Islamic revolution in 1979. Human rights groups outside Iran report that thousands have been killed...Show More
5) Global anger over Grok undressing women online
There's global outrage over Elon Musk's chatbot Grok, a key feature on social media platform X, which has repeatedly generated sexually explicit deepfake images of women and teenagers. Yet how social ...Show More
6) The relationship recession?
We're kicking off 2026 by focusing on the rise of singlehood; where an increasing number of people are living without any romantic relationship at all. The Economist has reported that among Americans ...Show More
7) Empowering women during childbirth
In a special edition, we focus on childbirth and how much control women really do have over the process. In France, doulas have become increasingly popular in recent years. They provide emotional and ...Show More
8) Arrests made in South Korea after 120,000 home cameras hacked for 'sexploitation' videos
Four people have been arrested over the hacking of 120,000 home security cameras in South Korea, whose footage was used to make sexually exploitative material. It's the latest episode in an ongoing ba...Show More
9) Mind the 'LinkedIn' gender gap
LinkedIn, the social media platform with which professionals connect and network, has found itself in hot water after a surprising experiment revealed signs of bias against women. Also competition is ...Show More
10) A woman invented the rape kit – so why did a man get credit for it?
Annette Young talks to Pagan Kennedy, the journalist who uncovered that a woman originally invented the rape kit, even though a man had long been credited with the idea. Also, as we mark the Internati...Show More