Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,12 Mar 1999,28 mins

Birth Control in Japan

Everywoman

Available for over a year

In Japan, birth control pills are likely to be sold for the first time. Why has it taken so long? Also on the programme: Women from Beirut talk about returning home. A Maori artist whose work centres on women and her culture talks about her art. Plus, in this week's diary, singer Geri Halliwell recalls a dramatic boat trip in Uganda.

Programme Website
More episodes