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100 Women

Looking at the lives of women around the world

World Service,41 episodes

Episodes

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Byline Afghanistan
What has happened to Afghanistan’s female journalists?
05 Dec 2024,26 mins
In conversation with Billie Eilish
The American singer talks fame, imposter syndrome and identity
12 Dec 2022,23 mins
BBC 100 Women Interviews: Rebel Wilson
For 100 Women Nomia Iqbal talks to Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson.
10 Dec 2021,23 mins
BBC 100 Women Interviews: Chimamanda Ngozi
Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi.Adichie talks to Catherine Byaruhanga for 100 Women
08 Dec 2021,23 mins
The 100 Women Interviews
The 100 Women Interviews: Amina Mohammed
Amina Mohammed on what her gender, identity and past experiences bring to the job
19 Nov 2018,23 mins
The 100 Women Interviews
The 100 Women Interviews: Julia Gillard
Australia's first female prime minister discusses breaking glass ceilings
21 Nov 2018,23 mins
The 100 Women Interviews
Isabel Allende
What is the power of storytelling?
23 Nov 2018,23 mins
Nigeria: Shooting it Like a Woman
Nigerian director Tope Oshin celebrates women film-makers currently reinventing Nollywood
25 Oct 2017,27 mins
C-Section Brazil
Brazil is the caesarean capital of the world. What is behind this C-section “epidemic”?
18 Oct 2017,26 mins
Behind Closed Doors: Solutions to Domestic Abuse in Indonesia
Indonesia has just conducted its first ever national survey on domestic violence
12 Oct 2017,26 mins
Behind Closed Doors: Solutions to Domestic Violence in Peru
Rates of domestic violence in the Peruvian Andes are particularly high
11 Oct 2017,27 mins
Behind Closed Doors: Solutions to Domestic Abuse in Kenya
Unity is a village without men set up by Samburu women in response to domestic abuse
10 Oct 2017,26 mins
Aymara and the Ants
How Aymara Val and her neighbours are fighting for better jobs, sewage and water systems
04 Oct 2017,26 mins
Women's History Hour
A special edition of the programme remembering women that history has overlooked.
08 Dec 2016,49 mins
Life, Death and Cheerleading
The inspirational cheerleading grandmothers of Arizona who refuse to act their age
03 Dec 2016,49 mins
The 100 Women Interviews
Simone Biles: the 100 Women Interview
Simone Biles is a gymnast and illustrates just what can be achieved - against the odds
30 Nov 2016,23 mins
The 100 Women Interviews
Rachida Dati: the 100 Women Interview
Yalda Hakim talks to Rachida Dati, Member of the European Parliament and a Paris mayor.
01 Dec 2016,26 mins
The 100 Women Interviews
Zoleka Mandela: the 100 Women Interview
Zoleka Mandela enjoyed many privileges but her life has been anything but easy.
02 Dec 2016,23 mins
Does Feminism Include You?
A panel debates whether the feminist movement has succeeded in inclusively engaging women
01 Dec 2016,49 mins
Mexico - Women and Resistance
The best of the BBC 100 Women festival in Mexico City - music, arts, performance, debate
26 Nov 2016,49 mins
100 Women 2015
Young, Geeky and Black: Kampala
Can Uganda’s burgeoning tech scene help fast-track the country’s development?
15 Dec 2015,26 mins
100 Women 2015
Young, Geeky and Black: Ghana
Ghana has a flourishing coding scene and an emphasis on access for girls.
08 Dec 2015,26 mins
100 Women 2015
100 Women Debate - Relationships
Is a relationship more or less lilkely to fail when a woman is successful?
01 Dec 2015,49 mins
100 Women 2015
100 Women Debate - Image
Are beautiful women more likely to succeed?
01 Dec 2015,49 mins
100 Women 2015
100 Women Debate - Leadership
Are women who act like men more likely to become leaders?
01 Dec 2015,49 mins
100 Women 2015
Young, Geeky and Black: Memphis
Meet the black women challenging the tech industry’s lack of diversity
01 Dec 2015,26 mins
100 Women 2015
Home - Nigeria
A Nigerian journalist and student discuss their arrival and making a life in the UK
28 Nov 2015,49 mins
100 Women 2015
100 Women Interviews - Fatou Bensouda
Fatou Bensouda, prosecutor, International Criminal Court, talks about racism and gender
27 Nov 2015,23 mins
100 Women 2015
100 Women Interviews - Hilary Swank
Despite growing up in a trailer park, Hilary Swank has won Best Actress Academy Awards
26 Nov 2015,23 mins
100 Women 2015
Home - Poland
The experiences of Polish women who have made a life in Britain and flourished
25 Nov 2015,49 mins