100 Women

Why is feminism still regarded by many as a word to avoid? Despite an ongoing gender pay gap, and a lack of female busin... Read more

Nomsa Maseko talks to make-up entrepreneur Bobbi Brown about starting out in 1980s New York and her three-decade career ... Read more

Simone Biles is being called the greatest gymnast of all time, a sporting superstar who stunned audiences at the Rio Oly... Read more

How does the news serve and represent women? And why, in some countries, do women reject traditional news media for news... Read more

Two nurses who care around the clock for the sick and dying in Uganda and Singapore, discuss their priorities and experi... Read more

Sun City is one of America's biggest retirement communities and home to the Poms, a group of amazing women aged between ... Read more

Among the women that history overlooked are Yelena Malyutina, Queen Muhumuza, Dame Janet Vaughan, Rosalind Franklin, Naz... Read more

In 2004, Kenyan Wangari Maathai became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She was an environmentalist... Read more

Chairwoman of Santander UK, Shriti Vadera is a leading voice in British business and as shining example of what can be a... Read more

All over the world women hold families together, work hard all hours of the day and have little power to change their li... Read more

Sun City is one of America's biggest retirement communities and home to the Poms, a group of amazing women aged between ... Read more

Rachida Dati is a Member of the European Parliament and a Paris mayor. One of twelve children from a devout French/Moroc... Read more

London’s midwives deliver babies born to mothers from around the world. Smitha Mundasad talks to those who provide care ... Read more

Women from rural parts of India are bucking the trend and working in jobs traditionally done by men. In Rajasthan, Divya... Read more

Alek Wek is a model who spent years of her life fleeing from civil war in South Sudan. She talks to Anne Soy about being... Read more

The working life of Denmark's Tine Bryld, a radio personality, social worker and writer recently voted the country's mos... Read more

In 1996, England won the inaugural Home Nations championship in women's rugby. It was a major victory in the English pla... Read more

Alicia Keys started writing music at 15 years of age and her first album, recorded when she was only 19, won a record fi... Read more

Two presidential speech writers reveal their top tips for crafting a really memorable speech. Sarada Peri is Special Ass... Read more

From a Bolero concert to a cancer ward, and from the apartment of a guy who helps Cubans get foreign visas to an Afro-Cu... Read more