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US activist, writer and social worker, joins Jane in our glass box at WOW. She will discuss the importance of festivals in gathering large groups of women together rather than relying on social media as a main means of communication, and why sexual liberation is so important to her.听

Just because we don鈥檛 know much about women from history who worked in science, it doesn鈥檛 mean they were not there says author, . She joins Jane to tell us who they were and why we know so little about them. 听

Becky John鈥檚 passion for pants led her to set up her own brand six years ago. All their materials are off cuts from other factories, fabrics that would otherwise be thrown away. Becky is at WOW running a workshop' ' on a way of showing pants that isn鈥檛 overtly sexual. She joins Jane to discuss her online business, why she only employs women who have had a hard time and why she has a waiting list of women wanting to work for her.听

Gaggle听is an all-female alternative choir听based in London. Tired of the sexism in the music industry, it was formed in 2009 by Deborah Coughlin. Members don鈥檛 audition but women with bit of character and interesting lives are invited to join. Referred to by NME as one of the most innovative groups in music, they released their first album听From the Mouth of the Cave听in 2012. They perform live at WOW for the Woman鈥檚 Hour audience.

Practising midwife Terri Coates talks to Jane about how she became the advisor for Call the Midwife from its early literary beginnings as the memoir of Jennifer Worth. That role has continued in a using good drama as education to broadcast health messages and changing dangerous practices to a population with high illiteracy rates.

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Award winning poet and playwright performs live from the festival with light-hearted observations of the events, conversations and performances taking place.

Women of the World Festival has become a since it first started five years ago. By 2018 Southbank Centre aims to have WOW's all around the world and 12 WOW's across the UK during the festival in March. Jane speaks to Claire McDermott from alongside Cathy Hunt from the and Jamilla Deria from WOW Harlem in New York City who are to have their first festival in June this year.