100 Women Podcast
Looking at the lives of women around the world
Episodes to download
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Nigeria: Shooting it Like a Woman
Wed 25 Oct 2017
Nigerian director Tope Oshin celebrates women film-makers currently reinventing Nollywood
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C-Section Brazil
Wed 18 Oct 2017
Brazil is the caesarean capital of the world. What is behind this C-section 鈥渆pidemic鈥?
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Behind Closed Doors: Solutions to Domestic Abuse in Indonesia
Thu 12 Oct 2017
Indonesia has just conducted its first ever national survey on domestic violence
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Behind Closed Doors: Solutions to Domestic Violence in Peru
Wed 11 Oct 2017
Rates of domestic violence in the Peruvian Andes are particularly high
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Behind Closed Doors: Solutions to Domestic Abuse in Kenya
Tue 10 Oct 2017
Unity is a village without men set up by Samburu women in response to domestic abuse
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Aymara and the Ants
Wed 4 Oct 2017
How Aymara Val and her neighbours are fighting for better jobs, sewage and water systems
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Women's History Hour
Thu 8 Dec 2016
A special edition of the programme remembering women that history has overlooked.
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Life, Death and Cheerleading
Sat 3 Dec 2016
The inspirational cheerleading grandmothers of Arizona who refuse to act their age
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Home - Jamaica—100 Women 2015
Sat 21 Nov 2015
Women from the Jamaican diaspora in Handsworth, Birmingham on settling in 1960s Britain
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Home - Bangladesh—100 Women 2015
Sat 14 Nov 2015
Three women from the Bangladeshi diaspora in east London discuss life in the UK
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Life, Death and Cheerleading
Fri 9 Dec 2016
The inspirational cheerleading grandmothers of Arizona who refuse to act their age
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When Wangari Maathai Won the Nobel Peace Prize
Wed 7 Dec 2016
In 2004, the Kenyan ecologist became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
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Rachida Dita: the 100 Women Interview
Thu 1 Dec 2016
Rachida Dati is a Member of the European Parliament and a Paris mayor.
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Simone Biles: 100 Women Interview
Wed 30 Nov 2016
At 19, the sporting superstar looks back at the circumstances that have shaped her.
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Jobs for the Girls - Part Two
Tue 29 Nov 2016
Women from rural parts of India are working in jobs traditionally done by men.
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Shriti Vedara: the 100 Women Interview
Tue 29 Nov 2016
Now the Chairwoman of Santander UK, Shriti Vadera is a leading voice in British business.
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Tine Bryld, Danish Radio Personality
Tue 29 Nov 2016
The working life of Denmark's Tine Bryld - a radio personality, social worker and writer.
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Women's Rugby Pioneers
Tue 29 Nov 2016
How the English women's rugby team fought for official recognition in the 1990s.
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Alicia Keys: My Motivation and Inspiration
Mon 28 Nov 2016
Alicia Keys talks about growing up and her determination not to be pigeon-holed.
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Speech Writer to the President
Mon 28 Nov 2016
Sarada Peri and Garentina Kraja on being a wordsmith to their country's leader
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Candela: The Lives of Cuban Women
Thu 24 Nov 2016
Five ordinary Cuban women on their lives, their passions and their struggles
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Jobs for the Girls - Part One
Wed 23 Nov 2016
Meet the women in India working in jobs traditionally done by men
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An Extraordinary Meeting Between Two Former Hostages
Wed 23 Nov 2016
What life as a hostage in the depths of the jungle or in a darkened room can teach you.
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Young, Geeky and Black: Kampala
Tue 15 Dec 2015
Can Uganda鈥檚 burgeoning tech scene help fast-track the country鈥檚 development?
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Young, Geeky and Black: Accra
Tue 8 Dec 2015
Meet the people making sure Ghana鈥檚 girls are plugged in to the tech revolution
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What is a 'good girl' - in Syria?
Sat 5 Dec 2015
A former teacher explains how she's expected to behave under the control of militants.
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What is a good girl - in Winsconsin, USA?
Sat 5 Dec 2015
American high school student Delaney Osborne explains what the term 'good girl' means
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What is a 'good girl' - in Siberia, Russia?
Sat 5 Dec 2015
22-year-old Lubov Russkina from the nomadic Khanty tribe in western Siberia explains.
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Debate: Relationships
Fri 4 Dec 2015
Is a relationship more or less likely to fail when a woman is successful?