BBC Radio Podcasts from 100 Women

100 Women

Nigeria: Shooting it Like a Woman

Nigerian director Tope Oshin celebrates women film-makers currently reinventing Nollywood

C-Section Brazil

Brazil is the caesarean capital of the world. What is behind this C-section “epidemic”?

Behind Closed Doors: Solutions to Domestic Abuse in Indonesia

Indonesia has just conducted its first ever national survey on domestic violence

Behind Closed Doors: Solutions to Domestic Violence in Peru

Rates of domestic violence in the Peruvian Andes are particularly high

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

Aymara and the Ants

How Aymara Val and her neighbours are fighting for better jobs, sewage and water systems

Life, Death and Cheerleading

The inspirational cheerleading grandmothers of Arizona who refuse to act their age

Life, Death and Cheerleading

The inspirational cheerleading grandmothers of Arizona who refuse to act their age

Women's History Hour

A special edition of the programme remembering women that history has overlooked.

When Wangari Maathai Won the Nobel Peace Prize

In 2004, the Kenyan ecologist became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize

The Taboo of Feminism

Why is feminism still regarded by many as a word to avoid?

Rachida Dita: the 100 Women Interview

Rachida Dati is a Member of the European Parliament and a Paris mayor.

Simone Biles: 100 Women Interview

At 19, the sporting superstar looks back at the circumstances that have shaped her.

Jobs for the Girls - Part Two

Women from rural parts of India are working in jobs traditionally done by men.

Shriti Vedara: the 100 Women Interview

Now the Chairwoman of Santander UK, Shriti Vadera is a leading voice in British business.

Tine Bryld, Danish Radio Personality

The working life of Denmark's Tine Bryld - a radio personality, social worker and writer.

Women's Rugby Pioneers

How the English women's rugby team fought for official recognition in the 1990s.

Alicia Keys: My Motivation and Inspiration

Alicia Keys talks about growing up and her determination not to be pigeon-holed.

Speech Writer to the President

Sarada Peri and Garentina Kraja on being a wordsmith to their country's leader

Candela: The Lives of Cuban Women

Five ordinary Cuban women on their lives, their passions and their struggles

Jobs for the Girls - Part One

Meet the women in India working in jobs traditionally done by men

An Extraordinary Meeting Between Two Former Hostages

What life as a hostage in the depths of the jungle or in a darkened room can teach you.

Young, Geeky and Black: Kampala

Can Uganda’s burgeoning tech scene help fast-track the country’s development?

Young, Geeky and Black: Accra

Meet the people making sure Ghana’s girls are plugged in to the tech revolution

What is a 'good girl' - in Syria?

A former teacher explains how she's expected to behave under the control of militants.

What is a good girl - in Winsconsin, USA?

American high school student Delaney Osborne explains what the term 'good girl' means

What is a 'good girl' - in Siberia, Russia?

22-year-old Lubov Russkina from the nomadic Khanty tribe in western Siberia explains.

Debate: Relationships

Is a relationship more or less likely to fail when a woman is successful?

Debate: Leadership

Why aren't there more women in leadership roles - why do men still seem to be ahead?

Debate: Image

How important is image? Are beautiful woman more likely to succeed?

Business: India's changing gender balance

Experiences of women working in India points to a change in roles and status

Young, Geeky and Black: Memphis

Meet the black women challenging the tech industry’s lack of diversity

Health: Dr Comfort Momoh, midwife and FGM campaigner

Dr Comfort Momoh is a campaigner against the practice of female genital mutilation

Home: Nigeria

A Nigerian journalist and student discuss their arrival and making a life in the UK

Business: Stories from the US Workforce

Three stories inc Maria Bueno who left El Salvador as a teen and now runs five businesses

Interview: Fatou Bensouda - Prosecutor, International Criminal Court

The quest for justice began when Fatou Bensouda was a young girl in Gambia.

Home: Poland

The experiences of Polish women who have made a life in Britain and flourished

Interview: Hilary Swank - Actor

Despite growing up in a trailer park Hilary Swank has won two Best Actress Academy Awards

Interview: Sania Mirza - Tennis Player

Tennis player Sania Mirza discusses celebrity and encouraging women in sport.

Business: Breaking Through Japan's Glass Ceiling

How can more Japanese women be persuaded to stay in the workplace?

Interview: Bobbi Brown - Makeup Entrepreneur

Bobbi Brown is a make-up enterpreneur, with a career that spans three decades

Interview: Alek Wek - Model

Alek Wek is a model who spent years of her life fleeing from civil war in South Sudan.

The Conversation: Nurses

Two nurses, from Uganda and Singapore, on their experiences on caring for the sick.

Global Midwives

London’s midwives deliver babies born to mothers from around the world. How do they cope?

Debate: Is News Failing Women?

How does the news serve and represent women? A panel of global news experts discusses.

Home - Jamaica

Women from the Jamaican diaspora in Handsworth, Birmingham on settling in 1960s Britain

Home - Bangladesh

Three women from the Bangladeshi diaspora in east London discuss life in the UK