Nigerian director Tope Oshin celebrates women film-makers currently reinventing Nollywood
Brazil is the caesarean capital of the world. What is behind this C-section “epidemic”?
Indonesia has just conducted its first ever national survey on domestic violence
Rates of domestic violence in the Peruvian Andes are particularly high
Unity is a village without men set up by Samburu women in response to domestic abuse
How Aymara Val and her neighbours are fighting for better jobs, sewage and water systems
The inspirational cheerleading grandmothers of Arizona who refuse to act their age
The inspirational cheerleading grandmothers of Arizona who refuse to act their age
A special edition of the programme remembering women that history has overlooked.
In 2004, the Kenyan ecologist became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
Why is feminism still regarded by many as a word to avoid?
Rachida Dati is a Member of the European Parliament and a Paris mayor.
At 19, the sporting superstar looks back at the circumstances that have shaped her.
Women from rural parts of India are working in jobs traditionally done by men.
Now the Chairwoman of Santander UK, Shriti Vadera is a leading voice in British business.
The working life of Denmark's Tine Bryld - a radio personality, social worker and writer.
How the English women's rugby team fought for official recognition in the 1990s.
Alicia Keys talks about growing up and her determination not to be pigeon-holed.
Sarada Peri and Garentina Kraja on being a wordsmith to their country's leader
Five ordinary Cuban women on their lives, their passions and their struggles
Meet the women in India working in jobs traditionally done by men
What life as a hostage in the depths of the jungle or in a darkened room can teach you.
Can Uganda’s burgeoning tech scene help fast-track the country’s development?
Meet the people making sure Ghana’s girls are plugged in to the tech revolution
A former teacher explains how she's expected to behave under the control of militants.
American high school student Delaney Osborne explains what the term 'good girl' means
22-year-old Lubov Russkina from the nomadic Khanty tribe in western Siberia explains.
Is a relationship more or less likely to fail when a woman is successful?
Why aren't there more women in leadership roles - why do men still seem to be ahead?
How important is image? Are beautiful woman more likely to succeed?
Experiences of women working in India points to a change in roles and status
Meet the black women challenging the tech industry’s lack of diversity
Dr Comfort Momoh is a campaigner against the practice of female genital mutilation
A Nigerian journalist and student discuss their arrival and making a life in the UK
Three stories inc Maria Bueno who left El Salvador as a teen and now runs five businesses
The quest for justice began when Fatou Bensouda was a young girl in Gambia.
The experiences of Polish women who have made a life in Britain and flourished
Despite growing up in a trailer park Hilary Swank has won two Best Actress Academy Awards
Tennis player Sania Mirza discusses celebrity and encouraging women in sport.
How can more Japanese women be persuaded to stay in the workplace?
Bobbi Brown is a make-up enterpreneur, with a career that spans three decades
Alek Wek is a model who spent years of her life fleeing from civil war in South Sudan.
Two nurses, from Uganda and Singapore, on their experiences on caring for the sick.
London’s midwives deliver babies born to mothers from around the world. How do they cope?
How does the news serve and represent women? A panel of global news experts discusses.
Women from the Jamaican diaspora in Handsworth, Birmingham on settling in 1960s Britain
Three women from the Bangladeshi diaspora in east London discuss life in the UK