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Over to You: Can 100 Women Really Change the World?

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28/10/2017 GMT

Can 100 Women Really Change the World?

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As the 100 Women Season draws to a close, we ask how it’s been received by listeners

Behind the scenes of one of the BBC’s 100 Women challenges, and executive producer Liz Gibbons responds to one listener who didn’t feel included this year.

Now in its fifth year, the BBC 100 Women Season aims to celebrate female talent and tackle the major challenges facing women around the world. This year, it attempted to tackle four major challenges over the month including sexism in sport and illiteracy. The executive producer of the 100 Women Season, Liz Gibbons joins Rajan to respond to listener feedback about the series. Agnes from Nairobi outlines how she felt left out of some of the challenges while Helen in the UK was interested in one particular initiative to involve men.

Also on the programme: Over To You’s Leeanne Coyle examines one of the challenges which considers how sexual harassment on public transport can be prevented.

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