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Three women from the Bangladeshi diaspora in east London discuss life in the UK - their arrival in the 1970s and life for their younger contemporaries. Show more
London’s midwives face an unusual challenge. In some parts of the city about three quarters of the mothers they care for were born outside the UK. How do they cope? Show more
Nomsa Maseko talks to make-up entrepreneur Bobbi Brown about starting out in 1980s New York and her three-decade career developing the clean, polished look she is famous for. Show more
Alek Wek is a New York-based model who spent years of her life fleeing from civil war. She talks to Anne Soy about being a top model, life as a refugee and her unique beauty. Show more
Yogita Limaye talks to tennis player Sania Mirza about celebrity, the objectification of women and encouraging females in sport. Show more
Growing up in poverty in a trailer park, success wasn’t automatic for Hilary Swank. Despite wanting to be an actor since she was 8, she never expected to excel in the industry. Show more
Fatou Bensouda, prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, talks to Zeinab Badawi about problems of racism and gender. Show more
Women from the Jamaican diaspora in Handsworth, Birmingham on settling in 1960s Britain. Show more
The experiences of Polish women who have made a life in Britain and flourished Show more
Akwasi Sarpong visits Uganda’s thriving coding scene, to find out if home-grown, technology-based solutions can help tackle some of the country’s big development challenges. Show more
A Nigerian journalist, Hauwa Yusuf, and student, Abigail Olaley, discuss their arrival and making a life in the UK Show more
James Fletcher travels to one of America’s poorest cities to meet a passionate group of people working hard to get young, black women into technology and tech jobs. Show more
Like much of Africa, Ghana has a flourishing coding scene. What’s a little different is that here too there’s a big emphasis on access for women and girls. Show more
Are women who act like men more likely to become leaders?
Are beautiful women more likely to succeed?
Is a relationship more or less lilkely to fail when a woman is successful?