For, and about, women everywhere
World Service,Β·371 episodes
Why is gossip – and gossip magazines – mainly associated with women?
Female soccer fans and players share their love of the sport
How women are becoming increasingly influential in the fight for global democracy
Are society weddings based on true romance or often just marriages of convenience?
Why are girls in Northern Ethiopia married so young?
What does it mean to be born the 'wrong' gender?
Denmark has the highest number of working women in the world
What are the key issues which affect women as global providers and users of water?
How women are exploited during economic booms and left to pick up the pieces during busts
Is it safer to formula feed rather than breastfeed in AIDS-stricken parts of the world?
Special programme from The Know How Conference on the World of Women's Information
Writer Isabel Wolff took on the challenge of dating a different man each week
Can women be as violent as men?
What makes us happy? Is it as simple as making more time for ourselves?
Special report from Women's Science Night at the London Science Museum.
How do the millions of women who till the fields worldwide get the support they need?
Is language another tool men use to dominate women?
What can be done to improve access to education for 75 million girls worldwide?
'Queen of Indian cookery' Madhur Jaffrey talks about her cultural influences.
Why women living in a Jewish village over 100 years ago inspired one modern author
A look at the pioneering work and inspiring life of British scientist Dorothy Hodgkin
South African women talk about the ambivalent attitude towards rape in their culture
Why there's no stigma attached to single motherhood in Iceland
Is marriage as culturally relevant as it always has been? A look at marriage in China
The President of the Democratic Alliance of Women in Nigeria talks about women in politics
Champion yachtswoman Ellen McArthur talks about her love of sailing
To get ahead, do women need to be aggressive or adopt a 'softly-softly' approach?
Bread remains a dietary staple in times of food shortages. Why does this never change?
The Amazon women are legendary, now new research suggests they were from Benin
Are young Asian-British women under too much pressure to accept arranged marriages?
