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Female friendship
How to make and how to keep good female friends
Coaching national teams: Tracey Neville and Desiree Ellis
What's it like to coach your national women's sports team?
Social media poetry stars
Are poets who start out on social media given the respect they deserve?
Busting period taboos
Challenging period myths and making menstruation easier
Women creating computer games
Rhianna Pratchett and Ieva Beneck臈 on working in the games industry
Women celebrating literature
The Jaipur and Ake festivals attract thousands of readers, what鈥檚 so special about them?
Creating female superheroes
Two women making the world of comic books more diverse.
Young, indigenous and female
What are the greatest threats facing indigenous women?
Women investing in women
Changing the landscape for woman-led startups.
Why I dated on reality TV
TV dating shows and what's in them for women
Vegan campaigners
Why does promoting a vegan diet elicit such anger and confusion?
Passionate about democracy
What impact does democracy have on women and vice versa?
Women rewriting history
Unearthing the stories of overlooked women.
Injured by implants
Two women's stories of medical devices gone wrong
Is bad data killing women?
We look at the impact of a gender data gap and a 鈥榦ne-size-fits-men鈥 approach to design.
Ocean champions
Our seas generate most of the oxygen we breathe - how can we save them?
Women who need to talk about sex
Two women who want to encourage people to be open about their sex lives.
Young women striking for climate change
Why is it young women who are leading climate protests globally?
Women changing jazz
Two jazz musicians on how they're challenging sexism and championing women in jazz
How to be a good man
What is toxic masculinity and how can it be challenged?
Endurance cyclists
Two women using reserves of physical and mental strength riding ultra-distance bike races
The vagina myths
Why is the vagina so often misunderstood and mistreated?
Nurses on the frontline
What's it like to care for the sickest Covid19 patients?
Albinism: Dispelling the myths
Women with albinism talk about discrimination and advocating for those with the condition
Writing a feminist anthem
How do you write a song that becomes a rallying cry for women around the world?
Women fighting abuse under lockdown
Why Covid-19 led to increased domestic violence and how support services are adapting
Feminism, sex and relationships
How does feminism influence women鈥檚 love lives?
Speaking up about racial injustice
Women in Lebanon and the Netherlands talk about their anti-racism campaigns
Singing my way to stardom
How appearing on televised singing competitions was a path to success.
Bonus podcast: Goodbye To All This
Kim Chakanetsa introduces a new 麻豆社 World Service podcast, Goodbye To All This.
#MeToo: The lawyers
How has the #MeToo movement impacted women representing alleged victims?