Resolving conflict in relationships
Divorce and separation are often a time of upset and distress. Ella Al-Shamahi talks to women in Latvia and the UK whose work as mediators i...
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Newspaper cartoonists: Drawing on women’s lives
Newspaper cartooning has a long history of using satire and humour to provide social commentary on the issues of the day – but how do female...
The women rethinking rice farming
Rice nourishes 3.5 billion people worldwide with women providing the majority of agricultural labour – especially in poorer countries. Datsh...
How war shapes women's lives
As war flares across the Middle East, and conflicts rage in other parts of the world, it is often said that women and girls are the hardest...
My image was used without my consent
From “deepfakes” to “stealth filming”, women around the world are having their image stolen and shared online. Datshiane Navanayagam speaks...
Supporting women with endometriosis
It's thought that around one in ten women of childbearing age have endometriosis, yet it often takes years of excessively painful periods an...
How mother tongue moulds us
Datshiane Navanayagam speaks to two women who research what happens to our thoughts, feelings and behaviours when we speak many languages. T...
How to share a top job
Ella Al-Shamahi talks to women in Switzerland and the UK about how job sharing can boost a career and bring many benefits to both work and h...
Pregnancy by numbers
Ella Al-Shamahi talks to two women in Pakistan and America who use numbers to help others understand and take control of their pregnancies -...
Women-only living
Datshiane Navanayagam talks to two women in France and Canada about why single-sex living spaces appeal to older women. Pat Dunn is 75 and s...
Women making fashion for all
Datshiane Navanayagam talks to two women whose life changing illnesses led them to set up new businesses after they discovered high street c...
Researching the lives of women in the past
Have you ever wondered if there were a scandal buried in your family history? Datshiane Navanayagam meets two female genealogists from the U...
Telling the story of pioneering women in politics
Datshiane Navanayagam brings together two women from the US and Australia to discuss the art of writing a political biography and whether wo...
Taking a fresh look at women’s designer shoes
Datshiane Navanayagam talks to two women who changed paths to design and manufacture their own shoes in their own countries. A former enviro...
The female game-makers
How do video and board games get from idea to reality? Ella Al-Shamahi talks to two women who invent, tweak and perfect the games that so ma...
Women changing the art space
Two women with art galleries in Switzerland, London, Nigeria and the US talk about discovering and promoting new artists, building relations...
The fast and fearless women of skeleton
Skeleton is one of the oldest winter sports in existence. Ella Al-Shamahi talks to two Olympic medallists whose careers have seen them slidi...
Female philanthropists
In the season of giving, Datshiane Navanayagam talks to philanthropists from France and Nigeria about using their wealth to help others thri...
Women living with severe allergies
Having a severe allergy doesn’t just affect physical health - it’s often the social isolation and mental toll of dealing with a somewhat ‘in...
Women tracking hurricanes
Jamaica to the Philippines, Cuba to Vietnam – countries around the world are dealing with aftermath of heavy storms and flooding; with hundr...
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