100 Women (BBC)
100 Women is a BBC multi-format series established in 2013. The annual series examines the role of women in the 21st century and has included events in London[1] and Mexico.[2][3] Announcement of the list is the start of an international "BBC's women season", lasting three weeks including broadcast, online reports, debates and journalism on the topic of women.[4] Women around the world are encouraged to participate via Twitter and comment on the list, as well as on the interviews and debates that follow release of the list.[5]
| 100 Women | |
|---|---|
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| Status | Active |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Years active | 8 in 2020 |
| Inaugurated | 22 October 2013 |
| Most recent | November 2020 |
| Website | 100 Women |
History
After the 2012 Delhi gang rape, then BBC Controller Liliane Landor,[6] BBC editor Fiona Crack[7] and other journalists, were inspired to create a series focusing on the issues and achievements of women in society today.[8] They felt that many of the issues women faced were not getting in-depth coverage, and in March 2013 a "flood of feedback from female listeners" was received by the BBC to the effect that the corporation should provide more "content from and about women."[9]
The BBC launched this series in 2013 to address the under-representation of women in the media.[8][10] Women to participate in the first program were chosen by survey in 26 different language services.[9] Programming ran over the course of a month, culminating in a conference held on 25 October, in which 100 women from across the world discussed issues they shared. A wide range of topics were debated covering employment challenges, feminism, motherhood, and religion,[11] to examine both the cultural and social challenges women faced in living their lives.[12]
The series has since covered many topics, including education, healthcare, equal pay, genital mutilation, domestic violence, and sexual abuse[13] and seeks to provide women with a platform to discuss how to improve the world and eliminate sexism.[14] Women included on the list are from around the globe, and involved in diverse fields of endeavour.[15] Women who are already famous are included, as well as people who are less known.[16][17]
Laureates
2020
The 2020 list was described as "different" before it was scheduled to be announced on 24 November 2020,[18] but it was released the day before.[19]
| Image | Name | Country of birth | Description[20] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douce Namwezi N'Ibamba |  |
Social entrepeneur, journalist and activist | |
| Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim |  |
LGBTQ film director and activist | |
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Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul |  THA |
Student activist |
| Ishtar Lakhani |  South Africa |
Feminist activist | |
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Sarah Al-Amiri |  UAE |
Chair, UAE Space Agency |
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Waad al-Kateab |  Syria |
Activist, journalist and filmmaker |
| Anastasia Volkova |  Ukraine |
Agricultural innovator. | |
| Gulnaz Zhuzbaeva |  Kyrgyzstan |
Disability activist | |
| Adriana Albini |  Italy |
Pathologist and veteran fencer | |
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya |  Belarus |
Belarus politician |
| Safaa Kumani | Syria |
Plant virologist working on pulses | |
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Ubah Ali |  Somaliland |
Advocate against female genital mutilation |
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Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu |  Uganda |
Mental health programme developer |
| Nisreen Alwan |  Iraq
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Health and wellbeing of women through public health | |
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Kotchakorn Voraakhom | Thailand |
Thai landscape architect |
| Elizabeth Anionwu |  United Kingdom |
Sickle cell and thalassaemia nurse specialist | |
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Nadeen Ashraf |  Egypt |
Advocate against sexual harassment |
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Erica Baker |  Germany |
Software engineer |
| Bilkis Dadi |  India |
Protestor | |
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Diana Barran | United Kingdom |
Minister for Civil Society |
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Cindy Bishop | Thailand |
UN goodwill ambassador |
| Macinley Butson | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
Inventor | |
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Evelina Cabrera |  Argentina |
Football coach and manager |
| Wendy Beatriz Caishpal Jaco |  El Salvador |
Advocate for the rights of disabled people | |
| Carolina Castro | Argentina |
Advocate for gender equality | |
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Agnes Chow |  Hong Kong |
Pro-democracy activist |
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Patrisse Cullors |  USA |
Human rights activist |
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Tsitsi Dangarembga |  Zimbabwe |
Novelist and filmmaker |
| Shani Dhanda | UK |
Disability activist | |
| Naomi Dickson | UK |
Advocate for Jewish women and children suffering from domestic abuse | |
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Ilwad Elman |  Somalia |
Peace activist |
| Fang Fang |  China |
Writer | |
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Eileen Flynn |  Ireland |
Senator and social activist |
| Lauren Gardner | USA |
Epidemiologist | |
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Alicia Garza | USA |
Human rights activist |
| Isaivani | |
Gaana singer and political campaigner | |
| Salsabila Khairunnisa |  Indonesia |
Environmental campaigner and school strike for climate leader | |
| Susana Raffalli |  Venezuela |
Delivering nutrition to the malnourished | |
| Loza Abera Geinore |  Ethiopia |
Association footballer | |
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Houda Abouz |  Morocco |
Rapper, women's rights and gender equality advocate |
| Rina Akter |  Bangladesh |
Bangladeshi sex worker turned humanitarian | |
| Nadine Kaadan |  France |
children's author and illustrator | |
| Jemimah Kariuki |  Kenya |
Doctor & ambulance service creator | |
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Angélique Kidjo |  Benin |
Musician and Unicef ambassador |
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Yee-Sin Leo |  Singapore |
Research leader |
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Sanna Marin |  Finland |
Prime Minister of Finland |
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Bulelwa Mkutukana | RSA |
Singer songwriter |
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Sania Nishtar |  Pakistan |
Global health leader |
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Phyllis Omido | Kenya |
Environmental activist |
| Laleh Osmany |  Afghanistan |
Women's rights activist and founder of #WhereIsMyName campaign | |
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Nasrin Sotoudeh |  Iran |
Lawyer and human rights activist |
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Lea T |  Brazil |
Transgender rights advocate and model |
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Opal Tometi | USA |
Human rights activist |
| Arussi Unda |  Mexico |
Campaigner against femicide | |
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Siouxsie Wiles | UK |
Scientist and public health communicator |
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Michelle Yeoh |  Malaysia |
Actress and UN goodwill ambassador |
| Sapana Roka Magar |  Nepal |
Social worker | |
| Aisha Yesufu | Nigeria |
Activist - Bring Back Our Girls |
2019
The 2019 list was announced on 16 October 2019.[21]
| Image | Name | Country of birth | Description[21] |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Precious Adams | United States | Ballet dancer |
| Parveena Ahanger | India | Human rights activist | |
 | Piera Aiello | Italy | Anti-mafia politician |
| Jasmin Akter | Bangladesh United Kingdom | Rohingya refugee and cricketer | |
 | Manal Al Dowayan |  Saudi Arabia | Saudi photographer and artist |
 | Kimia Alizadeh | Iran | First female Iranian Olympic medallist |
| Alanoud Alsharekh |  Kuwait | Women's rights activist | |
| Marwa Al-Sabouni | Syria | Architect who runs only Arabic website for architectural news | |
| Rida Al Tubuly |  Libya | Peace campaigner | |
.jpg.webp) | Tabata Amaral | Brazil | Politician working for education, women's rights, political innovation and sustainable futures |
.jpg.webp) | Yalitza Aparicio | Mexico | Actress and human rights activist |
| Dayna Ash |  Lebanon | Poet and cultural activist | |
 | Dina Asher-Smith | United Kingdom | Fastest woman in British history |
 | MiMi Aung | United States | NASA project manager and engineer |
.jpg.webp) | Nisha Ayub | Malaysia | Transgender activist |
| Judith Bakirya | Uganda | Organic farmer and women's rights activist | |
 | Ayah Bdeir | Lebanon.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | Founder of littleBits and STEM advocate |
 | Dhammananda Bhikkhuni | Thailand | First female Thai Buddhist monk |
 | Mabel Bianco | Argentina | Feminist medical doctor and women's rights activist |
| Raya Bidshahri | Iran | Educator and founder of Awecademy | |
 | Katie Bouman | United States | Processed first-ever image of a black hole |
 | Sinéad Burke | Ireland | Disability activist |
| Lisa Campo-Engelstein | United States | Bioethicist and fertility and contraceptive researcher | |
| Scarlett Curtis | United Kingdom | Co-founder of The Pink Protest | |
| Ella Daish | United Kingdom | Environmentalist and anti-plastic campaigner | |
| Sharan Dhaliwal | United Kingdom | Writer and advocate for mental and sexual health for young South Asians, and LGBTQ rights | |
 | Salwa Eid Naser | Nigeria Bahrain | 400m world champion runner |
 | Rana el Kaliouby | Egypt | Artificial emotional intelligence pioneer |
_(cropped).jpg.webp) | Maria Fernanda Espinosa |  Ecuador | Fourth woman member of the UN General Assembly |
| Lucinda Evans | South Africa | Women's rights activist and founder of Philisa Abafazi Bethu (Heal our Women) | |
| Sister Gerard Fernandez | Singapore | Roman Catholic nun and death row counsellor | |
 | Bethany Firth | United Kingdom | Paralympic swimmer |
| Owl Fisher |  Iceland | Transgender activist, journalist and writer | |
.jpg.webp) | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |  Jamaica | 100m world sprint champion |
.jpg.webp) | Zarifa Ghafari | Afghanistan | One of Afghanistan's first female mayors; clean city advocate |
_(cropped).jpg.webp) | Jalila Haider | Pakistan | Human rights lawyer and women's rights advocate |
 | Tayla Harris | Australia | Australian rules footballer and boxer |
| Hollie | United States | Sex trafficking survivor | |
| Huang Wensi | China | Professional boxer | |
| Luchita Hurtado | Venezuela | Artist and environmental advocate | |
| Yumi Ishikawa |  Japan | Gender discrimination campaigner and founder of #kutoo movement | |
| Asmaa James |  Sierra Leone | Journalist and women's rights activist | |
| Aranya Johar | India | Beat poet who writes about gender equality, mental health and body positivity | |
| Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman | United States | Urban anthropologist and co-founder of The Women Led Cities Initiative | |
 | Gada Kadoda |  Sudan | Founder of the Sudanese Knowledge Society and trainer of community engineers |
| Amy Karle | United States | Bioartist and 3D-designer | |
| Ahlam Khudr | Sudan | Human rights protest leader | |
| Fiona Kolbinger | Germany | First woman cyclist to win the Transcontinental Race | |
| Hiyori Kon | Japan | Sumo wrestler | |
| Aïssata Lam |  Mauritania | Microfinance expert and women's rights advocate | |
| Soo Jung Lee |  South Korea | Forensic psychologist and advocate for anti-stalking bill | |
 | Fei-Fei Li | United States | Pioneer of artificial intelligence who encourages women and minorities to build AI |
 | Erika Lust |  Sweden | Erotic film director, screenwriter and producer |
| Lauren Mahon | United Kingdom | Cancer survivor and podcaster | |
.jpg.webp) | Julie Makani |  Tanzania | Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease |
| Lisa Mandemaker |  Netherlands | Designer of prototype artificial womb | |
| Jamie Margolin | United States | Climate change activist and co-rounder of Zero Hour movement | |
_F70A6326_(49199213312)_(cropped).jpg.webp) | Francia Márquez |  Colombia | Afro-Colombian environmentalist and leader of 10-day, 350-mile women's march |
| Gina Martin | United Kingdom | Campaigner to make upskirting illegal in England and Wales | |
| Sarah Martins Da Silva | United Kingdom | Fertility researcher | |
| Raja Meziane |  Algeria | Anti-government songs about social injustice, alleged corruption and inequality | |
| Susmita Mohanty | India | Spaceship designer, entrepreneur and passionate climate action advocate | |
| Benedicte Mundele | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Fresh food entrepreneur | |
| Subhalakshmi Nandi | India | Gender equity researcher and campaigner | |
 | Trang Nguyen |  Vietnam | Wildlife conservationist |
| Van Thi Nguyen | Vietnam | Co-founder of the Will to Live Center | |
| Natasha Noel | India | Body positivity influencer | |
 | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | United States | Youngest woman elected to Congress |
 | Farida Osman | Egypt | First woman in Egypt to win a swimming medal |
| Ashcharya Peiris |  Sri Lanka | Blind fashion designer and motivational speaker | |
| Danit Peleg |  Israel | Fashion designer of 3D-printed clothing | |
| Autumn Peltier | Canada | Clean water advocate | |
| Swietenia Puspa Lestari | Indonesia | Founder of the Divers Clean Action Foundation and anti-straw campaigner | |
_(cropped).jpg.webp) | Megan Rapinoe | United States | Advocate for equality in football(soccer) |
 | Onjali Q. Raúf | United Kingdom | Writer and founder of Making Herstory |
| Charlene Ren | China | Clean water advocate | |
 | Maria Ressa |  Philippines | Journalist and founder of Rappler website to expose fake news |
 | Djamila Ribeiro | Brazil | Writer and Afro-Brazilian women's rights advocate |
| Jawahir Roble | Somalia United Kingdom | UK's first Muslim, black, female, hijab-wearing referee | |
| Najat Saliba | Lebanon | Air pollution research | |
 | Nanjira Sambuli | Kenya | World Wide Web Foundation digital equality expert |
| Zehra Sayers |  Turkey | Chair of the SESAME project | |
| Hayfa Sdiri |  Tunisia | Entrepreneur and UN gender equality campaigner | |
| Noor Shaker | Syria | Artificial intelligence innovator | |
 | Bonita Sharma | Nepal | Founder of The Social Changemakers and Innovators |
 | Vandana Shiva | India | Environmental leader and winner of the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize |
| Pragati Singh | India | Indian Aces, an online community for asexual people | |
 | Lyubov Sobol |  Russia | Anti-corruption activist |
| Samah Subay |  Yemen | Lawyer supporting families whose children have 'disappeared' | |
| Kalista Sy |  Senegal | Screenwriter of television series Mistress of a Married Man | |
 | Bella Thorne | United States | Actress and director |
| Veronique Thouvenot |  Chile | Leader of the Zero Mothers Die initiative | |
 | Greta Thunberg | Sweden | Climate change activist |
| Paola Villarreal | Mexico | Computer programmer who developed Data for Justice | |
 | Ida Vitale |  Uruguay | Fifth woman to win Cervantes Prize for lifetime writing achievement |
| Purity Wako | Uganda | Life coach empowering women | |
 | Marilyn Waring |  New Zealand | Feminist economist and environmental activist |
 | Amy Webb | United States | Futurist |
| Sara Wesslin | Finland | Skolt Sami journalist who lobbied for government funding for Sami language teaching | |
| Gina Zurlo | United States | Expert in religion statistics |
2018
The 2018 list was announced in November 2018. The list included the 27th Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Stacey Cunningham who runs the New York Stock Exchange and Shaparak Shajarizadeh[22] who challenged the Iranian law that requires women to wear the Hijab.[23]
| Image | Name | Country of birth | Description[24] |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin | Nigeria | Social impact entrepreneur, Nigeria |
 | Esra'a Al Shafei | Bahrain | leads not-for-profit Majal.org |
| Svetlana Alekseeva | Russia | Burns survivor | |
 | Lizt Alfonso |  Cuba | Director and choreographer, Cuba |
.jpg.webp) | Nimco Ali | United Kingdom Somaliland | FGM activist in Somaliland |
 | Isabel Allende |  Peru | writer |
| Boushra Yahya Almutawakel | Yemen | photographer | |
| Alina Anisimova | Kyrgyzstan | student programmer at Kyrgyz Girls' Space School | |
 | Frances Arnold | United States | Nobel Prize winning chemical engineer |
| Uma Devi Badi | Nepal | Leader of the Badi movement and member of the Provincial Assembly in Nepal | |
| Judith Balcazar | United Kingdom | Fashion designer and co-founder of Giggle Knickers (underwear for women with urinary incontinence) | |
 | Cindy Arlette Contreras Bautista | Peru | Lawyer who works against domestic violence as the face of the NiUnaMenos (Not One [woman] Less) |
| Leyla Belyalova |  Uzbekistan | Academic and ecologist, seeking to protect Uzbekistan's birdlife and mountain ecosystems | |
 | Analia Bortz | Argentina | Doctor, rabbi and bioethicist treating women with fertility problems |
.jpg.webp) | Fealofani Bruun |  Samoa | Traditional Polynesian navigator and qualified yachtmaster |
| Raneen Bukhari | Saudi Arabia | Curator, gallery manager, and business developer | |
 | Joy Buolamwini | Canada | Artificial intelligence artist and researcher |
| Barbara Burton | United Kingdom | Founder and CEO of BehindBras, a charity that supports women prison leavers | |
| Tamara Cheremnova | Russia | Author, living with cerebral palsy | |
.jpg.webp) | Chelsea Clinton | United States | writer and organiser |
.jpg.webp) | Stacey Cunningham | United States | NYSE President |
| Jenny Davidson (businesswoman) | United States | CEO of Stand Up Placer | |
 | Asha de Vos | Sri Lanka | Marine biologist |
 | Gabriella Di Laccio | Brazil | Soprano and founder of DONNE: Women in Music |
| Xiomara Diaz |  Nicaragua | Entrepreneur and charity founder | |
 | Noma Dumezweni | United Kingdom  Eswatini | eSwatini actor |
 | Chidera Eggerue | United Kingdom | "The Slumflower" blogger |
| Shrouk El-Attar | Egypt | Electronics design engineer | |
| Nicole Evans | United Kingdom | Early menopause | |
| Raghda Ezzeldin | Egypt | Free diver | |
| Mitra Farazandeh | Iran | Artist advocate for people with physical disabilities | |
| Mamitu Gashe | Ethiopia | Senior nurse aide and fistula surgeon | |
| Meena Gayen | India | Business owner and road builder | |
 | G.E.M. (Gloria Tang Tsz-kei) | People's Republic of China Hong Kong | Singer-songwriter |
 | Fabiola Gianotti | Italy | Particle physicist and director general of CERN |
 | Julia Gillard | Australia | 27th Prime Minister of Australia |
| Elena Gorolova |  Czech Republic | Social worker, campaigning against forced sterilisation | |
| Randi Heesoo Griffin | United States | Olympic ice hockey player and data scientist, advocate for equal pay for women in ice hockey | |
| Janet Harbick | Canada | Altruistic surrogate | |
| Jessica Hayes | United States | Theology teacher and consecrated virgin | |
 | Thando Hopa | South Africa | Model, lawyer and diversity and inclusion advocate |
 | Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim |  Chad | Environmentalist and advocate for indigenous people and women |
| Reyhan Jamalova |  Azerbaijan | Entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Rainenergy, company that collects energy from rainwater | |
_(cropped).jpg.webp) | Jameela Jamil | United Kingdom | British actor who founded @i-weigh |
| Liz Johnson | United Kingdom | Paralympian gold medal swimmer and entrepreneur, with a recruitment agency aiming to close the disability employment gap | |
| Lao Khang |  Laos | Rugby player and coach | |
| Joey Mead King | Philippines | Model and television presenter | |
 | Krishna Kumari | Pakistan | Women's rights campaigner elected to Pakistan Senate |
| Marie Laguerre | France | Civil engineer and architecture student, who has developed platform where women can share stories of street harassment | |
| Veasna Chea Leth |  Cambodia | Lawyer, first woman to study law in Cambodia | |
| Ana Graciela Sagastume López | El Salvador | Women and Femicide Special Prosecutor | |
 | Maria Corina Machado | Venezuela | Political leader who has campaigned to safeguard democratic processes in Venezuela |
 | Nanaia Mahuta | New Zealand | Minister of Maori development, first female parliamentarian to wear a Maori face tattoo |
| Sakdiyah Maruf | Indonesia | First female Muslim stand-up comedian | |
| Nujeen Mustafa | Syria | Syrian refugee, activist, and a campaigner on behalf of refugees with disabilities | |
| Lisa McGee | United Kingdom | Northern Irish playwright and the writer and creator of Derry Girls | |
| Kirsty McGurrell | United Kingdom | Charity co-ordinator of 4Louis, providing memory boxes for bereaved parents of stillborn babies | |
| Becki Meakin | United Kingdom | General manager of Shaping Our Lives, advocate for people with disabilities | |
| Ruth Medufia |  Ghana | Female welder acting as role model for young women in the construction industry | |
| Larisa Mikhaltsova | Ukraine | Accordion music teacher who became a model at age 63 | |
_(cropped).jpg.webp) | Amina J. Mohammed | Nigeria | Deputy secretary general, United Nations |
_(cropped).jpg.webp) | Yanar Mohammed | Iraq | President of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) |
| Joseline Esteffania Velasquez Morales |  Guatemala | Student and NGO co-ordinator, campaigning to end forced marriages | |
 | Robin Morgan | United States | Author and activist, founder of The Sisterhood Is Global Institute and the Women's Media Center |
| Dima Nashawi | Syria | Artist, clown and visual storyteller, who collects and reflects tales from Syria | |
| Helena Ndume |  Namibia | Ophthalmologist who has performed sight-restoring surgeries upon 35,000 Namibians, free of charge | |
 | Kelly O'Dwyer | Australia | Minister for jobs and industrial relations, and minister for women in the Australian parliament |
| Yuki Okoda | Japan | Astronomer, first person to discover a new star that could shed light on the origins of our solar system | |
.jpg.webp) | Olivette Otele |  Cameroon | Professor of History at Bath Spa University, England |
 | Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo | Mexico | Mayor of Mexico City and Nobel Peace Prize-winning physicist |
| Park Soo-yeon | South Korea | Digital campaigner against sex crimes | |
.png.webp) | Ophelia Pastrana | Colombia | Comedian and media personality |
| Viji Palithodi | India | Activist who founded a women's union in Kerala | |
| Brigitte Sossou Perenyi | Ghana | Documentary producer | |
| Vicky Phelan | Ireland | Exposed the Irish Cervical Check Screening scandal | |
.jpg.webp) | Rahibi Soma Popere | India | Farmer and founder of Seed Bank, India collecting indigenous seeds |
| Valentina Quintero | Venezuela | Journalist promoting tourism and the environment through television programs | |
| Sam Ross | United Kingdom | Catering assistant and advocate for people with Down syndrome | |
.jpg.webp) | Fatma Samoura | Senegal | Secretary General of FIFA |
| Juliet Sargeant | Tanzania | Garden designer | |
| Sima Sarkar | Bangladesh | Full-time mother of 18-year-old disabled child | |
| Shaparak Shajarizadeh | Iran | Activist against compulsory hijab rule, now in exile | |
| Haven Shepherd | Vietnam | Suicide bomb survivor and Paralympic hopeful | |
| Nenney Shushaidah Binti Shamsuddin | Malaysia | Female Syiriah judge | |
.jpg.webp) | Hayat Sindi | Saudi Arabia | Biotechnologist, Unesco goodwill ambassador for science and founder of the i2 Institute for imagination and ingenuity |
| Jacqueline Straub | Germany | Theologian, journalist and author seeking to become a Catholic priest | |
 | Donna Strickland | Canada | Professor of Physics, University of Waterloo, Canada and winner of Nobel Prize in Physics, 2018 |
| Kanpassorn Suriyasangpetch | Thailand | Mental health advocate and app developer | |
| Setsuko Takamizawa | Japan | Learning English to help tourists at Tokyo's 2020 Olympic Games | |
| Nargis Taraki | Afghanistan | NGO legal adviser who campaigns for female empowerment | |
 | Ellen Tejle | Sweden | Campaigner for awareness of women's representation in film |
| Helen Taylor Thompson | United Kingdom | AIDs Hospice founder | |
| Bola Tinubu | Nigeria | Lawyer who established the first free children's helpline in Nigeria | |
 | Errollyn Wallen | United Kingdom  Belize | Opera composer and performer |
| Safiya Wazir | Afghanistan | Community activist | |
 | Gladys West | United States | Mathematician, instrumental in developing GPS |
| Luo Yang | People's Republic of China | Art photography series on Chinese girls since 2007 | |
.jpg.webp) | Maral Yazarloo-Pattrick | Iran | Fashion designer and motorcyclist |
| Tashi Zangmo |  Bhutan | Executive director for the Bhutan Nuns Foundation | |
| Jing Zhao | People's Republic of China | Entrepreneur running online sex education network |
2017
In 2017 the women on the list will be part of the 100 Women Challenge, tackling some of the biggest problems facing women around the world. Coming together in four teams, the women will share their experiences and create innovative ways to tackle:[25]
- The glass ceiling (#Teamlead)
- Female illiteracy (#Teamread)
- Street harassment (#Teamgo)
- Sexism in sport (#Teamplay)
Glass ceiling team
| Image | Name | Country of birth | Description[24] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes Atim Apea | Uganda | Founder and CEO of Hope Co-ops | |
 | Amy Cuddy | United States | Harvard social psychologist and bestselling author |
| Elaine Welteroth | United States | Editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue | |
| Erin Akinci | United States | Data scientist | |
| Jin Xing | People's Republic of China | Dancer, television star and business owner | |
| Karlie Noon[26] | Australia | Astronomer | |
| Lea Coligado | United States | Software engineer | |
| Lori Nishiura Mackenzie | United States | Executive Director of the Clayman Institute, Stanford University | |
 | Loujain Alhathloul | Saudi Arabia | Student |
| Mariana Feraru |  Romania | Cosmetician | |
| Maci Peterson | United States | Co-Founder and CEO, On Second Thought | |
 | Maria Teresa Ruiz | Chile | Astronomer |
| Marilyn Loden | United States | Author, management consultant and diversity advocate | |
| Marina Potoker | Russia | Managing Director, Rockwool Russia | |
| Melisa Marquez-Rodriguez |  Puerto Rico | Lead Android engineer for website builder, Weebly.com | |
_2013.jpg.webp) | Michelle Mone | United Kingdom | Entrepreneur |
| Muhabbat Sharapova | Uzbekistan | Maths teacher | |
| Nana Akua Oppong Birmeh | Ghana | Architect | |
| Natalia Margolis | United States | Software Engineer at Huge agency | |
| Romina Bernardo (aka Chocolate Remix) | Argentina | Musician | |
| Roya Ramezani | Iran | Design strategist | |
| Rumman Chowdhury | United States | Senior Principal at Accenture AI | |
| Sasha Perigo | United States | Student | |
| Savita Devi | India | Drummer | |
 | Susi Pudjiastuti | Indonesia | Politician and entrepreneur |
| Suzanne Doyle-Morris | Australia | Author and expert on gender in the workplace |
Female illiteracy team
| Image | Name | Country of birth | Description[24] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aditi Avasthi | India | Entrepreneur; Founder and CEO, Embibe | |
| Huynh Thi Xam | Vietnam | Librarian | |
 | Indira Rana Magar | Nepal | Founder, Prisoner's Assistance Nepal |
.jpg.webp) | Ira Trivedi | India | Writer |
| Maggie MacDonnell | Canada | Teacher | |
| Marieme Jamme | Senegal | Founder of iamtheCODE | |
| Mehroonisa Siddiqui | India | Homemaker | |
 | Michelle Bachelet | Chile | President of Chile |
| Nitya Thummalachetty | India | Director of Diversity, FortunaPIX | |
 | Peggy Whitson | United States | Astronaut |
| Priyanka Roy | India | Student | |
 | Sakena Yacoobi | Afghanistan | CEO of Afghan Institute for Learning and social entrepreneur with four private schools and one radio station. |
| Tulika Kiran | India | Teacher and social worker | |
| Urvashi Sahni | India | Founder and CEO, Study Hall Educational Foundation | |
| Zainab Fadhal | Iraq | Student | |
 | Vicky Colbert | Colombia | Sociologist of education |
 | Muzoon Almellehan | Syria | Activist |
| Lin Nien-Tzu |  Taiwan | Founder, Dharti Mata Sustainable Workshop | |
| Frances Melanie Hardinge | United Kingdom | Author | |
| Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | Nigeria | Economist | |
| Ahlam al-Rashid | Syria | Teacher and Head of the Women Empowerment Centre, northern Syria | |
 | Regina Honu | Ghana | Social entrepreneur |
| Angeline Murimirwa | Zimbabwe | Regional executive director, Camfed Southern & Eastern Africa | |
| Bella Devyatkina | Russia | Polyglot | |
| Tran Thi Kim Thia | Vietnam | Lottery ticket vendor and swimming coach |
Street harassment team
| Image | Name | Country of birth | Description[24] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelle Onyango | Kenya | Radio presenter | |
| Anita Nderu | Kenya | Television presenter and radio news anchor | |
.jpg.webp) | Anne-Marie Imafidon | United Kingdom | CEO & 'Head Stemette' at Stemettes |
| Chaima Lahsini | Morocco | Journalist | |
 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf |  Liberia | President of Liberia |
| Ellie Cosgrave | United Kingdom | Lecturer in Urban Innovation and Policy at UCL | |
| Laura Jordan Bambach | Australia | Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Mr President and Co-Founder, SheSays | |
| Liz Kelly | United Kingdom | Professor of Sexualised Violence | |
| Maria Scorodinschi |  Moldova | Campaigner against domestic violence | |
| Naomi Mwaura | Kenya | Founder, Flone Initiative and Communications Associate at ITDP Africa | |
| Resham Khan | United Kingdom | Student | |
.jpg.webp) | Rupi Kaur | India | Author |
| Talent Jumo | Zimbabwe | Founder and Director, Katswe Sistahood | |
 | Tiwa Savage | Nigeria | Singer-songwriter |
.jpg.webp) | Virali Modi | India | Disability rights activist and youth ambassador |
| Leila Smith | France | Artist | |
| Sharon Sabita Beepath | United Kingdom | Counsellor | |
| Amanda Nunez-Ferreira | United States | Student | |
| Somporn Khempetch | Thailand | Social worker and teacher[27] | |
.jpg.webp) | Tamara De Anda | Mexico | Journalist |
| Doris Muthoni Wanjira | Kenya | Conductor | |
| Hanne Bingle |  Denmark | Retired London Underground driver | |
| Nihal Saad Zaghloul | Egypt | Business development officer and co-founder of Bassma | |
| Angie Ng | Malaysia | Founder of SlutWalk Hong Kong | |
| Asena Melisa Saglam | Turkey | Student |
Sexism in sport team
| Image | Name | Country of birth | Description[24] |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Adriana Behar | Brazil | General Manager of Sport Planning for the Brazilian Olympic Committee since 2011 |
| Ana Luiza Santos de Andrade | Brazil | Student | |
| Beatriz Vaz E Silva | Brazil | Athlete | |
| Claudianny Drika | Brazil | Football coach | |
| Fernanda Nunes | Brazil | Olympic canoeist and blogger | |
| Grace Larsen | United States | Retired civil servant | |
| Luiza Travassos | Brazil | Student | |
| Maira Liguori | Brazil | NGO director | |
| MC Soffia | Brazil | Rapper | |
 | Mithali Raj | India | Cricketer |
 | Momina Mustehsan | Pakistan | Musician |
 | Nadia Comaneci | Romania United States | Olympian |
| Nawaal Akram |  Qatar | Model, comedian and founder of Muscular Dystrophy Qatar | |
| Nora Tausz Ronai | Italy | Architect and teacher | |
_(cropped).jpg.webp) | Steph Houghton | United Kingdom | Footballer |
 | Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala | Sri Lanka | Women's rights activist and mountaineer |
| Cwengekile Nikiwe Myeni | South Africa | Gogo (granny) support programme manager | |
| Helena Pacheco | Brazil | Businesswoman and former football coach | |
| Rocky Hehakaija | Netherlands | Director Favela Street Foundation and motivational speaker and coach | |
| Lina Khalifeh |  Jordan | Martial arts expert | |
| Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung | Vietnam | Footballer | |
| Derartu Tulu | Ethiopia | Long-distance runner | |
| Shantona Rani Roy | Bangladesh | Activist | |
.jpg.webp) | Hou Yifan | People's Republic of China | Chess player |
2016
The 2016 theme was Defiance.[16] Part of the 100 Women festival took place in Mexico City on this year.[28] The 2016 list was published in alphabetical order.[29]
| Image | Name | Nationality | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Alicia Keys | United States | Singer, songwriter, pianist, actress, record producer and philanthropist |
| Aline Mukovi Neema |  Republic of the Congo | Student activist for political change | |
| Amna Suleiman |  Palestine | Protester against custom that stops women cycling | |
| Amy Roko | Saudi Arabia | Comedian who became known via Instagram and Vine | |
| Asel Sadyrova | Kyrgyzstan | Archer | |
| Ashwaq Moharram | Yemen | Doctor dealing with starvation in Hudaydah | |
| Babs Forman | United Kingdom | London based make-up artist who covers up skin problems | |
| Becci Wain | United Kingdom | Former self-harmer who challenged supermarket policy | |
 | Carmen Aristegui | Mexico | journalist |
| Carolina de Oliveira | Lebanon Syria | Mental health activist | |
| Cat Hulbert | United States | Professional gambler | |
 | Chan Yuen-ting | Hong Kong | football manager[30] |
| Chanira Bajracharya | Nepal | Former "living goddess" or Kumari | |
| Churan Zheng | People's Republic of China | Women's rights activist arrested for planning protest against sexual harassment on public transportation | |
| Cindy Meston | Canada | Clinical psychology professor | |
 | Conchi Reyes Rios |  Spain | Bullfighter (es) |
 | Corinne Maier | France | French writer |
| Dalia Sabri | Jordan | Blind music teacher | |
 | Denise Ho | Canada Hong Kong | Pop icon[30] |
 | Doaa el-Adl | Egypt | Cartoonist of cat whose stories reflect the news |
| Dwi Handa | Indonesia | Fashion star | |
| Egge Kande | Senegal | Community leader who advises young girls about education | |
| Ellinah Ntombi Wamukoya | Eswatini | First woman to become a bishop of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa | |
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Erin McKenney | United States | Science award winner |
| Erin Sweeny | Australia | rape psychologist | |
 | Evelyn Miralles | Venezuela | NASA engineer |
| Funke Bucknor-Obruthe[31] | Nigeria | Planner of glitzy and celebrity weddings | |
 | Gcina Mhlope[32] | South Africa | Author, poet, playwright and storyteller |
| Gouri Chindarkar | India | Computer engineering student of the "School in the Cloud" | |
| Heather Rabbatts | Jamaica | Chief Executive of the London Borough of Lambeth | |
 | Heloise Letissier | France | French singer and songwriter known by her stage name Christine and the Queens |
| Ieshia Evans | United States | Black protester | |
| Isabella Springmuhl Tejada | Guatemala | Fashion designer | |
| Iskra Lawrence | United Kingdom | Model | |
 | Jamilah Lemieux | United States | Cultural commentator |
| Jane Elliott | United States | Anti-racism activist | |
 | Janet Ní Shuilleabháin | Ireland | Abortion rights campaigner |
 | Jeanette Winterson | United Kingdom | novelist |
 | Judi Aubel | United States | Social entrepreneur |
_(cropped).jpg.webp) | June Eric-Udorie | United Kingdom | Student activist |
 | Karima Baloch | Pakistan (  Balochistan) | Balochistan independence campaigner; died under suspicious circumstances in 2020 |
 | Kartika Jahja | Indonesia | gender-equality singer |
 | Katherine Johnson | United States | Space scientist who was a mathematician for NASA |
| Kathy Murray | United States | "surrendered wife" | |
 | Khadija Ismayilova | Azerbaijan | Journalist |
| Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | Mountaineer who has climbed Everest seven times. | |
 | Liliane Landor | Lebanon | BBC journalist |
| Liv Little | United Kingdom | Magazine editor | |
| Lois Strong | United States | Cheerleader | |
| Lubna Tahtamouni | Jordan | Science campaigner | |
| Lucy Finch |  Malawi | hospice founder (only one in Malawi) | |
 | Mallika Srinivasan | India | tractor manufacturer |
| Mao Kobayashi | Japan | Cancer blogger | |
 | Mariana Costa | Peru | Businesswoman |
.jpg.webp) | Marne Levine | United States | COO of Instagram |
| Marta Sánchez Soler | Mexico | Sociologist | |
 | Marta Vieira da Silva | Brazil | Footballer |
| 'Mary' | Kenya | Survivor of al-Shabab rape | |
 | Mary Akrami | Afghanistan | Refuge founder |
| Megan Beveridge | United Kingdom  Scotland | First female "lone piper" at the Edinburgh Tattoo | |
| Mercedes Doretti | Argentina | Forensic anthropologist who investigates crimes against humanity | |
| Morena Herrera | El Salvador | Abortion activist | |
| Nadia Khiari | Tunisia | Cartoonist of 'Willis from Tunis', whose adventures are about the news | |
| Nadiya Hussain | United Kingdom | Winner of reality show "Bake Off" – went on to television jobs | |
 | Naema Ahmed | Pakistan | Start-up manager |
| Nagira Sabashova | Kyrgyzstan | Wrestler | |
 | Natalia Ponce de Leon | Colombia | Acid attack victim |
| Nay el-Rahi | Lebanon | Harassment tracker | |
| Neha Singh | India | Campaigner who encourages women to ignore harassment and reclaim the public space | |
| Omotade Alalade | Nigeria | Infertility foundation creator | |
| Ou Xiaobai | People's Republic of China | App developer which links gay and lesbian people for marriages of convenience | |
| Pashtun Rahmat | Afghanistan | Police officer | |
 | Paula Hawkins | Zimbabwe | Thriller writer of "Girl on the Train" |
| Prathiba Parmar | Kenya | British film maker | |
.jpg.webp) | Rachida Dati | France | Politician |
 | Rakefet Russak-Aminoach | Israel | Banker |
 | Rebecca Walker | United States | Writer and activist |
| Reham el-Hour | Morocco | Cartoonist who became professional after winning a UNESCO competition in 2000 | |
| Renee Rabinowitz | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | Lawyer who sued the El Al airline when she was asked to move as the man next to her objected to sitting by a female passenger | |
 | Saalumarada Thimmakka | India | 105-year-old environmentalist who has managed trees |
 | Seyhan Arman | Turkey | Transgender activist |
 | Sherin Khankan | Denmark | Imam |
| Shirin Gerami | Iran | First woman triathlete in Iran | |
 | Shriti Vadera | Uganda | Banker who served as UK minister |
 | Sian Williams | United Kingdom .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Wales | Rugby player |
.jpg.webp) | Simone Biles | United States | Olympic gymnast |
 | Stephanie Harvey | Canada | Professional e-gamer "missharvey" |
 | Stephanie Yim Bell | United States | Korean-American professional wrestler, then known as Jade |
 | Sunny Leone | Canada | Actress |
.jpg.webp) | Traci Houpapa | New Zealand | Company director |
| Um-Yehia | Syria | Nurse | |
 | Viktoria Modesta |  Latvia | Iconic pop artist |
 | Winnie Harlow | Canada | Model |
| Yasmine Mustafa | Kuwait | Entrepreneur | |
 | Yuliya Stepanova | Russia | Whistle-blowing athlete |
 | Zoleka Mandela | South Africa | Writer – survivor of addictions, sexual abuse and cancer. Grand daughter of Nelson Mandela. |
| Zulaikha Patel | South Africa | Thirteen year-old who took stand for young girls with natural hair | |
| Tess Asplund | Sweden | Anti-fascism activist caught in iconic photo resisting fascists | |
| Thuli Madonsela[32] | South Africa | Advocate who combats corruption | |
.jpg.webp) | Maria Zakharova | Russia | Foreign ministry spokeswoman |
2015
The BBC News 100 Women list in 2015 was made up of many notable international names,[33] as well as women who were unknown, but who represented issues women face. The women of 2015, were from 51 countries and were not necessarily those who would traditionally have been seen as role models—a woman suffering from depression, a woman who advocates for equal access to bathroom facilities, a woman who encourages other women to avoid make-up, and a reindeer nomad.[34]
| Image | Name | Country | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|
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Nicola Adams | United Kingdom | boxer |
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Muzzon al-Mellehan | Syria | Activist |
| Siba Alaradi | Syria | Structural engineer | |
| Antonia Albert |  Austria | Entrepreneur | |
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Sonita Alizadeh[35] | Afghanistan | Rapper |
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Victoria Alonsoperez | Uruguay | Entrepreneur |
| Niloufar Ardalan | Iran | Footballer | |
| Paulina Arreola | Mexico | Entrepreneur | |
| Masoumeh Ataei | Iran | Acid attack survivor | |
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Xyza Bacani | Philippines | Photographer |
| Alimata Bara |  Burkina Faso | Trader | |
| Sana Ben Ashour | Tunisia | Civil society activist | |
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Nicola Benedetti | United Kingdom | Musician |
| Meryl Benitah | France | Entrepreneur | |
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Fatou Bensouda |  Gambia | International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor |
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Asha Bhosle[17] | India | Singer |
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Cecilia Bouzat | Argentina | Biophysicist |
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Bobbi Brown | United States | Make-up artist and entrepreneur |
| Naomi Bya’Ombe | Republic of the Congo | Student | |
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Rivka Carmi | Israel | Geneticist |
| Massiel Chávez | Venezuela | Student | |
| Eveles Chimala | Malawi | Midwife | |
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Estela de Carlotto | Argentina | Human rights activist |
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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma | South Africa | Physician and chair of the African Union Commission |
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Isabel dos Santos |  Angola | Investor |
| Leimin Duong | Australia | Beer entrepreneur | |
| Ernestina Edem Appiah | Ghana | Social entrepreneur, founder Ghana Code Club | |
| Aissa Edon | France  Mali | Midwife | |
| Jana Elhassan | Lebanon | Novelist | |
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Nawal el-Sadaawi | Egypt | Writer |
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Paula Escobar | Chile | Magazine editor |
| Monir Farmanfarmaian | Iran | Artist | |
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Claire Fox | United Kingdom | Writer and broadcaster |
| Elissa Freiha | United Arab Emirates Lebanon | Entrepreneur | |
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Uta Frith | Germany | Psychologist |
| Melanie Goldsmith | United Kingdom | Entrepreneur | |
| Alina Gracheva | Moldova | Camerawoman | |
| Megan Grano | United States | Comedian | |
| Alice Gray | United Kingdom | Science blogger | |
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Sara Jane Ho | Hong Kong | Entrepreneur |
| Michaela Hollywood | United Kingdom | Fundraiser for the disabled | |
| Ella Ingram[35] | Australia | Activist for mental illness anti-discrimination | |
| Ayesha Ishtiaq | Pakistan | Student | |
| Somayya Jabarti | Saudi Arabia | Newspaper editor | |
| Azza Jadalla | Palestine | Nurse | |
| Misraa Jimaa | Ethiopia | Health extension worker | |
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Samantha John | United States | Entrepreneur of Hopscotch company |
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Kamini Kaushal[17] | India | Bollywood actress |
| Tahmina Kohistani | Afghanistan | Olympic sprinter | |
| Rimppi Kumari[17] | India | Farmer | |
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Linda Kwamboka | Kenya | Entrepreneur |
| Tina Lavender | United Kingdom | Midwife | |
| Zihan Ling | People's Republic of China | Entrepreneur | |
| Zimasa Mabela | South Africa | Naval captain | |
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Emi Mahmoud | Sudan United States | Poet |
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Catherine Mahugu | Kenya | Jewelry entrepreneur |
| Amara Majeed | United States | Hijab activist and author | |
| Nemata Majeks-Walker | Sierra Leone | Women's rights activist | |
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Katrine Marcal | Sweden | Writer and journalist |
| Karabo Mathang | South Africa | Entrepreneur | |
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Muniba Mazari | Pakistan | Artist and anchorwoman |
| Jessy McCabe | United Kingdom | Student | |
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Sania Mirza[35] | India | Tennis player |
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Brit Morin | United States | Entrepreneur |
| Smriti Nagpal[17] | India | Entrepreneur | |
| Pauline Ng | Singapore | Entrepreneur | |
| Delaney Osborne | United States | Student | |
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Bel Pesce | Brazil | Entrepreneur |
| Verashni Pillay | South Africa | Newspaper editor | |
| Irina Polyakova | Russia | Paralympian | |
| Elsa Prieto | France Spain | Entrepreneur | |
| Cristina Randall | Canada | Entrepreneur | |
| Claire Reid | South Africa | Entrepreneur | |
| Jenni Rhodes | United Kingdom | Textile designer | |
| Nikita Ridgeway | Australia | Entrepreneur | |
| Neyda Rojas | Venezuela | Nun | |
| Lubov Russkina | Russia | Reindeer nomad | |
| Rabia Salihu Said | Nigeria | Physicist | |
| Amina Sboui | Tunisia | Writer and women's rights activist | |
| Lorrana Scarpioni | Brazil | Entrepreneur | |
| Louise Schwartz | Jamaica | Showgirl and cabaret performer | |
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Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal | United Kingdom | Trade envoy |
| Mumtaz Shaikh[17] | India | Human rights activist | |
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Nareen Shammo | Iraq | Political activist and journalist |
| Rasha Shehada | Palestine | Manufacturing director | |
| Zuzanna Stańska |  Poland | Entrepreneur | |
| Michelle Sun | Hong Kong | Entrepreneur | |
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Hilary Swank[35] | United States | Actress |
| Julie Sygiel | United States | Entrepreneur | |
| Rotana Tarabzouni | Saudi Arabia | Singer/songwriter | |
| Kanika Tekriwal[17][36] | India | Entrepreneur | |
| Lizanne Teo | Singapore | Entrepreneur | |
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Jana Tepe | Germany | Entrepreneur |
| Li Tingting | People's Republic of China | Human rights activist | |
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Sophie Walker | United Kingdom | Leader of the Women's Equality Party |
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Alek Wek | United Kingdom  South Sudan | Fashion model/UN ambassador |
| Xian Xu | People's Republic of China | Entrepreneur | |
| Tin Tin Yu |  Myanmar | Teacher | |
| Marie-Ange Zimndou Koutou |  Central African Republic | Nurse's aide in a war zone | |
| Nour | Syria | Refugee | |
2014
The BBC News 100 Women list in 2014 continued the efforts of the first year's initiative.[37]
| Image | Name | Country | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SDr Yasmin Altwaijri | Saudi Arabia | Mental health and obesity scientist | |
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Conchita Wurst | Austria | Singer |
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Laura Bates | United Kingdom | Founder, Everyday Sexism project |
| Pinky Lilani | United Kingdom | Founder, Asian Women of Achievement Awards | |
| Ruby Chakravarti | India | Women's rights campaigner | |
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Susie Orbach | United Kingdom | Psychotherapist |
| Pontso Mafethe | Zimbabwe | Women's programme manager, Comic Relief@pontso_mafethe | |
| Kate Shand | United Kingdom | Managing director of Enjoy Education | |
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Shappi Khorsandi | United Kingdom | Comedian |
| Shazia Saleem | United Kingdom | Founder ieat Foods | |
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Wai Wai Nu | Myanmar | Director, Women Peace Net |
| Michaela Bergman | United Kingdom | Chief Counsellor for Social Issues, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | |
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Paula Moreno | Colombia | Founder of peace foundation Manos Visibles |
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Rubana Huq | Bangladesh | Textile manufacturer |
| Lucy-Anne Holmes | United Kingdom | Founder, No More Page Three campaign | |
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Brianna Stubbs | United Kingdom | Rower for Great Britain and Oxford PhD Scientist |
| Matilda Tristam | United Kingdom | Comics writer | |
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Nigar Nazar | Pakistan | Cartoonist@NigarNazar |
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Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy | Pakistan | Documentary film-maker |
| Uldus Bakhtiozina | Russia | Photographer | |
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Lesley Yellowlees | United Kingdom | First female president, Royal Chemistry Society |
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Rebecca Gomperts | Netherlands | Founder, Women on Waves |
| Katherine Brown | United Kingdom | Academic, Kings College London | |
| Emily Kasyoka | Kenya | Boxer, Kenya | |
| Aowen Jin | United Kingdom | Chinese-born British artist | |
| Eliza Rebeiro | United Kingdom | Founder of Lives not Knives | |
| Muge Iplikci | Turkey | Journalist | |
| Natumanya Sarah | Uganda | Educator | |
| Linda Tirado | United States | Campaigner | |
| Alice Hagan | United Kingdom | Technician at healthcare company BTG | |
| May Tha Hla | Myanmar | Food aid social worker | |
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Rainatou Sow |  Guinea | Founder of Make Every Woman Count |
| Justa Canaviri[38] |  Bolivia | Celebrity chef, Bolivia | |
| Heather Jackson | United Kingdom | Women's business campaigner | |
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Ruby Wax | United States | Mental health campaigner and comic |
| Umm Ahmed | Iraq | Sole provider for her family | |
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Xiaolu Guo | People's Republic of China | Novelist and film-maker |
| Hind Hobeika | Lebanon | Founder of Instabeat | |
| Molly Case | United Kingdom | Student nurse and Women of the Future Ambassador | |
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Joyce Banda | Malawi | Former President of Malawi |
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Saadia Zahidi | Pakistan | Managing Director at the World Economic Forum |
| Aditi Mittal | India | Stand-up comedian | |
| Jess Butcher | United Kingdom | Co-founder of Blippar | |
| Farah Mohamed | United States | Girls 20 summit founder | |
| Katy Tuncer | United Kingdom | Founder, Ready Steady Mums | |
| Smruti Sriram | United Kingdom | Founder, Wings of Hope & Achievement Awards | |
| Darshan Karki | Nepal | Opinion-piece editor at Kathmandu Post daily, blogger | |
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Brooke Magnanti | United States United Kingdom | Anthropologist, author, former sex worker |
| Chipo Chung | Zimbabwe People's Republic of China | Actor and activist | |
| Pinar Ogunc | Iraq | Journalist writing about women's issues and the Kurdish political movement | |
| Sabina Kurgunayeva | Azerbaijan | Footballer who also runs her own bicycle rental business | |
| Kate Wilson | United Kingdom | Founder of independent children's book publisher in UK | |
| Betty Lalam | Uganda | Director of women's community organisation | |
| Arabella Dorman | United Kingdom | War artist | |
| Andy Kawa | South Africa | Businesswoman and social entrepreneur | |
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Bahia Shehab | Lebanon Egypt | Artist, designer and art historian |
| Divya Sharma | India | Science student | |
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell | United Kingdom | Scientist who discovered Pulsars |
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Eleni Antoniadou |  Greece | Co-Founder Transplants Without Donors |
| Shelina Zahra Janmohamed | United Kingdom | Blogger, columnist and author | |
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Salinee Tavaranan | Thailand | Engineer and social entrepreneur |
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Hatoon Kadi | Saudi Arabia | Comedian |
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Brie Rogers Lowery | United Kingdom | Director of Change.org |
| Balvinder Saund | United Kingdom | Chair of Women's Sikh Alliance | |
| Cora Sherlock | Ireland | Pro-life campaigner and blogger | |
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Alaa Murabit | Canada Libya | Founder, The Voice of Libyan Women |
| Bushra El-Turk | United Kingdom Lebanon | Composer for London Symphony Orchestra | |
| Kim Winser | United Kingdom | Founder, Winser London | |
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Arzu Geybullayeva | Azerbaijan | blogger |
| Judith Webb | United Kingdom | First female commander of an all-male British Army squadron@sjbwebb | |
| Sarah Hesterman | Qatar | Equal rights campaigner | |
| Sana Saleem | Pakistan | Pakistani campaigner against Internet censorship | |
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Asma Mansour | Tunisia | Co-founder of Tunisian Centre for Social Entrepreneurship |
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Diana Nammi | United Kingdom | Kurdish women's rights campaigner against "honour" killing |
| Funmi Iyanda | Nigeria | Talk show host, journalist, activist | |
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Karen Masters | United Kingdom | Scientist at the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation |
| Khuloud Saba | Syria | Researcher and public health worker | |
| Yolanda Wang Yixuan | People's Republic of China | Women's rights campaigner | |
| Ayesha Mustafa | United Kingdom | Founder and director of FashionComPassion.co.uk | |
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Obiageli Ezekwesili | Nigeria | Former World Bank Vice President for Africa and Former Minister for Education |
| Tehmina Kazi | United Kingdom | Director of British Muslims for Secular Democracy | |
| Sophi Tranchell | United Kingdom | Head of Divine Chocolate | |
| Boghuma Kabisen Titanji | Cameroon | Virologist and campaigner for ethical medical research | |
| Dwi Rubiyanti Kholifah | Indonesia | Women's movement leader | |
| Anjali Ramachandran | United Kingdom | Head of Innovation at PHD | |
| Yas Necati | United Kingdom | Campaigner for better sex education | |
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Yeonmi Park | South Korea | Activist raising awareness of the plight of her people in North Korea |
| Irene Li | Hong Kong | Citizen journalist who took part in and documented protests | |
| Sandee Pyne | Myanmar | Chief executive of Community Partner's International, focused on aid | |
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Temie Giwa | Nigeria United States | Founder of the One Percent Project, facilitating blood donation |
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Kavita Krishnan | India | Secretary, All India Progressive Women's Association |
| Sarah Khan | Pakistan | Filmmaker and campaigner | |
| Nicky Moffat | United Kingdom | Highest Ranked woman in British Armed Forces | |
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Alice Powell | United Kingdom | Racing driver and first female to win a Formula Renault Championship |
| Misty Haith | United Kingdom | Research Engineer at Imperial College London | |
| Sally Sabry | Egypt | Businesswoman | |
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Kate Smurthwaite | United Kingdom | Comedian and activist |
| Susana Lopez | Mexico | Virologist specialising in rotavirus | |
| Jaya Luintel | Nepal | Journalist and women's rights advocate | |
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Nicola Sturgeon | United Kingdom Scotland | First Minister of Scotland |
2013
The 2013 event was a month-long BBC series that took place in October.[9] The series examined the role of women in the 21st century and culminated in an event held at BBC Broadcasting House in London, United Kingdom on 25 October 2013 involving a hundred women from around the world, all of whom came from different walks of life.[9] The day featured debate and discussion on radio, television and online, in which the participants were asked to give their opinions about the issues facing women.[1]
The event held on 25 October 2013 featured 100 women from all walks of life.[39]
| Image | Name | Occupation |
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| Salwa Abu Libdeh | Palestinian television journalist | |
| Madawi Al-Rasheed | Saudi academic and gender expert | |
| Nadia Al-Sakkaf | Editor, Yemen Times | |
| Sreymom Ang | Cambodian fashion designer | |
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Anna Arrowsmith | English porn film director |
| Joyce Aoko Aruga | Student teacher in Kenya | |
| Moe Thuzar Aung | Myanmar state broadcast | |
| Rehana Azib | London-based barrister | |
| Firuza Aliyeva | Associate Director, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy | |
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Zainab Hawa Bangura | UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict |
| Michaela Bergman | Chief Counsellor for Social Issues, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | |
| Claire Bertschinger | Anglo-Swiss nurse whose work inspired Live Aid | |
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Ingrid Betancourt | French-Colombian former politician and FARC hostage |
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Cherie Blair | British barrister and philanthropist |
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Emma Bonino | Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy |
| Yvonne Brewster | Stage director, teacher and writer | |
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Gurinder Chadha | British-Asian film director |
| Nervana Mahmoud | Egyptian blogger and commentator | |
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Irina Chakraborty | Russian-Finnish-Indian engineer |
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Shadi Sadr | Iranian lawyer and human rights defender |
| Chipo Chung | Chinese-Zimbabwean actor and activist | |
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Helen Clark | Head of UN Development Programme, former New Zealand Prime Minister |
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Diane Coyle | Economist, writer and blogger |
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Caroline Criado Perez | British journalist and feminist campaigner |
| Jody Day | founder of Gateway Women, a network for childless women | |
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Es Devlin | British theatre designer |
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Klara Dobrev | Hungarian lawyer and economist |
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Efua Dorkenoo | Ghanaian Senior Advisor to Equality Now and campaigner against female genital mutilation |
| Sigridur Maria Egilsdottir | Iceland's champion debater | |
| Marwa El-Daly | Egyptian grassroots activists, founder of the Waqfeyat Foundation | |
| Bushra El-Turk | British-Lebanese composer | |
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Obiageli Ezekwesili | Senior adviser, Open Society Foundation |
| Caroline Farrow | Catholic writer, blogger and pro-life activist | |
| Anne Stella Fomumbod | Women's rights activist, Cameroon | |
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Teresa Forcades | Radical Spanish nun |
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Razan Ghazzawi | Syrian blogger and activist |
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Rebecca Gomperts | Dutch doctor, head of Women on Waves |
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Tanni Grey-Thompson | Winner of 11 Paralympic Games gold medals |
| Parveen Hassan | Conservative women's organiser, UK | |
| Barbara Hewson | Senior barrister, UK | |
| Anis Hidayah | Indonesian activist working on migrant worker rights | |
| Deborah Hopkins | British mother and political activist | |
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Rose Hudson-Wilkin | Jamaican born British priest |
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Bettany Hughes | Historian, author, broadcaster |
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Rubana Huq | Bangladeshi textile manufacturer |
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Leyla Hussein | Co-founder, Daughters of Eve, anti-violence campaigner |
| Heather Jackson | CEO of An Inspirational Journey and Founder of The Women's Business Forum | |
| Shelina Zahra Janmohamed | Blogger, columnist and author | |
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Laura Janner-Klausner | Movement rabbi, specializing in Reform Judaism |
| Aowen Jin | Chinese contemporary artist | |
| Andy Kawa | South African businesswoman, anti-violence campaigner | |
| Tehmina Kazi | Director, British Muslims for a Secular Democracy | |
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Jude Kelly | Artistic Director, Southbank Centre |
| Fereshteh Khosroujerdy | Visually impaired Iranian singer | |
| Azadeh Kian | Iranian academic and genderspecialist | |
| Kanya King | CEO and founder, Mobo | |
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Fawzia Koofi | MP and former Deputy Speaker, Afghan National Parliament |
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Dina Korzun | Russian actor and charity activist |
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Martha Lane-Fox | UK technology entrepreneur |
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Paris Lees | Transgender broadcaster |
| Ann Leslie | Journalist | |
| Sian Lindley | Researcher in social technology | |
| Pontso Mafethe | Programme manager, Comic Relief | |
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Brooke Magnanti | US anthropologist, author, former sex worker |
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Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba | Deputy Secretary General, the Commonwealth |
| Shirley Meredeen | Founding member, Growing Old Disgracefully | |
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Samar Samir Mezghanni | Record-breaking young Tunisian writer |
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Shazia Mirza | British comedian |
| Aditi Mittal | Indian comedian | |
| Rosmery Mollo | Indigenous Bolivian activist | |
| Orzala Ashraf Nemat | Afghan scholar and civil society activist | |
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Pauline Neville-Jones | Former UK Security and Counter-Terrorism Minister |
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Susie Orbach | Psychotherapist and author |
| Mirina Paananen | Islamic researcher | |
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Claudia Paz y Paz | Attorney General, Guatemala |
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Mariane Pearl | French journalist, founder of Chime for Change |
| Laura Perrins | Stay-at-home mother | |
| Charlotte Raven | British feminist and journalist | |
| Gail Rebuck | Chief executive, Random House UK | |
| Justine Roberts | Founder, Mumsnet | |
| Sarah Rogers | Voice of Women community radio, Sierra Leone | |
| Fatima Said | British-Egyptian pro-democracy advocate | |
| Balvinder Saund | Chair of Sikh Women's Alliance | |
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Kamila Shamsie | UK-based Pakistani writer |
| Divya Sharma | Indian electronics and communications engineer | |
| Bahia Shehab | Lebanese-Egyptian artist, designer and art historian | |
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Joanna Shields | Chair and CEO, Tech City Investment Organisation |
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Stephanie Shirley | Businesswoman and philanthropist |
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Clare Short | British politician, former International Development Secretary |
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Jacqui Smith | Former UK Home Secretary |
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Kate Smurthwaite | British stand-up comedian and activist |
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Rainatou Sow | Guinean founder, Make Every Woman Count |
| Louise Stephenson | Trainee counsellor, UK | |
| May Tha Hla | Founder, Helping The Burmese Delta | |
| Natasha Walter | British feminist writer and campaigner | |
| Judith Webb | First female commander of all-male British Army squadron | |
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Saadia Zahidi | Head of Gender Parity and Human Capital, World Economic Forum |
| Dinara Zhorobekova | Student, Kyrgyzstan | |
| Gemma Godfrey | Board director, broadcaster | |
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Martina Navratilova | 18-time Grand Slam singles tennis champion |
Other participants
| Name | Occupation |
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| Sarah Walker | Head of the English Collective of Prostitutes[1] |
| Cerrie Burnell | Children's television presenter[1] |
| Selma James | Writer and activist[1] |
See also
References
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- "100 Women 2018: What to look forward to". BBC News. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
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- "Meet Our Leadership". DEPDC / GMS. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
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- "BBC 100 Women 2016: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 21 November 2016.
- Cheng, Kris (21 November 2016). "Singer Denise Ho and football coach Chan Yuen-ting featured in BBC's annual 100 Women list". Hong Kong Free Press.
- Yay! Nigeria’s Funke Bucknor-Obruthe & Omotade Alalade make BBC’s "100 Women" List for 2016, 23 November 2016, BellaNaija, Retrieved 6 December 2016
- Four South Africa women make it on BBC’s 100 Women List 2016, You, Retrieved 6 December 2016
- "BBC 100 Women 2015: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 17 November 2015.
- معتمدی, کامران (11 February 2016). "اشتغال، رهایی و پیامبران جدید سرمایه" [Employment, freedom and new capital messenger] (in Persian). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: رادیو زمانه. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- Australian mental health champion among BBC’s 100 inspirational woman, 27 November 2015, BeyondBlue, Retrieved 6 December 2016
- "India's Kanika Tekriwal, 28, Is Revving Up The Private Jet And Helicopter Market". www.forbes.com. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- "BBC 100 Women 2015: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 26 October 2014.
- "La Cadena BBC Destaca a la Justa" [The BBC Chain Highlights La Justa]. La Prensa Bolivia (in Spanish). La Paz, Bolivia. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- "100 Women: Who Took Part?". BBC News. 22 November 2013.
External links
- 100 Women at BBC Online
- BBC 100 Women at Wikimedia UK
- BBC 100 Women Online Initiative at WikiProject Women in Red – 21 November to 15 December 2016
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