What Makes Us Women?

What does it mean to be born the 'wrong' gender?

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Mothers at Work

Denmark has the highest number of working women in the world

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Women as Water Providers and Users

What are the key issues which affect women as global providers and users of water?

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Economic Exploitation of Women in Asia

How women are exploited during economic booms and left to pick up the pieces during busts

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Is Breast Still Best?

Is it safer to formula feed rather than breastfeed in AIDS-stricken parts of the world?

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Is Knowledge Really Power?

Special programme from The Know How Conference on the World of Women's Information

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How Does the Modern Woman Find a Mate?

Writer Isabel Wolff took on the challenge of dating a different man each week

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Are Women As Dangerous As Men?

Can women be as violent as men?

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What Brings Us Joy?

What makes us happy? Is it as simple as making more time for ourselves?

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Engaging Women with Science

Special report from Women's Science Night at the London Science Museum.

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Feeding the World

How do the millions of women who till the fields worldwide get the support they need?

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Is Language Essentially Patriarchal?

Is language another tool men use to dominate women?

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Closing the Gender Gap in Education

What can be done to improve access to education for 75 million girls worldwide?

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Cooking for the World

'Queen of Indian cookery' Madhur Jaffrey talks about her cultural influences.

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Life in the Shtetl

Why women living in a Jewish village over 100 years ago inspired one modern author

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Dorothy Hodgkin: Scientist and Nobel Prize Winner

A look at the pioneering work and inspiring life of British scientist Dorothy Hodgkin

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Breaking The Silence About Violence Towards Women

South African women talk about the ambivalent attitude towards rape in their culture

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Single Motherhood Special

Why there's no stigma attached to single motherhood in Iceland

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Is Marriage Still Culturally Relevant?

Is marriage as culturally relevant as it always has been? A look at marriage in China

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Women in Politics

The President of the Democratic Alliance of Women in Nigeria talks about women in politics

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Sailing the Seven Seas

Champion yachtswoman Ellen McArthur talks about her love of sailing

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Getting Ahead in Business

To get ahead, do women need to be aggressive or adopt a 'softly-softly' approach?

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Our Daily Bread

Bread remains a dietary staple in times of food shortages. Why does this never change?

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The Real Amazons

The Amazon women are legendary, now new research suggests they were from Benin

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Does Arranged Marriage Impede on Women's Rights?

Are young Asian-British women under too much pressure to accept arranged marriages?

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Why Are We Getting Bigger?

Women are larger than ever yet striving to look like supermodels - why?

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Does Mother Always Know Best?

Do mums really always know best? A global look at mother-daughter relationships

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Standing Up for Press Freedom

The female editor of a Pakistani newspaper is refusing to resign despite death threats

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The End of FGM?

A woman of African origin has been convicted of female genital mutilation in France.

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The Farming Of Bones

Edwidge Danticat, the Haitian author, talks about her latest novel, The Farming Of Bones

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