Women's hidden role in the history of healing

An author and a historian discuss the historical contributions of women in medicine

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Women causing a stir in the tea business

Datshiane Navanayagam speaks to two women who have founded tea companies

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Feel the fear: Women directing horror movies

Iranian and Mexican women on their passion for making horror movies

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Femicide: 'The shadow pandemic'

Women in Puerto Rico and Kenya on the huge numbers of women killed in gender violence

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Women with a love of language

Literary translators from Turkey and Argentina giving novels new life in another language

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How to get ahead in the workplace

Datshiane Navanayagam gets top tips from career mentors about how to succeed at work

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Fabrics for the future

Two women from Singapore and Spain aiming to make fashion more climate-friendly

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Women discovering the music stars of tomorrow

Datshiane Navanayagam talks to two music scouts about the art of discovering new artists

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Female farming entrepreneurs

Women fusing tech and agriculture to produce food indoors - that's local and soil free.

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Female farming entrepreneurs

Women fusing tech and agriculture to farm food - indoors, local and soil-free

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Deep sea explorers

Women from the US and South Africa on discovering the wonders of the oceans

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Women using satellites to track coastal erosion

Women from Sri Lanka and France using images taken from space to counter coastal erosion.

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Women in love with romance

Romantic fiction authors from Nigeria and US discuss creating love stories for everyone

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Why I kept a teen diary

Two women from Nigeria and the UK talk about keeping a diary and what it’s taught them

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Women turning pain into art

Women from the UK and Romania creatively inspired by their chronic conditions

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Deminers: Women excavating the explosive remnants of war

Two women from Zimbabwe and Ukraine on clearing landmines and unexploded ordnance.

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What’s it like to be a private chef?

Ella Al-Shamahi speaks to two private chefs who create intimate dining experiences

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Child helplines: Giving young people a voice

Two women from South Africa and Greece on running round-the-clock support for children

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Lessons from female philosophers

Two female philosophers explore philosophy's enduring relevance

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Women providing prosthetics

Women in Ukraine and UK on how they help amputees and children with limb difference

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Teaching consent in relationships

Women from Nigeria and Denmark on the importance of consent as part of sex education

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Women investigating bribery and corruption

Yousr Khalil from Egypt and Judy Krieg in the US discuss detecting global business fraud

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Fostering: Being a ‘bonus parent’

Two women from the US and Moldova on the realities of being a foster carer

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Giving used clothes a new life

Datshiane Navanayagam talks to two women at the forefront of the second hand clothing boom

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One-woman sound machines

Two female Foley artists discuss their careers in sound

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Air traffic controllers

Women from the UAE and Sweden discuss guiding aeroplane take-offs and landings

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Women working through menopause 

Women from the UK and Australia discuss the impact of menopause on their careers

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Challenging mainstream economics

An Indian professor and a Danish author on how paid and unpaid care work are undervalued

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Digging up dinosaurs

Two palaeontologists on dinosaurs, fossils and the fight to stop illegal fossil trade

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Faith and tackling climate change

Two women on how their Muslim and Christian beliefs shape their love of nature

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