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Bbc 100 Women

100 Women is a BBC multi-format series established in 2013.

100 Women
Bbc 100 Women
StatusActive
FrequencyAnnually
Years active11 in 2023
Inaugurated22 October 2013 (2013-10-22)
Most recentNovember 2023 (2023-11)
Website100 Women

The annual series examines the role of women in the 21st century and has included events in London and Mexico. 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. 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.

History

After the 2012 Delhi gang rape, then BBC Controller Liliane Landor, BBC editor Fiona Crack and other journalists, were inspired to create a series focusing on the issues and achievements of women in society today. 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."

The BBC launched this series in 2013 to address the under-representation of women in the media. Women to participate in the first programme were chosen by survey in 26 different language services. 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, to examine both the cultural and social challenges women faced in living their lives.

The series has since covered many topics, including education, healthcare, equal pay, genital mutilation, domestic violence, and sexual abuse and seeks to provide women with a platform to discuss how to improve the world and eliminate sexism. Women included on the list are from around the globe, and involved in diverse fields of endeavour. Women who are already famous are included, as well as people who are less known.

Laureates

2023

The 2023 list was released on 21 November and it included 21 women involved with climate change. The laureates included the Indian cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur, Aitana Bonmatí, Michelle Obama, Amal Clooney, Timnit Gebru, Trần Gấm and Huda Kattan. The list was subdivided into four categories: Culture & Education, Entertainment & Sport, Politics & Advocacy and Science, Health & Tech, with 28 of the laureates dubbed climate pioneers (shown as green rows below).

Politics & Advocacy

Image Name Country of birth Description
Bbc 100 Women Maryam Al-Khawaja Bbc 100 Women Bahrain (also a citizen of Bbc 100 Women Denmark) Human rights campaigner, board member of Civicus and the International Service for Human Rights
Shamsa Araweelo Bbc 100 Women Somalia (also a citizen of the Bbc 100 Women UK) Anti-FGM campaigner
Yasmina Benslimane Bbc 100 Women Morocco Founder of Politics4Her and gender equality campaigner
Yael Braudo-Bahat Bbc 100 Women Israel Peace activist and co-director at Women Wage Peace
Bbc 100 Women Alicia Cahuiya Bbc 100 Women Ecuador Indigenous rights activist
Bbc 100 Women Amal Clooney Bbc 100 Women Lebanon (also a citizen of the Bbc 100 Women UK) Human rights lawyer
Bbc 100 Women Dehenna Davison Bbc 100 Women UK Member of Parliament
Bbc 100 Women Christiana Figueres Bbc 100 Women Costa Rica Diplomat and climate policy negotiator with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Bbc 100 Women Bella Galhos Bbc 100 Women East Timor Political activist and LGBTQ+ rights advocate
Rina Gonoi Bbc 100 Women Japan Former military officer and anti-sexual harassment activist
Bbc 100 Women Sonia Guajajara Bbc 100 Women Brazil State minister for native peoples and indigenous rights campaigner
Renita Holmes Bbc 100 Women USA Housing rights campaigner
Bbc 100 Women Nataša Kandić Bbc 100 Women Serbia Lawyer and human rights activist. Founder of the Humanitarian Law Center
Bbc 100 Women Rukshana Kapali Bbc 100 Women   Nepal Housing rights campaigner and transgender human rights activist
Sofia Kosachyova Bbc 100 Women Russia Firefighter
Bbc 100 Women Monica McWilliams Bbc 100 Women UK Former politician and peace negotiator during the Good Friday Agreement talks. Co-founder of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Najla Mohamed-Lamin Bbc 100 Women Western Sahara Women's rights and climate activist in the Saharawi refugee camps
Ulanda Mtamba Bbc 100 Women Malawi Campaigner against child marriage
Tamar Museridze Bbc 100 Women Georgia Investigative journalist
Neema Namadamu Bbc 100 Women Democratic Republic of Congo Disability rights campaigner
Bbc 100 Women Michelle Obama Bbc 100 Women USA Attorney, author and campaigner
Sepideh Rashnu Bbc 100 Women Iran Writer and artist
Bernadette Smith Bbc 100 Women Canada Advocate for families of missing indigenous women and girls. Co-founder of Drag the Red
Iryna Stavchuk Bbc 100 Women Ukraine Climate policy adviser at the European Climate Foundation
Bbc 100 Women Gloria Steinem Bbc 100 Women USA Feminist leader and co-founder of Ms. magazine
Summia Tora Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Refugee rights campaigner
Xu Zaozao Bbc 100 Women China Egg freezing campaigner. Advocate for single women's reproductive rights and bodily autonomy

Entertainment & Sport

Image Name Country of birth Description
Bbc 100 Women Aitana Bonmatí Bbc 100 Women Spain Footballer, winner of the Ballon d'Or and former UEFA player of the year
Antinisca Cenci Bbc 100 Women Italy Equestrian vaulter
Andreza Delgado Bbc 100 Women Brazil Curator and cultural manager. Co-founder of PerifaCon
Bbc 100 Women Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi Bbc 100 Women Indonesia Speed climber
Bbc 100 Women America Ferrera Bbc 100 Women USA Actor and Latino rights advocate
Anne Grall Bbc 100 Women France Comedian
Georgia Harrison Bbc 100 Women UK TV personality. Anti-revenge porn campaigner
Bbc 100 Women Harmanpreet Kaur Bbc 100 Women India Cricketer
Dayeon Lee Bbc 100 Women South Korea Climate change campaigner for Kpop4Planet
Justina Miles Bbc 100 Women USA Deaf performer
Bbc 100 Women Dia Mirza Bbc 100 Women India Actor. Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme and a board member of the Sanctuary Nature Foundation
Zandile Ndhlovu Bbc 100 Women South Africa Freediving instructor
Alice Oseman Bbc 100 Women UK Award-winning author, illustrator and screenwriter
Paramida Bbc 100 Women Germany DJ and music producer
Camila Pirelli Bbc 100 Women Paraguay Olympic heptathlete and EcoAthlete Champion
Bbc 100 Women Aziza Sbaity Bbc 100 Women Lebanon Sprinter
Khine Hnin Wai Bbc 100 Women Myanmar Actor and activist
Bbc 100 Women Bianca Williams Bbc 100 Women UK Athlete

Culture & Education

Image Name Country of birth Description
Bbc 100 Women Afroze-Numa Bbc 100 Women Pakistan Shepherdess
Hosai Ahmadzai Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan TV presenter on Shamshad TV
Esi Buobasa Bbc 100 Women Ghana Fishmonger
Bbc 100 Women Chila Kumari Burman Bbc 100 Women UK Artist
Bbc 100 Women Paulina Chiziane Bbc 100 Women Mozambique Writer. Winner of the Camões Prize
Susanne Etti Bbc 100 Women Australia Sustainable tourism expert
Licia Fertz Bbc 100 Women Italy Anti-ageism, feminism and LGBTQ+ activist
Jannatul Ferdous Bbc 100 Women Bangladesh Burns survivor, film-maker, writer and disability rights campaigner
Natalia Idrisova Bbc 100 Women Tajikistan Green energy consultant
Bbc 100 Women Vee Kativhu Bbc 100 Women Zimbabwe (also a citizen of the Bbc 100 Women UK) Content creator and YouTuber
Bbc 100 Women Huda Kattan Bbc 100 Women USA Founder of Huda Beauty
Bbc 100 Women Sophia Kianni Bbc 100 Women USA Student and social entrepreneur
Arati Kumar-Rao Bbc 100 Women India Photographer
Bbc 100 Women Louise Mabulo Bbc 100 Women Philippines Farmer and entrepreneur. Recognised by the United Nations Environment Programme as a Young Champion of the Earth
Marijeta Mojašević Bbc 100 Women Montenegro Disability rights activist
Sarah Ott Bbc 100 Women USA School teacher and climate change ambassador with the National Center for Science Education
Bbc 100 Women Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo Bbc 100 Women UK (citizen of Bbc 100 Women India) Bhikṣuṇī buddhist nun
Lala Pasquinelli Bbc 100 Women Argentina Artist, lawyer, poet, lesbian and feminist activist
Jess Pepper Bbc 100 Women UK Founder of Climate Café and fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Matcha Phorn-in Bbc 100 Women Thailand Campaigner for indigenous and LGBTQ+ rights
Carolina Díaz Pimentel Bbc 100 Women Peru Journalist specialising in neurodivergence and mental health coverage
Shairbu Sagynbaeva Bbc 100 Women Kyrgyzstan Co-founder of For Life sewing shop
Bbc 100 Women Daria Serenko Bbc 100 Women Russia Poet, writer and political activist. Member of Feminist Anti-War resistance
Kera Sherwood-O'Regan Bbc 100 Women New Zealand Indigenous rights and disability advocate
Sagarika Sriram Bbc 100 Women United Arab Emirates Educator and climate adviser
Clara Elizabeth Fragoso Ugarte Bbc 100 Women Mexico Truck driver
Bbc 100 Women Oksana Zabuzhko Bbc 100 Women Ukraine Writer

Science, Health & Tech

Image Name Country of birth Description
Basima Abdulrahman Bbc 100 Women Iraq Green building entrepreneur
Bayang Bbc 100 Women China Diarist and sustainability advocate
Amina Al-Bish Bbc 100 Women Syria Volunteer rescue worker with the Syria Civil Defence
Bbc 100 Women Rumaitha Al Busaidi Bbc 100 Women Oman Scientist
Sara Al-Saqqa Bbc 100 Women Palestine General surgeon
Susan Chomba Bbc 100 Women Kenya Scientist and director at the World Resources Institute
Leanne Cullen-Unsworth Bbc 100 Women UK Marine scientist
Bbc 100 Women Canan Dagdeviren Bbc 100 Women Turkey Scientist and inventor
Izabela Dłużyk Bbc 100 Women Poland Sound recordist
Marcela Fernández Bbc 100 Women Colombia Expedition guide
Bbc 100 Women Anamaría Font Villarroel Bbc 100 Women Venezuela Particle physicist
Trần Gấm Bbc 100 Women Vietnam Biogas business owner
Bbc 100 Women Timnit Gebru Bbc 100 Women Ethiopia (citizen of Bbc 100 Women USA) AI expert
Bbc 100 Women Claudia Goldin Bbc 100 Women USA Economist and recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics
Anna Huttunen Bbc 100 Women Finland Carbon impact tech expert
Bbc 100 Women Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka Bbc 100 Women Uganda Veterinarian and conservationist. Founder of Conservation Through Public Health. Recognised by the United Nations Environment Programme as a Champion of the Earth in 2021
Sonia Kastner Bbc 100 Women USA Wildfire detection tech developer
Astrid Linder Bbc 100 Women Sweden Professor of traffic safety
Neha Mankani Bbc 100 Women Pakistan Midwife
Bbc 100 Women Wanjira Mathai Bbc 100 Women Kenya Environmental adviser. Former leader of the Green Belt Movement. Managing director for Africa & Global Partnerships at the World Resources Institute and adviser to the Clean Cooking Alliance and the European Climate Foundation
Isabel Farías Meyer Bbc 100 Women Chile Journalist and early menopause campaigner
Natalie Psaila Bbc 100 Women Malta Medical doctor
Olena Rozvadovska Bbc 100 Women Ukraine Children's rights advocate
Sumini Bbc 100 Women Indonesia Forest manager
Fabiola Trejo Bbc 100 Women Mexico Social psychologist
Jennifer Uchendu Bbc 100 Women Nigeria Mental health advocate. Founder of SustyVibes
Qiyun Woo Bbc 100 Women Singapore Storyteller and environmentalist
Elham Youssefian Bbc 100 Women Iran (citizen of Bbc 100 Women USA) Human rights lawyer, adviser on climate and adviser on disability to the International Disability Alliance

2022

The list for 2022 was released on 6 December. Women included this year were Olena Zelenska of Ukraine, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, the singer Billie Eilish, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Selma Blair, Lina Abu Akleh, Alla Pugacheva, Elnaz Rekabi and Yulimar Rojas. The list was subdivided into four categories: Culture & Sport, Activism & Advocacy, Politics & Education and Health & Science.

Politics & Education

Image Name Country of birth Description
Maeen Al-Obaidi Bbc 100 Women Yemen Lawyer and mediator
Fatima Amiri Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Student
Bbc 100 Women Nathalie Becquart Bbc 100 Women France (also a citizen of the Bbc 100 Women Vatican City) Nun in the Congregation of Xavières and first ever female Undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops.
Taisia Bekbulatova Bbc 100 Women Russia Journalist. Founder of the independent media outlet Holod
Kristina Berdynskykh Bbc 100 Women Ukraine Journalist
María Fernanda Castro Maya Bbc 100 Women Mexico Disability rights advocate
Chanel Contos Bbc 100 Women Australia Sexual consent activist
Bbc 100 Women Eva Copa Bbc 100 Women Bolivia Politician and mayor of El Alto of Aymara descent
Joy Ezeilo Bbc 100 Women Nigeria Law professor and former United Nations special rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons
Ibijoke Faborode Bbc 100 Women Nigeria Founder of ElectHER
Bbc 100 Women Erika Hilton Bbc 100 Women Brazil Politician and campaigner for black and LGBT rights. The first black trans woman ever elected to a seat in the National Congress of Brazil
Bbc 100 Women Park Ji-hyun Bbc 100 Women South Korea Political reformer
Zahra Joya Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Journalist and founder of Rukhshana Media
Bbc 100 Women Ursula von der Leyen Bbc 100 Women Germany First ever female President of the European Commission
Bbc 100 Women Naomi Long Bbc 100 Women Northern Ireland (uses a Bbc 100 Women UK passport) Politician and former Lord Mayor of Belfast
Ayesha Malik Bbc 100 Women Pakistan First female judge on the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Zara Mohammadi Bbc 100 Women Iran Kurdish language educator
Bbc 100 Women Mia Mottley Bbc 100 Women Barbados First female Prime Minister of Barbados
Bbc 100 Women Sepideh Qoliyan Bbc 100 Women Iran Political campaigner and workers’ rights advocate
Bbc 100 Women Roza Salih Bbc 100 Women Iraq (active in Bbc 100 Women Scotland, Bbc 100 Women UK) Politician and member of activist group the Glasgow Girls
Bbc 100 Women Simone Tebet Bbc 100 Women Brazil Member of the Brazilian Federal Senate
Kisanet Tedros Bbc 100 Women Eritrea Educational entrepreneur and Tigrinyan digital content creator
Bbc 100 Women Cheng Yen Bbc 100 Women Taiwan Buddhist philanthropist, founder of the Tzu Chi humanitarian organisation
Bbc 100 Women Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Bbc 100 Women Iran (also a citizen of the Bbc 100 Women UK) Charity worker
Bbc 100 Women Olena Zelenska Bbc 100 Women Ukraine Incumbent First Lady, architect and screenwriter

Culture & Sport

Image Name Country of birth Description
Dima Aktaa Bbc 100 Women Syria Refugee and parathlete
Bbc 100 Women Zar Amir Ebrahimi Bbc 100 Women Iran Actor and founder of Alambic Productions
Bbc 100 Women Selma Blair Bbc 100 Women USA Actor and multiple sclerosis awareness campaigner
Bbc 100 Women Ona Carbonell Bbc 100 Women Spain Olympic medal winning synchronised swimmer
Sarah Chan Bbc 100 Women South Sudan NBA scout and former professional basketball player. Advocate for education and sports
Bbc 100 Women Priyanka Chopra Bbc 100 Women India Actor and producer. UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, campaigning for children's rights and education for girls
Bbc 100 Women Billie Eilish Bbc 100 Women USA Singer and songwriter
Bbc 100 Women Ons Jabeur Bbc 100 Women Tunisia Tennis player
Sneha Jawale Bbc 100 Women India Social worker
Bbc 100 Women Reema Juffali Bbc 100 Women Saudi Arabia Racing driver and founder of Theeba Motorsport
Kadri Keung Bbc 100 Women Hong Kong Fashion designer
Mie Kyung (Miky) Lee Bbc 100 Women South Korea Producer, architect of KCON music festival and vice-chair of CJ ENM
Bbc 100 Women Laura McAllister Bbc 100 Women WalesBbc 100 Women UK Professor and former footballer. LGBTQ+ sports ambassador
Bbc 100 Women Milli Bbc 100 Women Thailand Rap artist
Bbc 100 Women Rita Moreno Bbc 100 Women Puerto RicoBbc 100 Women USA EGOT winning actor
Bbc 100 Women Salima Rhadia Mukansanga Bbc 100 Women Rwanda Football referee
Bbc 100 Women Alla Pugacheva Bbc 100 Women Russia Musician
Bbc 100 Women Elnaz Rekabi Bbc 100 Women Iran Climber, appeared at the Asian Championships without a hijab in violation of Iranian law and was arrested as her action was interpreted by the Iranian government as a silent protest against the law in the context of feminist protesters in Iran at the time
Bbc 100 Women Yulimar Rojas Bbc 100 Women Venezuela Olympic medal winning triple jumper and LGBTQ+ rights advocate
Sally Scales Bbc 100 Women Australia Pitjantjatjaran artist
Bbc 100 Women Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah Bbc 100 Women Ghana Writer and feminist activist
Bbc 100 Women Geetanjali Shree Bbc 100 Women India Author and winner of the International Booker Prize
Alexandra Skochilenko Bbc 100 Women Russia Artist, imprisoned by the Russian government for protesting against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Bbc 100 Women Velia Vidal Bbc 100 Women Colombia Writer and El Chocó cultural and education campaigner
Esraa Warda Bbc 100 Women AlgeriaBbc 100 Women USA Dancer and proponent of raï,a grassroots genre historically associated with social protest

Activism & Advocacy

Image Name Country of birth Description
Lina Abu Akleh Bbc 100 Women Palestine Human rights advocate
Velmariri Bambari Bbc 100 Women Indonesia Activist and women's rights campaigner
Bbc 100 Women Tarana Burke Bbc 100 Women USA Activist. Started the MeToo movement.
Sanjida Islam Choya Bbc 100 Women Bangladesh Student
Bbc 100 Women Heidi Crowter Bbc 100 Women UK Disability rights campaigner with an emphasis on Down syndrome
Bbc 100 Women Sandya Eknelygoda Bbc 100 Women Sri Lanka Human rights activist
Bbc 100 Women Gohar Eshghi Bbc 100 Women Iran Civil activist and Iranian Complainant Mother
Bbc 100 Women Ceci Flores Bbc 100 Women Mexico Activist and member of the Madres Buscadoras de Sonora collective
Geraldina Guerra Garcés Bbc 100 Women Ecuador Women's rights and anti-femicide activist
Moud Goba Bbc 100 Women UK Refugee and LGBTQ+ rights activist. Founding member of UK Black Pride
Bbc 100 Women Women cutting their hair Bbc 100 Women Iran Group protesting against Iranian laws against women, (especially the law mandating that women wear a hijab at all times) and against its restrictive laws and theocratic government in general
Gehad Hamdy Bbc 100 Women Egypt Dentist and humanitarian
Bbc 100 Women Judith Heumann Bbc 100 Women USA Disability rights advocate
Jebina Yasmin Islam Bbc 100 Women UK Campaigner for women's safety
Layli (pseudonym) Bbc 100 Women Iran Protester
Bbc 100 Women Hadizatou Mani Bbc 100 Women Niger Anti-slavery campaigner
Bbc 100 Women Oleksandra Matviichuk Bbc 100 Women Ukraine Human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist at the Center for Civil Liberties. Helps Ukraine document proof of Russian atrocities resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Bbc 100 Women Narges Mohammadi Bbc 100 Women Iran Journalist and human rights campaigner. Vice-president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center
Tamana Zaryab Paryani Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Human rights activist
Alice Pataxó Bbc 100 Women Brazil Indigenous rights activist and climate campaigner
Roya Piraei Bbc 100 Women Iran Kurdish rights activist
Bbc 100 Women Yuliia Sachuk Bbc 100 Women Ukraine Disability rights advocate
Suvada Selimović Bbc 100 Women Bosnia and Herzegovina Peace campaigner
Bbc 100 Women Efrat Tilma Bbc 100 Women Israel Transgender volunteer and LGBTQ+ activist
Bbc 100 Women Zhou Xiaoxuan Bbc 100 Women China Feminist activist

Health & Science

Image Name Country of birth Description
Aye Nyein Thu Bbc 100 Women Myanmar Medical doctor
Sirisha Bandla Bbc 100 Women India Aeronautical engineer
Victoria Baptiste Bbc 100 Women USA Nurse and vaccine educator. WHO Goodwill Ambassador for cervical cancer elimination
Niloufar Bayani Bbc 100 Women Iran Ecologist and programme manager at the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation
Sandy Cabrera Arteaga Bbc 100 Women Honduras Sexual and reproductive rights advocate
Samrawit Fikru Bbc 100 Women Ethiopia Tech entrepreneur
Wegahta Gebreyohannes Abera Bbc 100 Women Ethiopia Humanitarian aid worker
Dilek Gürsoy Bbc 100 Women Germany Heart surgeon
Sofía Heinonen Bbc 100 Women Argentina Conservationist
Kimiko Hirata Bbc 100 Women Japan Climate change activist. Recipient of Goldman Environmental Prize
Judy Kihumba Bbc 100 Women Kenya Sign language interpreter
Bbc 100 Women Marie Christina Kolo Bbc 100 Women Madagascar Climate entrepreneur and ecofeminist
Iryna Kondratova Bbc 100 Women Ukraine Paediatrician at the Kharkiv Regional Perinatal Centre
Asonele Kotu Bbc 100 Women South Africa Tech entrepreneur
Erika Liriano Bbc 100 Women Dominican Republic Cocoa entrepreneur.
Naja Lyberth Bbc 100 Women Greenland Psychologist and trauma therapist
Nigar Marf Bbc 100 Women Iraq Nurse
Bbc 100 Women Monica Musonda Bbc 100 Women Zambia Businesswoman and nutrition advocate
Ifeoma Ozoma Bbc 100 Women USA Public policy and tech specialist
Bbc 100 Women Yuliia Paievska Bbc 100 Women Ukraine Paramedic and founder of Taira's Angels
Bbc 100 Women Jane Rigby Bbc 100 Women USA Astronomer and astrophysicist. Advocate for equity and inclusion in STEM
Ainura Sagyn Bbc 100 Women Kyrgyzstan Computer engineer and ecofeminist
Monica Simpson Bbc 100 Women USA Reproductive justice activist. Executive director of SisterSong
Bbc 100 Women Maryna Viazovska Bbc 100 Women Ukraine Mathematician. Winner of the Fields Medal
Bbc 100 Women Yana Zinkevych Bbc 100 Women Ukraine Politician, front-line medical volunteer and military veteran

2021

The 2021 list was published on 7 December with special focus on Afghanistan. The year's keyword is reset, covering women who have contributed to "playing their part to reinvent our society, our culture and our world". The list was subdivided into four categories: Culture & Education, Entertainment & Sport, Politics & Activism and Science & Health, with half the total laureates being Afghan.

Not everyone's real name was used for their safety; pseudonymised laureates are marked in the table below with an asterisk.

Culture & Education

Image Name Country of birth Description
Lima Aafshid Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Poet and writer
Oluyemi Adetiba-Orija Bbc 100 Women Nigeria Lawyer and founder of the all-women law firm Headfort Foundation
Rada Akbar Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Artist
Catherine Corless Bbc 100 Women Ireland Local historian
Pashtana Durrani Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Teacher, founder and executive director of Learn Afghanistan
Saeeda Etebari Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Jewellery designer
Bbc 100 Women Sahar Fetrat Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Feminist activist, writer and film-maker
Bbc 100 Women Melinda French Gates Bbc 100 Women United States Philanthropist and businesswoman
Saghi Ghahraman Bbc 100 Women Iran Poet and co-founder the Iranian Queer Organization
Angela Ghayour Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Teacher and founder of The Herat Online School
Najlla Habibyar Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Entrepreneur
Bbc 100 Women Shamsia Hassani Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Street artist
Mugdha Kalra Bbc 100 Women India Autism-rights activist and co-founder of Not That Different
Freshta Karim Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Children's-rights activist and founder of Charmaghz mobile library
Aliya Kazimy Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Educator
Bbc 100 Women Baroness Helena Kennedy QC Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Director, International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute
Iman Le Caire Bbc 100 Women Egypt Contemporary dancer, choreographer and LGBTQ+ activist. Founder, Trans Asylias
Depelsha Thomas McGruder Bbc 100 Women United States Founder of Moms of Black Boys United, COO of the Ford Foundation
Fahima Mirzaie Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Whirling-dervish dancer
Bbc 100 Women Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Bbc 100 Women Nigeria Writer
Lynn Ngugi Bbc 100 Women Kenya Journalist
Bbc 100 Women Rehana Popal Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Barrister
*Rohila Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Schoolgirl
Bbc 100 Women Alba Rueda Bbc 100 Women Argentina Trans activist
Bbc 100 Women Elif Shafak Bbc 100 Women France Novelist and advocate for women's and LGBTQ+ rights
Anisa Shaheed Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Journalist
Bbc 100 Women Mina Smallman Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Priest and educator
Barbara Smolińska Bbc 100 Women Poland Founder of Reborn Sugar Babies
Adelaide Lala Tam Bbc 100 Women China Artist and food designer
Bbc 100 Women Vera Wang Bbc 100 Women United States Fashion designer
Bbc 100 Women Malala Yousafzai Bbc 100 Women Pakistan Nobel Peace Prize laureate, co-founder of the Malala Fund and girls’ education activist

Entertainment & Sport

Image Name Country of birth Description
Bbc 100 Women Halima Aden Bbc 100 Women Kenya Humanitarian and former model. UNICEF ambassador for children's rights.
Bbc 100 Women Leena Alam Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Actor and human-rights activist
Sevda Altunoluk Bbc 100 Women Turkey Professional goalball player and Paralympic champion
Bbc 100 Women Nilofar Bayat Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Wheelchair basketball player and advocate for women with disabilities
Carolina García Bbc 100 Women Argentina Director, Netflix
Ghawgha Taban Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Musician
Chloé Lopes Gomes Bbc 100 Women France Ballet dancer
Tanya Muzinda Bbc 100 Women Zimbabwe Motocross champion
*Razma Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Musician
Bbc 100 Women Roya Sadat Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Film-maker
Shogufa Safi Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Orchestra conductor
*Sahar Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Footballer
Fatima Sultani Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Mountaineer and martial arts expert
Bbc 100 Women Nanfu Wang Bbc 100 Women China Film-maker
Bbc 100 Women Ming-Na Wen Bbc 100 Women Macau
(Bbc 100 Women China) 		Actor
Bbc 100 Women Rebel Wilson Bbc 100 Women Australia Actress, writer and producer

Politics & Activism

Image Name Country of birth Description
Muqadasa Ahmadzai Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Social and political activist. Recipient of N-Peace award
Abia Akram Bbc 100 Women Pakistan Disability rights activist
Dr Alema Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Philosopher, campaigner and women's-rights advocate
Wahida Amiri Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Librarian and protester
Bbc 100 Women Natasha Asghar Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Member of the Welsh Senedd
Bbc 100 Women Marcelina Bautista Bbc 100 Women Mexico Activist and union leader
Bbc 100 Women Crystal Bayat Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Social activist and human-rights advocate
Razia Barakzai Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Protester
Bbc 100 Women Najla El Mangoush Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom
Bbc 100 Women Libya 		Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs
Shila Ensandost Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Teacher and women's rights advocate
Fatima Gailani Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Peace negotiator
Momena Ibrahimi Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Policewoman
Hoda Khamosh Bbc 100 Women Iran Period campaigner, poet and journalist
Bbc 100 Women Elisa Loncón Antileo Bbc 100 Women Chile President, Constitutional Convention
*Maral Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Campaigner
*Masouma Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Public prosecutor
Bbc 100 Women Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa Bbc 100 Women Samoa Prime minister of the Independent State of Samoa
Bbc 100 Women Salima Mazari Bbc 100 Women Iran Politician and former governor of Charkint district
Bbc 100 Women Amanda Nguyen Bbc 100 Women United States Social entrepreneur, civil-rights activist and founder of Rise
Basira Paigham Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Gender-equality and gender-minorities activist
Monica Paulus Bbc 100 Women Papua New Guinea Campaigner against sorcery accusation-related violence
Bbc 100 Women Manjula Pradeep Bbc 100 Women India Lawyer and human-rights activist. Executive director of the Navsarjan Trust
Halima Sadaf Karimi Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Campaigner for women's rights, politician and former MP
Soma Sara Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Founder of Everyone's Invited
Mahbouba Seraj Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Women's and children's rights activist. Founder, Afghan Women's Network
*Ein Soe May Bbc 100 Women Myanmar Pro-democracy activist
Piper Stege Nelson Bbc 100 Women United States Women's-rights activist and Public Strategies Officer at The Safe Alliance
Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng Bbc 100 Women Myanmar Catholic nun
Bbc 100 Women Emma Theofelus Bbc 100 Women Namibia Politician
Benafsha Yaqoobi Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Disabled rights advocate
Zala Zazai Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Policewoman

Science & Health

Image Name Country of birth Description
Bbc 100 Women Mónica Araya Bbc 100 Women Costa Rica Emissions-free transportation advocate
Zuhal Atmar Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Entrepreneur and founder of Gul-e-Mursal recycling
Jos Boys Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Architect
Faiza Darkhani Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Environmentalist and women's rights advocate
Bbc 100 Women Azmina Dhrodia Bbc 100 Women Canada Safety policy lead at Bumble
Jamila Gordon Bbc 100 Women Somalia Chief Executive and founder of Lumachain
Laila Haidari Bbc 100 Women Pakistan Women's rights advocate and founder of Mother Camp, drug rehabilitation centre
Zarlasht Halaimzai Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Co-founder and chief executive of Refugee Trauma Initiative
Nasrin Husseini Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Veterinarian
Amena Karimyan Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Astronomer
Mia Krisna Pratiwi Bbc 100 Women Indonesia Environmentalist and eco-activist
Bbc 100 Women Heidi Larson Bbc 100 Women United States Anthropologist and Director of The Vaccine Confidence Project. Recipient of the Edinburgh Medal
Sevidzem Ernestine Leikeki Bbc 100 Women Cameroon Climate activist
*Mahera Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Medical doctor
Mulu Mesfin Bbc 100 Women Ethiopia Nurse
Mohadese Mirzaee Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Pilot
Bbc 100 Women Tlaleng Mofokeng Bbc 100 Women South Africa Universal health access advocate and United Nations special rapporteur on the right to health
Bbc 100 Women Natalia Pasternak Taschner Bbc 100 Women Brazil Microbiologist and science writer
*Ruksana Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Surgeon
Sara Wahedi Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Chief executive of Ehtesab
Roshanak Wardak Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Gynaecologist and former Member of Parliament
Yuma Bbc 100 Women Turkmenistan Psychotherapist and LGBTQ+ activist

2020

The 2020 list was described as "different" before it was scheduled to be announced on 24 November 2020, but it was released the day before. One name on the list was left blank as a tribute to the countless women around the world who had made sacrifices to help others. The list was subdivided into four categories: Knowledge, Leadership, Creativity and Identity.

Image Name Country of birth Description
Unsung hero Worldwide Acknowledgement of the "countless women around the world" who "have made a sacrifice to help others" in this "extraordinary year," including those who "have lost their lives while making a difference."

Knowledge

Image Name Country of birth Description
Rina Akter Bbc 100 Women Bangladesh Bangladeshi sex worker turned humanitarian
Bbc 100 Women Sarah Al-Amiri Bbc 100 Women UAE Chair, UAE Space Agency
Bbc 100 Women Adriana Albini Bbc 100 Women Italy Pathologist and veteran fencer
Nisreen Alwan Bbc 100 Women Iraq

Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom

Health and wellbeing of women through public health
Bbc 100 Women Elizabeth Anionwu Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Sickle cell and thalassaemia nurse specialist
Bbc 100 Women Diana Barran Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Minister for Civil Society and founder of SafeLives, a national charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse
Macinley Butson Bbc 100 Women Australia Inventor
Bbc 100 Women Fang Fang Bbc 100 Women China Writer
Somaya Faruqi Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Robotics team leader
Lauren Gardner Bbc 100 Women USA Epidemiologist
Iman Ghaleb Al-Hamli Bbc 100 Women Yemen Manager of a women-run microgrid
Bbc 100 Women Sarah Gilbert Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Scientist who developed one of the COVID-19 vaccines
Bbc 100 Women Rebeca Gyumi Bbc 100 Women Tanzania Lawyer and founder of girls' rights organization Msichana Initiative
Jemimah Kariuki Bbc 100 Women Kenya Doctor and creator of the free Wheels for Life ambulance service
Safaa Kumari Bbc 100 Women Syria Plant virologist
Bbc 100 Women Ishtar Lakhani Bbc 100 Women South Africa Feminist activist
Lucy Monaghan Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Campaigner against sexual violence
Douce Namwezi N'Ibamba Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC Social entrepreneur, journalist and activist
Bbc 100 Women Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu Bbc 100 Women Uganda Mental health programme developer
Vernetta M Nay Moberly Bbc 100 Women United States Iñupiaq environmental activist
Bbc 100 Women Sania Nishtar Bbc 100 Women Pakistan Global health leader
Lorna Prendergast Bbc 100 Women Australia Dementia researcher
Susana Raffalli Bbc 100 Women Venezuela Delivering nutrition to the malnourished
Sapana Roka Magar Bbc 100 Women   Nepal Crematorium technician
Bbc 100 Women
 Pardis Sabeti Bbc 100 Women Iran Computational geneticist
Febfi Setyawati Bbc 100 Women Indonesia Activist, founder of Untukteman.id
Bbc 100 Women
 Ruth Shady Bbc 100 Women Peru Archaeologist
Bbc 100 Women
 Kathy Sullivan Bbc 100 Women United States Scientist and astronaut
Rima Sultana Rimu Bbc 100 Women Bangladesh Teacher and humanitarian activist working with Rohingya refugees
Anastasia Volkova Bbc 100 Women Ukraine Agricultural innovator. Founder of FluroSat
Bbc 100 Women Siouxsie Wiles Bbc 100 Women UK Scientist and public health communicator
Bbc 100 Women Yee-Sin Leo Bbc 100 Women Singapore Doctor and research leader

Leadership

Image Name Country of birth Description
Loza Abera Geinore Bbc 100 Women Ethiopia Association footballer
Bbc 100 Women Christina Adane Bbc 100 Women Netherlands Campaigner against injustices of food system (free school meals)
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr Bbc 100 Women Sierra Leone Mayor of Freetown
Bbc 100 Women Ubah Ali Bbc 100 Women Somaliland Advocate against female genital mutilation
Bbc 100 Women Nadeen Ashraf Bbc 100 Women Egypt Advocate against sexual harassment
Bilkis Dadi Bbc 100 Women India Protest leader
Bbc 100 Women Evelina Cabrera Bbc 100 Women Argentina Football coach and manager.
Carolina Castro Bbc 100 Women Argentina Advocate for gender equality
Bbc 100 Women Agnes Chow Bbc 100 Women Hong Kong Pro-democracy activist
Naomi Dickson Bbc 100 Women UK Advocate for Jewish women and children suffering from domestic abuse
Bbc 100 Women Ilwad Elman Bbc 100 Women Somalia Peace activist
Bbc 100 Women Jeong Eun-kyeong Bbc 100 Women South Korea Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency commissioner, led COVID-19 response
Bbc 100 Women
 Maggie Gobran Bbc 100 Women Egypt Coptic nun and child welfare advocate
Bbc 100 Women
 Deta Hedman Bbc 100 Women Jamaica Darts champion
Bbc 100 Women Manasi Joshi Bbc 100 Women India Para-badminton champion
Salsabila Khairunnisa Bbc 100 Women Indonesia Environmental campaigner and School Strike for Climate leader
Bbc 100 Women
 Claudia López Hernández Bbc 100 Women Colombia Mayor of Bogotá
Bbc 100 Women Sanna Marin Bbc 100 Women Finland Prime Minister of Finland
Bbc 100 Women
 Vanessa Nakate Bbc 100 Women Uganda Climate activist
Nemonte Nenquimo Bbc 100 Women Ecuador Waorani activist
Bbc 100 Women Phyllis Omido Bbc 100 Women Kenya Environmental activist. Winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize
Ridhima Pandey Bbc 100 Women India Climate activist
Bbc 100 Women
 Oksana Pushkina Bbc 100 Women Russia Politician, member of the State Duma
Bbc 100 Women Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul Bbc 100 Women Thailand Student activist
Bbc 100 Women Nasrin Sotoudeh Bbc 100 Women Iran Lawyer and human rights activist
Bbc 100 Women Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Bbc 100 Women Belarus Exiled Belarus politician
Arussi Unda Bbc 100 Women Mexico Campaigner against femicide
Bbc 100 Women Aisha Yesufu Bbc 100 Women Nigeria Activist, co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign
Gulnaz Zhuzbaeva Bbc 100 Women Kyrgyzstan Disability activist

Creativity

Image Name Country of birth Description
Bbc 100 Women Houda Abouz Bbc 100 Women Morocco Rapper, women's rights and gender equality advocate
Bbc 100 Women Waad al-Kateab Bbc 100 Women Syria Activist, journalist and filmmaker
Bbc 100 Women Tsitsi Dangarembga Bbc 100 Women Zimbabwe Novelist and filmmaker
Karen Dolva Bbc 100 Women Norway Chief executive and co-founder of No Isolation
Bbc 100 Women Jane Fonda Bbc 100 Women United States Actor and social activist
Bbc 100 Women Kiran Gandhi Bbc 100 Women United States Singer, musician, and gender liberation activist
Miho Imada Bbc 100 Women Japan Master sake brewer
Isaivani India India Gaana singer and political campaigner
Nadine Kaadan Bbc 100 Women France Children's author and illustrator
Bbc 100 Women
 Mulenga Kapwepwe Bbc 100 Women Zambia Artist and co-founder of the Zambian Women's History Museum
Bbc 100 Women
 Jackie Kay Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Playwright, novelist and national poet of Scotland
Bbc 100 Women
 Mahira Khan Bbc 100 Women Pakistan Actor and activist and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
Bbc 100 Women Angélique Kidjo Bbc 100 Women Benin Musician and UNICEF ambassador
Chu Kim Duc Bbc 100 Women Vietnam Architect and child welfare activist
Bbc 100 Women Bulelwa Mkutukana Bbc 100 Women South Africa Singer songwriter
Bbc 100 Women
 Nandar Bbc 100 Women Myanmar Feminist activist
Bbc 100 Women
 Ana Tijoux Bbc 100 Women France Chilean hip hop protester
Bbc 100 Women
 Yulia Tsvetkova Bbc 100 Women Russia Activist, political prisoner
Bbc 100 Women Kotchakorn Voraakhom Bbc 100 Women Thailand Landscape architect
Bbc 100 Women Elin Williams Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Disability rights activist
Bbc 100 Women Michelle Yeoh Bbc 100 Women Malaysia Actor and UN goodwill ambassador

Identity

Image Name Country of birth Description
Muyesser Abdul'ehed (AKA Hendan) Bbc 100 Women China Uyghur writer and language activist
Bbc 100 Women Erica Baker Bbc 100 Women Germany Software engineer
Bbc 100 Women Cindy Bishop Bbc 100 Women Thailand UN goodwill ambassador and model
Wendy Beatriz Caishpal Jaco Bbc 100 Women El Salvador Advocate for the rights of disabled people
Bbc 100 Women Patrisse Cullors Bbc 100 Women USA Human rights activist. Co-founder and executive director of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation
Bbc 100 Women Shani Dhanda Bbc 100 Women UK Disability activist
Bbc 100 Women Eileen Flynn Bbc 100 Women Ireland Senator and social activist
Bbc 100 Women Alicia Garza Bbc 100 Women USA Human rights activist. Co-creator of Black Lives Matter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network
Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim Nigeria Nigeria LGBTQ film director and activist
Bbc 100 Women
 Gülsüm Kav Bbc 100 Women Turkey Doctor, activist, co-founder of We Will Stop Femicide
Josina Machel Bbc 100 Women Mozambique Human rights activist
Hayat Mirshad Bbc 100 Women Lebanon Feminist activist, journalist, co-founder of Fe-Male collective
Laleh Osmany Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Women's rights activist and founder of #WhereIsMyName campaign
Cibele Racy Bbc 100 Women Brazil Teacher, racial equality activist
22 - Lea T-001 (17107157436) (cropped).jpg Lea T Bbc 100 Women Brazil Transgender rights advocate and model
Bbc 100 Women Ayu (Opal) Tometi Bbc 100 Women USA Human rights activist. Co-founder of Black Lives Matter
Bbc 100 Women Alice Wong Bbc 100 Women United States Disability rights activist. Founder of the Disability Visibility Project

2019

The 2019 list was announced on 16 October 2019. The list of candidates was chosen from those nominated by the BBC's different language teams using the 2020 theme which was "The Female Future". The list was subdivided into six categories: Earth, Knowledge, Leadership, Creativity, Sport and Identity.

Earth

Image Name Country of birth Description
Judith Bakirya Bbc 100 Women Uganda Organic farmer and women's rights activist
Ella Daish Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Environmentalist and anti-plastic campaigner
Bbc 100 Women Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman Bbc 100 Women United States Urban anthropologist and co-founder of The Women Led Cities Initiative
Bbc 100 Women Gada Kadoda Bbc 100 Women Sudan Founder of the Sudanese Knowledge Society and trainer of community engineers
Jamie Margolin Bbc 100 Women United States Climate change activist and co-founder of Zero Hour movement
Bbc 100 Women Francia Márquez Bbc 100 Women Colombia Afro-Colombian environmentalist and leader of a 10-day, 350-mile women's march. Winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize
Bbc 100 Women Trang Nguyen Bbc 100 Women Vietnam Wildlife conservationist and founder of WildAct
Autumn Peltier Bbc 100 Women Canada Clean water advocate
Swietenia Puspa Lestari Bbc 100 Women Indonesia Founder of the Divers Clean Action Foundation and anti-straw campaigner
Charlene Ren Bbc 100 Women China Clean water advocate, creator of MyH2O
Bbc 100 Women Najat Saliba Bbc 100 Women Lebanon Air pollution researcher and chemistry professor
Bbc 100 Women Vandana Shiva Bbc 100 Women India Environmental leader and winner of the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize
Bbc 100 Women Greta Thunberg Bbc 100 Women Sweden Climate change activist
Bbc 100 Women Marilyn Waring Bbc 100 Women New Zealand Feminist economist and environmental activist

Knowledge

Image Name Country of birth Description
Bbc 100 Women MiMi Aung Bbc 100 Women United States NASA project manager and engineer
Bbc 100 Women Raya Bidshahri Bbc 100 Women Iran Educator and founder of Awecademy
Bbc 100 Women Katie Bouman Bbc 100 Women United States Processed first-ever image of a black hole
Bbc 100 Women Lisa Campo-Engelstein Bbc 100 Women United States Bioethicist and fertility and contraceptive researcher
Bbc 100 Women Rana el Kaliouby Bbc 100 Women Egypt Artificial emotional intelligence pioneer. Founder of Affectiva
Bbc 100 Women Amy Karle Bbc 100 Women United States Bioartist and 3D-designer
Bbc 100 Women Fei-Fei Li Bbc 100 Women United States Pioneer of artificial intelligence who encourages women and minorities to build AI.
Bbc 100 Women Julie Makani Bbc 100 Women Tanzania Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease
Sarah Martins Da Silva Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Consultant gynaecologist, obstetrician and fertility researcher
Bbc 100 Women Susmita Mohanty Bbc 100 Women India Spaceship designer, entrepreneur and passionate climate action advocate
Benedicte Mundele Bbc 100 Women Democratic Republic of the Congo Fresh food entrepreneur and founder of Surprise Tropical
Zehra Sayers Bbc 100 Women Turkey Biophysicist and chair of the SESAME project.
Hayfa Sdiri Bbc 100 Women Tunisia Entrepreneur and UN gender equality campaigner
Bbc 100 Women Noor Shaker Bbc 100 Women Syria Artificial intelligence innovator
Bbc 100 Women Bonita Sharma Bbc 100 Women Nepal Founder of The Social Changemakers and Innovators
Bbc 100 Women Veronique Thouvenot Bbc 100 Women Chile Leader of the Zero Mothers Die initiative
Bbc 100 Women Paola Villarreal Bbc 100 Women Mexico Computer programmer who developed Data for Justice
Bbc 100 Women Amy Webb Bbc 100 Women United States Futurist

Leadership

Image Name Country of birth Description
Alanoud Alsharekh Bbc 100 Women Kuwait Women's rights activist. Winner of National Order of Merit
Bbc 100 Women Tabata Amaral Bbc 100 Women Brazil Politician working for education, women's rights, political innovation and sustainable futures
Bbc 100 Women Dhammananda Bhikkhuni Bbc 100 Women Thailand First female Thai Buddhist monk (bhikkhuni) and abbess of Songdhammakalyan Monastery
Bbc 100 Women Mabel Bianco Bbc 100 Women Argentina Feminist medical doctor and women's rights activist. President of the Foundation for Studies and Research on Women (FEIM)
Bbc 100 Women Maria Fernanda Espinosa Bbc 100 Women Ecuador Fourth female president of the UN General Assembly
Sister Gerard Fernandez Bbc 100 Women Singapore Roman Catholic nun and death row counsellor
Bbc 100 Women Zarifa Ghafari Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan One of Afghanistan's first female mayors; clean city advocate
Bbc 100 Women Jalila Haider Bbc 100 Women Pakistan Human rights lawyer and women's rights advocate
Asmaa James Bbc 100 Women Sierra Leone Journalist and women's rights activist
Ahlam Khudr Bbc 100 Women Sudan Human rights protest leader
Aïssata Lam Bbc 100 Women Mauritania Microfinance expert and women's rights advocate
Bbc 100 Women Soo Jung Lee Bbc 100 Women South Korea Forensic psychologist and advocate for anti-stalking bill
Bbc 100 Women Gina Martin Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Campaigner to make upskirting illegal in England and Wales
Van Thi Nguyen Bbc 100 Women Vietnam Co-founder of the Will to Live Center
Bbc 100 Women Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Bbc 100 Women United States Youngest woman elected to Congress
Bbc 100 Women Onjali Q. Raúf Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Writer and founder of Making Herstory
Bbc 100 Women Maria Ressa Bbc 100 Women Philippines Journalist and founder of Rappler, a website exposing fake news
Bbc 100 Women Lyubov Sobol Bbc 100 Women Russia Lawyer and anti-corruption activist
Samah Subay Bbc 100 Women Yemen Lawyer supporting families whose children have 'disappeared'

Creativity

Image Name Country of birth Description
Bbc 100 Women Precious Adams Bbc 100 Women United States Ballet dancer
Bbc 100 Women Manal Al Dowayan Bbc 100 Women Saudi Arabia Saudi photographer and artist
Marwa Al-Sabouni Bbc 100 Women Syria Architect who runs only Arabic website for architectural news. Winner of the Prince Claus award
Bbc 100 Women Yalitza Aparicio Bbc 100 Women Mexico Actress and human rights activist
Bbc 100 Women Dayna Ash Bbc 100 Women Lebanon Poet and cultural activist
Bbc 100 Women Ayah Bdeir Bbc 100 Women Lebanon
Bbc 100 Women Canada 		Founder of littleBits and STEM advocate
Bbc 100 Women Scarlett Curtis Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Co-founder of The Pink Protest
Luchita Hurtado Bbc 100 Women Venezuela Artist and environmental advocate
Aranya Johar Bbc 100 Women India Beat poet who writes about gender equality, mental health and body positivity
Bbc 100 Women Erika Lust Bbc 100 Women Sweden Erotic film director, screenwriter and producer
Lauren Mahon Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Cancer survivor and podcaster
Lisa Mandemaker Bbc 100 Women Netherlands Designer of prototype artificial womb
Raja Meziane Bbc 100 Women Algeria Anti-government songs about social injustice, alleged corruption and inequality
Ashcharya Peiris Bbc 100 Women Sri Lanka Blind fashion designer and motivational speaker
Danit Peleg Bbc 100 Women Israel Fashion designer of 3D-printed clothing
Kalista Sy Bbc 100 Women Senegal Screenwriter of television series Mistress of a Married Man
Bbc 100 Women Ida Vitale Bbc 100 Women Uruguay Poet, and fifth woman to win Cervantes Prize for lifetime writing achievement

Sport

Image Name Country of birth Description
Jasmin Akter Bbc 100 Women Bangladesh
Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom 		Rohingya refugee and cricketer
Bbc 100 Women Kimia Alizadeh Bbc 100 Women Iran First female Iranian Olympic medallist
Bbc 100 Women Dina Asher-Smith Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Fastest woman in British history
Bbc 100 Women Salwa Eid Naser Bbc 100 Women Nigeria
Bbc 100 Women Bahrain 		400m world champion runner
Bbc 100 Women Bethany Firth Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Paralympic champion swimmer
Bbc 100 Women Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Bbc 100 Women Jamaica 100m world sprint champion
Bbc 100 Women Tayla Harris Bbc 100 Women Australia Australian rules footballer and boxer
Huang Wensi Bbc 100 Women China Professional boxer
Fiona Kolbinger Bbc 100 Women Germany First woman cyclist to win the Transcontinental Race
Hiyori Kon Bbc 100 Women Japan Sumo wrestler
Bbc 100 Women Farida Osman Bbc 100 Women Egypt First woman in Egypt to win a swimming medal
Bbc 100 Women Megan Rapinoe Bbc 100 Women United States World Cup winner and advocate for equality in football (soccer)
Jawahir Roble Bbc 100 Women Somalia
Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom 		UK's first Muslim, black, female, hijab-wearing referee[clarification needed]

Identity

Image Name Country of birth Description
Parveena Ahanger Bbc 100 Women India Human rights activist
Bbc 100 Women Piera Aiello Bbc 100 Women Italy Anti-mafia politician
Rida Al Tubuly Bbc 100 Women Libya Peace campaigner
Bbc 100 Women Nisha Ayub Bbc 100 Women Malaysia Transgender activist
Bbc 100 Women Sinéad Burke Bbc 100 Women Ireland Disability activist
Sharan Dhaliwal Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Writer and advocate for mental and sexual health for young South Asians, and LGBTQ rights
Lucinda Evans Bbc 100 Women South Africa Women's rights activist and founder of Philisa Abafazi Bethu (Heal our Women)
Owl Fisher Bbc 100 Women Iceland Transgender activist, journalist and writer
Hollie Bbc 100 Women United States Sex trafficking survivor
Yumi Ishikawa Bbc 100 Women Japan Gender discrimination campaigner and founder of KuToo movement
Subhalakshmi Nandi Bbc 100 Women India Gender equity researcher and campaigner
Natasha Noel Bbc 100 Women India Body positivity influencer and Yogini
Bbc 100 Women Djamila Ribeiro Bbc 100 Women Brazil Writer and Afro-Brazilian women's rights advocate
Bbc 100 Women Nanjira Sambuli Bbc 100 Women Kenya World Wide Web Foundation digital equality expert
Pragati Singh Bbc 100 Women India Doctor running Indian Aces, an online community for asexual people
Bbc 100 Women Bella Thorne Bbc 100 Women United States Actress and director
Purity Wako Bbc 100 Women Uganda Life coach empowering women
Sara Wesslin Bbc 100 Women Finland Skolt Sami journalist who lobbied for government funding for Sami language teaching
Gina Zurlo Bbc 100 Women 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 who challenged the Iranian law that requires women to wear the Hijab.

Image Name Country of birth Description
Bbc 100 Women Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin Bbc 100 Women Nigeria Social impact entrepreneur
Esra'a Al Shafei Bahrain Bahrain Leads not-for-profit Majal.org
Svetlana Alekseeva Bbc 100 Women Russia Model and burns survivor
Bbc 100 Women Lizt Alfonso Bbc 100 Women Cuba Director and choreographer, Cuba
Bbc 100 Women Nimco Ali Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom
Somaliland Somaliland		 Wrier and FGM activist
Bbc 100 Women Isabel Allende Bbc 100 Women Peru Author
Boushra Yahya Almutawakel Bbc 100 Women Yemen Artist, photographer and activist
Alina Anisimova Bbc 100 Women Kyrgyzstan Student programmer at Kyrgyz Girls' Space School
Bbc 100 Women Frances Arnold Bbc 100 Women United States Nobel Prize winning chemical engineer
Uma Devi Badi Bbc 100 Women Nepal Leader of the Badi movement and member of the Provincial Assembly in Nepal
Judith Balcazar Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Fashion designer and co-founder of Giggle Knickers (underwear for women with urinary incontinence)
Bbc 100 Women Cindy Arlette Contreras Bautista Bbc 100 Women Peru Lawyer who works against domestic violence as the face of the NiUnaMenos (Not One [woman] Less)
Leyla Belyanova Bbc 100 Women Uzbekistan Academic and ecologist, seeking to protect Uzbekistan's birdlife and mountain ecosystems
Bbc 100 Women Analia Bortz Bbc 100 Women Argentina Doctor, rabbi and bioethicist treating women with fertility problems
Bbc 100 Women Fealofani Bruun Bbc 100 Women Samoa Traditional Polynesian navigator and qualified yachtmaster
Raneen Bukhari Bbc 100 Women Saudi Arabia Curator, gallery manager, and business developer
Bbc 100 Women Joy Buolamwini Bbc 100 Women Canada Artificial intelligence artist and researcher
Barbara Burton Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Founder and CEO of BehindBras, a charity that supports women prison leavers
Bbc 100 Women Tamara Cheremnova Bbc 100 Women Russia Author, living with cerebral palsy
Bbc 100 Women Chelsea Clinton Bbc 100 Women United States Writer and organiser, Vice-chair of the Clinton Foundation
Bbc 100 Women Stacey Cunningham Bbc 100 Women United States NYSE President
Jenny Davidson (businesswoman) Bbc 100 Women United States CEO of Stand Up Placer
Bbc 100 Women Asha de Vos Bbc 100 Women Sri Lanka Marine biologist
Bbc 100 Women Gabriella Di Laccio Bbc 100 Women Brazil Soprano and founder of DONNE: Women in Music
Xiomara Diaz Bbc 100 Women Nicaragua Entrepreneur, restaurant owner and charity founder
Bbc 100 Women Noma Dumezweni Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom
Bbc 100 Women Eswatini		 Actor
Bbc 100 Women Chidera Eggerue Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom "The Slumflower" blogger
Shrouk El-Attar Bbc 100 Women Egypt Electronic design engineer
Nicole Evans Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Online retail sales facilitator and supporter of women who are experiencing Early menopause
Raghda Ezzeldin Bbc 100 Women Egypt Free diver
Mitra Farazandeh Bbc 100 Women Iran Artist advocate for people with physical disabilities
Mamitu Gashe Bbc 100 Women Ethiopia Senior nurse aide and fistula surgeon
Meena Gayen Bbc 100 Women India Business owner and road builder
Bbc 100 Women G.E.M. (Gloria Tang Tsz-kei) [citation needed] Bbc 100 Women People's Republic of China
Bbc 100 Women Hong Kong		 Singer-songwriter
Bbc 100 Women Fabiola Gianotti Bbc 100 Women Italy Particle physicist and director general of CERN
Bbc 100 Women Julia Gillard Bbc 100 Women Australia 27th Prime Minister of Australia
Bbc 100 Women Elena Gorolová Bbc 100 Women Czech Republic Social worker, campaigning against forced sterilisation
Randi Heesoo Griffin Bbc 100 Women United States Olympic ice hockey player and data scientist, advocate for equal pay for women in ice hockey
Janet Harbick Bbc 100 Women Canada Altruistic surrogate
Jessica Hayes Bbc 100 Women United States Theology teacher and consecrated virgin
Bbc 100 Women Thando Hopa Bbc 100 Women South Africa Model, lawyer and diversity and inclusion advocate
Bbc 100 Women Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim Bbc 100 Women Chad Environmentalist and advocate for indigenous people and women
Bbc 100 Women Reyhan Jamalova Bbc 100 Women Azerbaijan Entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Rainenergy, company that collects energy from rainwater
Bbc 100 Women Jameela Jamil Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom British actor who founded @i-weigh
Liz Johnson Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Paralympian gold medal swimmer and entrepreneur, with a recruitment agency aiming to close the disability employment gap
Lao Khang Bbc 100 Women Laos Rugby player and coach
Joey Mead King Bbc 100 Women Philippines Model and television presenter
Bbc 100 Women Krishna Kumari Bbc 100 Women Pakistan Women's rights campaigner elected to Pakistan Senate
Marie Laguerre Bbc 100 Women France Civil engineer and architecture student, who has developed platform where women can share stories of street harassment
Veasna Chea Leth Bbc 100 Women Cambodia Lawyer, first woman to study law in Cambodia
Ana Graciela Sagastume López Bbc 100 Women El Salvador Women and Femicide Special Prosecutor
Bbc 100 Women Maria Corina Machado Bbc 100 Women Venezuela Political leader who has campaigned to safeguard democratic processes in Venezuela
Bbc 100 Women Nanaia Mahuta Bbc 100 Women New Zealand Minister of Maori development, first female parliamentarian to wear a Maori face tattoo
Bbc 100 Women Sakdiyah Ma'ruf Bbc 100 Women Indonesia Indonesia's first female Muslim stand-up comedian
Nujeen Mustafa Bbc 100 Women Syria Syrian refugee, activist, and a campaigner on behalf of refugees with disabilities
Lisa McGee Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Northern Irish playwright and the writer and creator of Derry Girls
Kirsty McGurrell Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Charity co-ordinator of 4Louis, providing memory boxes for bereaved parents of stillborn babies
Becki Meakin Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom General manager of Shaping Our Lives, advocate for people with disabilities
Bbc 100 Women Ruth Medufia Bbc 100 Women Ghana Female welder acting as role model for young women in the construction industry
Larisa Mikhaltsova Bbc 100 Women Ukraine Accordion music teacher who became a model at age 63
Bbc 100 Women Amina J. Mohammed Bbc 100 Women Nigeria Deputy secretary general, United Nations
Bbc 100 Women Yanar Mohammed Bbc 100 Women Iraq President of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI)
Joseline Esteffania Velasquez Morales Bbc 100 Women Guatemala Student and NGO co-ordinator, campaigning to end forced marriages
Bbc 100 Women Robin Morgan Bbc 100 Women United States Author and activist, founder of The Sisterhood is Global Institute and the Women's Media Center
Dima Nashawi Bbc 100 Women Syria Artist, clown and visual storyteller, who collects and reflects tales from Syria
Helena Ndume Bbc 100 Women Namibia Ophthalmologist who has performed sight-restoring surgeries upon 35,000 Namibians, free of charge
Bbc 100 Women Kelly O'Dwyer Bbc 100 Women Australia Minister for jobs and industrial relations, and minister for women in the Australian parliament
Yuki Okoda Bbc 100 Women Japan Astronomer, first person to discover a new star that could shed light on the origins of the Solar System
Bbc 100 Women Olivette Otele Bbc 100 Women Cameroon Professor of History at Bath Spa University, England
Bbc 100 Women Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Bbc 100 Women Mexico Mayor of Mexico City and Nobel Peace Prize-winning physicist
Park Soo-yeon Bbc 100 Women South Korea Digital campaigner against sex crimes
Bbc 100 Women Ophelia Pastrana Bbc 100 Women Colombia Comedian and media personality
Viji Palithodi Bbc 100 Women India Activist who founded the Penkootam women's union in Kerala
Bbc 100 Women Brigitte Sossou Perenyi Bbc 100 Women Ghana Documentary producer and former Trokosi
Vicky Phelan Bbc 100 Women Ireland Exposed the Irish Cervical Check Screening scandal
Bbc 100 Women Rahibai Soma Popere Bbc 100 Women India Farmer and founder of Seed Bank, India collecting indigenous seeds
Valentina Quintero [es] Bbc 100 Women Venezuela Journalist promoting tourism and the environment through television programs
Sam Ross Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Catering assistant and advocate for people with Down syndrome
Bbc 100 Women Fatma Samoura Bbc 100 Women Senegal Secretary General of FIFA
Juliet Sargeant Bbc 100 Women Tanzania Garden designer
Sima Sarkar Bbc 100 Women Bangladesh Full-time mother of 18-year-old disabled child
Shaparak Shajarizadeh Bbc 100 Women Iran Activist against compulsory hijab rule, now in exile
Haven Shepherd Bbc 100 Women Vietnam Suicide bomb survivor and Paralympic hopeful
Nenney Shushaidah Binti Shamsuddin Bbc 100 Women Malaysia Female Syariah judge
Bbc 100 Women Hayat Sindi Bbc 100 Women Saudi Arabia Biotechnologist, Unesco Goodwill Ambassador for science and founder of the i2 Institute for imagination and ingenuity
Bbc 100 Women Jacqueline Straub Bbc 100 Women Germany Theologian, journalist and author seeking to become a Catholic priest
Bbc 100 Women Donna Strickland Bbc 100 Women Canada Professor of Physics, University of Waterloo, Canada and winner of Nobel Prize in Physics, 2018
Kanpassorn Suriyasangpetch Bbc 100 Women Thailand Dentist, mental health advocate and app developer
Setsuko Takamizawa Bbc 100 Women Japan Learning English to help tourists at Tokyo's 2020 Olympic Games
Nargis Taraki Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan NGO legal adviser who campaigns for female empowerment
Bbc 100 Women Ellen Tejle Bbc 100 Women Sweden Campaigner for awareness of women's representation in film
Helen Taylor Thompson Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom AIDs Hospice founder
Bola Tinubu Bbc 100 Women Nigeria Lawyer who established the first free children's helpline in Nigeria
Bbc 100 Women Errollyn Wallen Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom
Bbc 100 Women Belize		 Opera composer and Ivor Novello Award winner
Bbc 100 Women Safiya Wazir Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Community activist and U.S. politician
Bbc 100 Women Gladys West Bbc 100 Women United States Mathematician, instrumental in developing GPS
Luo Yang Bbc 100 Women People's Republic of China Art photography series on Chinese girls since 2007
Maral Yazarloo-Pattrick Bbc 100 Women Iran Fashion designer and motorcyclist
Tashi Zangmo Bhutan Bhutan Executive director for the Bhutan Nuns Foundation
Jing Zhao Bbc 100 Women People's Republic of China Entrepreneur running online sex education network

2017

In 2017 the women on the list were part of a 100 Women Challenge, tackling some of the biggest problems facing women around the world. Coming together in four teams, the women shared their experiences and created innovative ways to tackle:

  • The glass ceiling (#Teamlead)
  • Female illiteracy (#Teamread)
  • Street harassment (#Teamgo)
  • Sexism in sport (#Teamplay)

Glass ceiling team

Image Name Country of birth Description
Agnes Atim Apea Bbc 100 Women Uganda Founder and CEO of Hope Co-ops
Bbc 100 Women Amy Cuddy Bbc 100 Women United States Harvard social psychologist and author
Bbc 100 Women Elaine Welteroth Bbc 100 Women United States Editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue
Erin Akinci Bbc 100 Women United States Data scientist
Bbc 100 Women Jin Xing Bbc 100 Women People's Republic of China Dancer, television star and business owner
Karlie Noon Bbc 100 Women Australia Astronomer
Lea Coligado Bbc 100 Women United States Software engineer
Lori Nishiura Mackenzie Bbc 100 Women United States Executive Director of the Clayman Institute, Stanford University
Bbc 100 Women Loujain Alhathloul Bbc 100 Women Saudi Arabia Student
Maci Peterson Bbc 100 Women United States Co-founder and CEO, On Second Thought
Mariana Feraru Bbc 100 Women Romania Cosmetician
Bbc 100 Women María Teresa Ruiz Bbc 100 Women Chile Astronomer
Marilyn Loden Bbc 100 Women United States Author, management consultant and diversity advocate
Marina Potoker Bbc 100 Women Russia Managing director, Rockwool Russia
Melisa Marquez-Rodriguez Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Lead Android engineer for website builder, Weebly.com
Bbc 100 Women Michelle Mone Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Entrepreneur
Muhabbat Sharapova Bbc 100 Women Uzbekistan Maths teacher
Nana Akua Oppong Birmeh Bbc 100 Women Ghana Architect
Natalia Margolis Bbc 100 Women United States Software Engineer at Huge agency
Bbc 100 Women Romina Bernardo (aka Chocolate Remix) Bbc 100 Women Argentina Musician
Roya Ramezani Bbc 100 Women Iran Design strategist
Bbc 100 Women Rumman Chowdhury Bbc 100 Women United States Senior Principal at Accenture AI
Sasha Perigo Bbc 100 Women United States Student
Savita Devi (Drummer) Bbc 100 Women India Drummer
Bbc 100 Women Susi Pudjiastuti Bbc 100 Women Indonesia Politician and entrepreneur
Suzanne Doyle-Morris Bbc 100 Women Australia Author and expert on gender in the workplace

Women illiteracy team

Image Name Country of birth Description
Aditi Avasthi Bbc 100 Women India Entrepreneur; Founder and CEO, Embibe
Huỳnh Thị Xậm Bbc 100 Women Vietnam Librarian
Bbc 100 Women Indira Rana Magar Bbc 100 Women Nepal Founder, Prisoner's Assistance Nepal
Bbc 100 Women Ira Trivedi Bbc 100 Women India Writer
Maggie MacDonnell Bbc 100 Women Canada Teacher
Bbc 100 Women Marieme Jamme Bbc 100 Women Senegal Founder of iamtheCODE
Mehroonisa Siddiqui Bbc 100 Women India Homemaker
Bbc 100 Women Michelle Bachelet Bbc 100 Women Chile President of Chile
Nitya Thummalachetty Bbc 100 Women India Director of Diversity, FortunaPIX
Bbc 100 Women Peggy Whitson Bbc 100 Women United States Astronaut
Priyanka Roy Bbc 100 Women India Student
Bbc 100 Women Sakena Yacoobi Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan CEO of Afghan Institute for Learning and social entrepreneur with four private schools and one radio station.
Tulika Kiran Bbc 100 Women India Teacher and social worker
Bbc 100 Women Urvashi Sahni Bbc 100 Women India Founder and CEO, Study Hall Educational Foundation
Zainab Fadhal Iraq Student
Bbc 100 Women Vicky Colbert Bbc 100 Women Colombia Sociologist of education
Bbc 100 Women Muzoon Almellehan Bbc 100 Women Syria Activist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Lin Nien-Tzu Bbc 100 Women Taiwan Founder, Dharti Mata Sustainable Workshop
Frances Melanie Hardinge Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Author
Bbc 100 Women Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Bbc 100 Women Nigeria Economist
Ahlam al-Rashid Bbc 100 Women Syria Teacher and Head of the Women Empowerment Centre, northern Syria
Bbc 100 Women Regina Honu Bbc 100 Women Ghana Social entrepreneur
Angeline Murimirwa Bbc 100 Women Zimbabwe Regional executive director, Camfed Southern & Eastern Africa
Bella Devyatkina Bbc 100 Women Russia Polyglot
Tran Thi Kim Thia Bbc 100 Women Vietnam Lottery ticket vendor and swimming coach

Street harassment team

Image Name Country of birth Description
Bbc 100 Women Adelle Onyango Bbc 100 Women Kenya Radio presenter
Anita Nderu Bbc 100 Women Kenya Television presenter and radio news anchor at Capital FM
Bbc 100 Women Anne-Marie Imafidon Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom CEO & 'Head Stemette' at Stemettes
Chaima Lahsini Bbc 100 Women Morocco Journalist
Bbc 100 Women Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Liberia Liberia President of Liberia
Ellie Cosgrave Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Lecturer in Urban Innovation and Policy at UCL
Laura Jordan Bambach Bbc 100 Women Australia Co-founder & Chief Creative Officer, Mr President and co-founder, SheSays
Liz Kelly Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Professor of Sexualised Violence
Maria Scorodinschi Moldova Moldova Campaigner against domestic violence
Naomi Mwaura Bbc 100 Women Kenya Founder, Flone Initiative and Communications Associate at ITDP Africa
Resham Khan Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Student
Bbc 100 Women Rupi Kaur Bbc 100 Women India Author
Talent Jumo Bbc 100 Women Zimbabwe Founder and Director, Katswe Sistahood
Bbc 100 Women Tiwa Savage Bbc 100 Women Nigeria Singer-songwriter
Bbc 100 Women Virali Modi Bbc 100 Women India Disability rights activist and youth ambassador
Leila Smith Bbc 100 Women France Artist
Sharon Sabita Beepath Bbc 100 Women Trinidad and Tobago Counsellor, Stand Against Abuse advocate
Amanda Nunez-Ferreira Bbc 100 Women United States Student
Somporn Khempetch Bbc 100 Women Thailand Social worker and teacher
A women with curly red hair stands in front of a pink brick wall.
 Tamara De Anda Bbc 100 Women Mexico Journalist
Doris Muthoni Wanjira Bbc 100 Women Kenya Conductor
Hanne Bingle Bbc 100 Women Denmark Powerlifter and retired London Underground driver
Nihal Saad Zaghloul Bbc 100 Women Egypt Business development officer and co-founder of Bassma
Angie Ng Bbc 100 Women Canada Founder of SlutWalk Hong Kong
Asena Melisa Saglam Bbc 100 Women Turkey Student

Sexism in sport team

Image Name Country of birth Description
Bbc 100 Women Adriana Behar Bbc 100 Women Brazil General Manager of Sport Planning for the Brazilian Olympic Committee
Ana Luiza Santos de Andrade Bbc 100 Women Brazil Student
Bbc 100 Women Beatriz Vaz E Silva Bbc 100 Women Brazil Athlete and Footballer
Claudianny Drika Bbc 100 Women Brazil Football coach
Fernanda Nunes Bbc 100 Women Brazil Olympic rower and blogger
Grace Larsen Bbc 100 Women United States Retired civil servant
Luiza Travassos Bbc 100 Women Brazil Student
Maira Liguori Bbc 100 Women Brazil Director of NGO, Think Olga
Bbc 100 Women MC Soffia Bbc 100 Women Brazil Rapper
Bbc 100 Women Mithali Raj Bbc 100 Women India Cricketer
Bbc 100 Women Momina Mustehsan Bbc 100 Women Pakistan Musician
Bbc 100 Women Nadia Comaneci Bbc 100 Women Romania
Bbc 100 Women United States		 Olympic gymnast
Nawaal Akram Bbc 100 Women Qatar Model, comedian and founder of Muscular Dystrophy Qatar
Bbc 100 Women Nora Tausz Ronai Bbc 100 Women Italy Architect and teacher
Bbc 100 Women Steph Houghton Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Footballer
Bbc 100 Women Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala Bbc 100 Women Sri Lanka Women's rights activist and mountaineer
Cwengekile Nikiwe Myeni Bbc 100 Women South Africa Gogo (granny) support programme manager
Helena Pacheco Bbc 100 Women Brazil Businesswoman and former football coach
Bbc 100 Women Rocky Hehakaija Bbc 100 Women Netherlands Director of Favela Street Foundation and coach
Lina Khalifeh Bbc 100 Women Jordan Martial arts expert
Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung Bbc 100 Women Vietnam Footballer
Bbc 100 Women Derartu Tulu Bbc 100 Women Ethiopia Long-distance runner
Shantona Rani Roy Bbc 100 Women Bangladesh Taekwondo athlete and activist
Bbc 100 Women Hou Yifan Bbc 100 Women People's Republic of China Chess grandmaster

2016

The 2016 theme was Defiance. Part of the 100 Women festival took place in Mexico City on this year. The main event took place at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, where artists like Julieta Venegas, Ángela Aguilar, Ali Gua Gua, Elis Paprika, Sofía Niño de Rivera, Ximena Sariñana, and Alexis De Anda performed live. The event also features debates with journalists Carmen Aristegui, and Denise Dresser, among others. The 2016 list was published in alphabetical order, but split by category into Creative, Defiant, Influential, Pioneering and Resilient with 20 women in each stream.

Creative

Image Name Nationality Description
Babs Forman Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom London based make-up artist who covers up skin problems
Bbc 100 Women Conchi Reyes Rios Bbc 100 Women Spain Bullfighter
Bbc 100 Women Doaa el-Adl Bbc 100 Women Egypt Cartoonist whose cat stories reflect the news
Dwi Handa Bbc 100 Women Indonesia Instagram fashion star
Funke Bucknor-Obruthe Bbc 100 Women Nigeria Planner of glitzy and celebrity weddings
Bbc 100 Women Gcina Mhlope Bbc 100 Women South Africa Author, poet, playwright and storyteller
Bbc 100 Women Heloise Letissier Bbc 100 Women France French singer and songwriter known by her stage name Christine and the Queens
Isabella Springmuhl Tejada Bbc 100 Women Guatemala Fashion designer
Bbc 100 Women Jeanette Winterson Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom novelist
Bbc 100 Women Kartika Jahja Bbc 100 Women Indonesia gender-equality singer
Liv Little Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Editor-in-chief at gal-dem
Bbc 100 Women Mariana Costa Checa Bbc 100 Women Peru Businesswoman, founder of Laboratoria
Nadia Khiari Bbc 100 Women Tunisia Creator of cartoon character 'Willis from Tunis', whose adventures reflect the news
Bbc 100 Women Nadiya Hussain Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Winner of reality show "The Great British Bake Off" – went on to television jobs
Nay el-Rahi Bbc 100 Women Lebanon Journalist, and co-founder of HarassTracker.org
Ou Xiaobai Bbc 100 Women People's Republic of China Relocation manager and co-developer iHomo app which links gay and lesbian people for marriages of convenience
Bbc 100 Women Paula Hawkins Bbc 100 Women Zimbabwe Writer of the novel "The Girl on the Train"
Bbc 100 Women Prathiba Parmar Bbc 100 Women Kenya British film maker
Reham el-Hour Bbc 100 Women Morocco Cartoonist who became professional after winning a UNESCO competition in 2000
Bbc 100 Women Sunny Leone Bbc 100 Women Canada Actress

Defiant

Image Name Nationality Description
Amna Suleiman Bbc 100 Women Palestine Teacher andbike protester against custom that stops women cycling in Gaza
Amy Roko Bbc 100 Women Saudi Arabia Comedian who became known via Instagram and Vine
Cat Hulbert Bbc 100 Women United States Professional gambler
Bbc 100 Women Corinne Maier Bbc 100 Women France Writer and psychoanalyst
Bbc 100 Women Denise Ho Bbc 100 Women Canada
Bbc 100 Women Hong Kong 		Singer and pro-democracy campaigner
Ieshia Evans Bbc 100 Women United States Nurse and protestor who became an icon of the Black Lives Matter movement following the publication of Taking a Stand in Baton Rouge
Bbc 100 Women Iskra Lawrence Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Model
Bbc 100 Women Jamilah Lemieux Bbc 100 Women United States Cultural commentator, editor and columnist for Interactive One
Bbc 100 Women Janet Ní Shuilleabháin Bbc 100 Women Ireland Founding member, Abortion Rights Campaign
Bbc 100 Women June Eric-Udorie Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Writer and blogger
Lois Strong Bbc 100 Women United States Former college maths professor and present day cheerleader
Bbc 100 Women Naema Ahmed Bbc 100 Women Pakistan E-commerce start-up manager
Bbc 100 Women Neha Singh Bbc 100 Women India Actor, writer and campaigner who encourages women to ignore harassment and reclaim the public space
Renee Rabinowitz Bbc 100 Women Belgium Lawyer who sued El Al when she was asked to move as the man next to her objected to sitting beside a female
Bbc 100 Women Seyhan Arman Bbc 100 Women Turkey Transgender activist and actor
Tess Asplund Bbc 100 Women Sweden Care worker and anti-fascism activist caught in iconic photo resisting fascists
Bbc 100 Women Viktoria Modesta Bbc 100 Women Latvia Bionic pop artist
Bbc 100 Women Winnie Harlow Bbc 100 Women Canada Model
Bbc 100 Women Yuliya Stepanova Bbc 100 Women Russia Whistle-blowing athlete
Zulaikha Patel Bbc 100 Women South Africa Thirteen year-old who took stand for young girls with natural hair

Influential

Image Name Nationality Description
Bbc 100 Women Alicia Keys Bbc 100 Women United States Singer-songwriter
Aline Mukovi Neema Bbc 100 Women Republic of the Congo Student activist for political change
Bbc 100 Women Carmen Aristegui Bbc 100 Women Mexico journalist
Egge Kande Bbc 100 Women Senegal Community leader who advises young girls about education
Bbc 100 Women Evelyn Miralles Bbc 100 Women Venezuela NASA computer engineer
Heather Rabbatts Bbc 100 Women Jamaica Lawyer and businesswoman. Non-executive member of the boards of Grosvenor Estates, Royal Opera House and The FA. Chief Executive of the London Borough of Lambeth
Bbc 100 Women Judi Aubel Bbc 100 Women United States Social entrepreneur
Bbc 100 Women Liliane Landor Bbc 100 Women Lebanon BBC journalist
Lubna Tahtamouni Bbc 100 Women Jordan Biology professor and science campaigner
Bbc 100 Women Mallika Srinivasan Bbc 100 Women India CEO of Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited
Bbc 100 Women Maria Zakharova Bbc 100 Women Russia Foreign ministry spokeswoman
Bbc 100 Women Marne Levine Bbc 100 Women United States Chief Operating Officer, Instagram
Bbc 100 Women Marta Vieira da Silva Bbc 100 Women Brazil Footballer
Bbc 100 Women Rachida Dati Bbc 100 Women France Politician
Rakeft Russak-Aminoach Rakefet Russak-Aminoach Bbc 100 Women Israel CEO, Bank Leumi
Bbc 100 Women Rebecca Walker Bbc 100 Women United States Writer and activist
Bbc 100 Women Shriti Vadera Bbc 100 Women Uganda Banker and economist
Bbc 100 Women Simone Biles Bbc 100 Women United States Olympic gymnast
Bbc 100 Women Thuli Madonsela Bbc 100 Women South Africa Advocate who combats corruption
Bbc 100 Women Zoleka Mandela Bbc 100 Women South Africa Writer – survivor of addictions, sexual abuse and cancer. Granddaughter of Nelson Mandela.

Pioneering

Image Name Nationality Description
Asel Sadyrova Bbc 100 Women Kyrgyzstan Archer
Bbc 100 Women Chan Yuen-ting Bbc 100 Women Hong Kong Football manager
Chanira Bajracharya Bbc 100 Women Nepal Former "living goddess" or Kumari
Bbc 100 Women Churan Zheng Bbc 100 Women People's Republic of China Women's rights activist arrested for planning protest against sexual harassment on public transportation
Bbc 100 Women Cindy Meston Bbc 100 Women Canada Professor of clinical psychology
Ellinah Ntombi Wamukoya Bbc 100 Women Eswatini First woman to become a bishop of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa
Bbc 100 Women Erin McKenney Bbc 100 Women United States Science award winner
Gouri Chindarkar Bbc 100 Women India Computer engineering student of the "School in the Cloud"
Jane Elliott Bbc 100 Women United States Educator, author and anti-racism activist
Bbc 100 Women Katherine Johnson Bbc 100 Women United States Space scientist who was a mathematician for NASA
Lhakpa Sherpa Bbc 100 Women Nepal Mountaineer who has climbed Mount Everest seven times.
Lucy Finch Bbc 100 Women Malawi Palliative care nurse and founder of Malawi's only hospice
Bbc 100 Women Mary Akrami Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Women's shelter director and founder of refuge for abused women
Megan Beveridge Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom
Bbc 100 Women Scotland 		First female "lone piper" at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Omotade Alalade Bbc 100 Women Nigeria Founder of BeiBei Haven Foundation, helping those struggling with infertility
Bbc 100 Women Sherin Khankan Bbc 100 Women Denmark Imam
Shirin Gerami Bbc 100 Women Iran First "Ironwoman" triathlete in Iran
Bbc 100 Women Sian Williams Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom
Wales Wales 		Rugby player
Bbc 100 Women Stephanie Harvey Bbc 100 Women Canada Professional e-gamer "missharvey"
Yasmine Mustafa Bbc 100 Women Kuwait Entrepreneur, CEO of ROAR for Good

Resilient

Image Name Nationality Description
Ashwaq Moharram Bbc 100 Women Yemen Doctor dealing with starvation in Hudaydah
Becci Wain Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Healthcare assistant and former self-harmer who challenged supermarket policy
Carolina de Oliveira Bbc 100 Women Lebanon
Bbc 100 Women Syria		 Actor and Mental health activist
Dalia Sabri Bbc 100 Women Jordan Blind music teacher
Erin Sweeny Bbc 100 Women Australia Psychologist
Bbc 100 Women Karima Baloch Bbc 100 Women Pakistan
(Bbc 100 Women Balochistan)		 Balochistan independence campaigner; died under suspicious circumstances in 2020
Kathy Murray Bbc 100 Women United States Relationship coach and co-author of "Surrendered Wives Empowered Women"
Bbc 100 Women Khadija Ismayilova Bbc 100 Women Azerbaijan Journalist
Mao Kobayashi Bbc 100 Women Japan Newsreader and cancer blogger
Marta Sánchez Soler Bbc 100 Women Mexico Sociologist, activist and President of the Mesoamerican Migrant Movement
'Mary' Bbc 100 Women Kenya Survivor of al-Shabab rape
Mercedes Doretti Bbc 100 Women Argentina Forensic anthropologist who investigates crimes against humanity
Bbc 100 Women Morena Herrera Bbc 100 Women El Salvador Philosopher and Abortion activist
Nagira Sabashova Bbc 100 Women Kyrgyzstan Wrestler
Bbc 100 Women Natalia Ponce de Leon Bbc 100 Women Colombia Human rights activist and acid attack victim
Pashtun Rahmat Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Police officer
Bbc 100 Women Saalumarada Thimmakka Bbc 100 Women India 105-year-old environmentalist
Bbc 100 Women Stephanie Yim Bell Bbc 100 Women United States Korean-American professional wrestler, then known as Jade
Bbc 100 Women Traci Houpapa Bbc 100 Women New Zealand Company director
Um-Yehia Bbc 100 Women Syria Nurse

2015

The BBC News 100 Women list in 2015 was made up of many notable international names, as well as women who were unknown, but who represented issues women face. This year the list focussed on octogenarians sharing life lessons; 'good girl' film-makers discussing expectations; nursing; five high-profile women; and '30 under 30' entrepreneurs.

The women of 2015, were from 51 countries and were not necessarily those who would traditionally have been seen as role models—a woman with 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.

The 100 Women interviews (five high-profile women)

Image Name Country Occupation
Bbc 100 Women Fatou Bensouda Bbc 100 Women Gambia Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC)
Bbc 100 Women Bobbi Brown Bbc 100 Women United States Make-up artist and entrepreneur
Bbc 100 Women Sania Mirza Bbc 100 Women India Tennis player
Bbc 100 Women Hilary Swank Bbc 100 Women United States Actress
Bbc 100 Women Alek Wek Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom
Bbc 100 Women South Sudan 		Fashion model/UN ambassador

30 under 30 entrepreneurs

Image Name Country Occupation
Antonia Albert Bbc 100 Women Austria Founder, Careship
Bbc 100 Women Victoria Alonsoperez Bbc 100 Women Uruguay Co-founder, ieeTECH
Paulina Arreola Bbc 100 Women Mexico CEO and co-founder, Lavadero
Meryl Benitah Bbc 100 Women France Founder, La Boite Qui Cartonne
Leimin Duong Bbc 100 Women Australia Founder, Zeven Lemon Beerworks
Elissa Freiha Bbc 100 Women United Arab Emirates
Bbc 100 Women Lebanon 		Co-founder, WOMENA
Melanie Goldsmith Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Founder, Smith and Sinclair
Bbc 100 Women Sara Jane Ho Bbc 100 Women Hong Kong Founder, Institute Sarita
Bbc 100 Women Samantha John Bbc 100 Women United States CTO and co-founder of Hopscotch
Bbc 100 Women Linda Kwamboka Bbc 100 Women Kenya Co-founder, MFarm Ltd
Zihan Ling Bbc 100 Women People's Republic of China CEO and founder, TechBase
Bbc 100 Women Catherine Mahugu Bbc 100 Women Kenya Founder, Soko
Karabo Mathang Bbc 100 Women South Africa South Africa's first female Fifa-accredited soccer agent
Bbc 100 Women Brit Morin Bbc 100 Women United States CEO and founder, Brit + Co
Smriti Nagpal Bbc 100 Women India Founder, Atulyakala
Pauline Ng Bbc 100 Women Singapore Co-founder, Porcelain
Bbc 100 Women Bel Pesce Bbc 100 Women Brazil Founder, FazINOVA
Elsa Prieto Bbc 100 Women France
Bbc 100 Women Spain 		Technical director and co-founder, Pili Pop
Cristina Randall Bbc 100 Women Canada Founder, Conekta
Claire Reid Bbc 100 Women South Africa Entrepreneur, Reel Gardening
Nikita Ridgeway Bbc 100 Women Australia CEO and founder, Dreamtime Ink Australia
Lorrana Scarpioni Bbc 100 Women Brazil Founder, Bliive
Rasha Shehada Bbc 100 Women Palestine Managing director, Diamond Line FZE
Zuzanna Stańska Bbc 100 Women Poland Entrepreneur, creator of DailyArt app
Michelle Sun Bbc 100 Women Hong Kong Founder, First Code Academy
Julie Sygiel Bbc 100 Women United States Founder, Dear Kate
Bbc 100 Women Kanika Tekriwal Bbc 100 Women India CEO and founder, JetsetGo
Lizanne Teo Bbc 100 Women Singapore Co-founder, Upsurge
Bbc 100 Women Jana Tepe Bbc 100 Women Germany CEO and founder, Tandemploy
Xian Xu (entrepreneur) Bbc 100 Women People's Republic of China Co-founder, Cuisines Sous Vide restaurant chain

'Good girl' film-makers

Image Name Country Occupation
Naomi Bya'Ombe Bbc 100 Women Republic of the Congo Student
Massiel Chávez Bbc 100 Women Venezuela Student
Ayesha Ishtiaq Bbc 100 Women Pakistan Student
Delaney Osborne Bbc 100 Women United States Student
Lubov Russkina Bbc 100 Women Russia Reindeer nomad
Nour (pseudonym) Bbc 100 Women Syria Refugee

Vintage ladies (octogenarians)

Image Name Country Occupation
Bbc 100 Women Nawal el-Sadaawi Bbc 100 Women Egypt Writer
Bbc 100 Women Kamini Kaushal Bbc 100 Women India Bollywood actress
Jenni Rhodes Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Textile designer
Louise Schwartz (showgirl) Bbc 100 Women Jamaica Showgirl and cabaret performer
Tin Tin Yu (teacher) Bbc 100 Women Myanmar Retired teacher

Nurses

Image Name Country Occupation
Eveles Chimala Bbc 100 Women Malawi Midwife
Aissa Edon Bbc 100 Women France
Bbc 100 Women Mali 		Midwife
Azza Jadalla Bbc 100 Women Palestine Nurse
Misraa Jimaa Bbc 100 Women Ethiopia Health extension worker
Tina Lavender Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Midwife
Marie-Ange Zimndou Koutou Bbc 100 Women Central African Republic Nurse's aide in a war zone

Further inspiration

Image Name Country Occupation
Bbc 100 Women Nicola Adams Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Boxer
Bbc 100 Women Muzzon al-Mellehan Bbc 100 Women Syria Activist
Siba Alaradi Bbc 100 Women Syria Structural engineer
Bbc 100 Women Sonita Alizadeh Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Rapper
Niloufar Ardalan Bbc 100 Women Iran Footballer
Masoumeh Ataei Bbc 100 Women Iran Acid attack survivor
Bbc 100 Women Xyza Bacani Bbc 100 Women Philippines Photographer
Alimata Bara Bbc 100 Women Burkina Faso Trader
Bbc 100 Women Sana Ben Ashour Bbc 100 Women Tunisia Civil society activist
Bbc 100 Women Nicola Benedetti Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Musician
Bbc 100 Women Asha Bhosle Bbc 100 Women India Singer
Bbc 100 Women Cecilia Bouzat Bbc 100 Women Argentina Biophysicist
Bbc 100 Women Rivka Carmi Bbc 100 Women Israel Geneticist
Bbc 100 Women Estela de Carlotto Bbc 100 Women Argentina Human rights activist
Bbc 100 Women Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Bbc 100 Women South Africa Physician and chair of the African Union Commission
Bbc 100 Women Isabel dos Santos Bbc 100 Women Angola Investor
Ernestina Edem Appiah Bbc 100 Women Ghana Social entrepreneur and founder, Ghana Code Club
Jana Elhassan Bbc 100 Women Lebanon Novelist
Bbc 100 Women Paula Escobar Bbc 100 Women Chile Magazine editor
Monir Farmanfarmaian Bbc 100 Women Iran Artist
Bbc 100 Women Claire Fox Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Writer and broadcaster
Bbc 100 Women Uta Frith Bbc 100 Women Germany Psychologist
Alina Gracheva Bbc 100 Women Moldova Camerawoman
Megan Grano Bbc 100 Women United States Comedian
Alice Gray Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Science blogger
Michaela Hollywood Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Fundraiser for disabled people
Ella Ingram (activist) Bbc 100 Women Australia Activist for mental illness anti-discrimination
Somayya Jabarti Bbc 100 Women Saudi Arabia Newspaper editor, Saudi Gazette
Tahmina Kohistani Bbc 100 Women Afghanistan Olympic sprinter
Rimppi Kumari Bbc 100 Women India Farmer
Zimasa Mabela Bbc 100 Women South Africa Naval captain
Bbc 100 Women Emi Mahmoud Bbc 100 Women Sudan
Bbc 100 Women United States		 Poet
Amara Majeed Bbc 100 Women United States Hijab activist and author
Nemata Majeks-Walker Bbc 100 Women Sierra Leone Women's rights activist
Bbc 100 Women Katrine Marcal Bbc 100 Women Sweden Economist, writer and journalist
Bbc 100 Women Muniba Mazari Bbc 100 Women Pakistan Artist and anchorwoman
Jessy McCabe Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Student
Bbc 100 Women Verashni Pillay Bbc 100 Women South Africa Newspaper editor, Mail & Guardian
Irina Polyakova Bbc 100 Women Russia Paralympian
Neyda Rojas Bbc 100 Women Venezuela Nun
Rabia Salihu Said Bbc 100 Women Nigeria Physicist
Bbc 100 Women Amina Sboui Bbc 100 Women Tunisia Writer and women's rights activist
Bbc 100 Women Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Trade envoy
Mumtaz Shaikh Bbc 100 Women India Human rights activist
Bbc 100 Women Nareen Shammo Bbc 100 Women Iraq Political activist and journalist
Rotana Tarabzouni Bbc 100 Women Saudi Arabia Singer/songwriter
Li Tingting Bbc 100 Women People's Republic of China Human rights activist
Bbc 100 Women Sophie Walker Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Leader of the Women's Equality Party

2014

The BBC News 100 Women list in 2014 continued the efforts of the first year's initiative.

Image Name Country Occupation
SDr Yasmin Altwaijri Bbc 100 Women Saudi Arabia Mental health and obesity scientist
Bbc 100 Women Conchita Wurst Bbc 100 Women Austria Singer
Bbc 100 Women Laura Bates Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Founder, Everyday Sexism project
Bbc 100 Women Pinky Lilani Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Founder, Asian Women of Achievement Awards
Ruby Chakravarti Bbc 100 Women India Women's rights campaigner
Bbc 100 Women Susie Orbach Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Psychotherapist
Pontso Mafethe Bbc 100 Women Zimbabwe Women's programme manager, Comic Relief
Kate Shand Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Managing director of Enjoy Education
Bbc 100 Women Shappi Khorsandi Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Comedian
Shazia Saleem Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Founder ieat Foods
Bbc 100 Women Wai Wai Nu Bbc 100 Women Myanmar Director, Women Peace Net
Michaela Bergman Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Chief Counsellor for Social Issues, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Bbc 100 Women Paula Moreno Bbc 100 Women Colombia Founder of peace foundation Manos Visibles
Bbc 100 Women Rubana Huq Bbc 100 Women Bangladesh Textile manufacturer
Lucy-Anne Holmes Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Founder, No More Page Three campaign
Bbc 100 Women Brianna Stubbs Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Rower for Great Britain and Oxford PhD Scientist
Matilda Tristam Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Comics writer
Bbc 100 Women Nigar Nazar Bbc 100 Women Pakistan Cartoonist
Bbc 100 Women Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy Bbc 100 Women Pakistan Documentary film-maker
Uldus Bakhtiozina Bbc 100 Women Russia Photographer
Bbc 100 Women Lesley Yellowlees Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom First female president, Royal Society of Chemistry
Bbc 100 Women Rebecca Gomperts Bbc 100 Women Netherlands Founder, Women on Waves
Katherine Brown Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Academic, King's College London
Emily Kasyoka Bbc 100 Women Kenya Boxer, Kenya
Aowen Jin Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Chinese-born British artist
Eliza Rebeiro Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Founder of Lives not Knives
Muge Iplikci Bbc 100 Women Turkey Journalist
Natumanya Sarah Bbc 100 Women Uganda Educator
Linda Tirado Bbc 100 Women United States Campaigner
Alice Hagan Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Technician at healthcare company BTG
May Tha Hla Bbc 100 Women Myanmar Food aid social worker
Bbc 100 Women Rainatou Sow Bbc 100 Women Guinea Founder of Make Every Woman Count
Justa Canaviri Bbc 100 Women Bolivia Celebrity chef, Bolivia
Heather Jackson Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Women's business campaigner
Bbc 100 Women Ruby Wax Bbc 100 Women United States Mental health campaigner and comic
Umm Ahmed Bbc 100 Women Iraq Sole provider for her family
Bbc 100 Women Xiaolu Guo Bbc 100 Women People's Republic of China Novelist and film-maker
Hind Hobeika Bbc 100 Women Lebanon Founder of Instabeat
Molly Case Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Student nurse and Women of the Future Ambassador
Bbc 100 Women Joyce Banda Bbc 100 Women Malawi Former President of Malawi
Bbc 100 Women Saadia Zahidi Bbc 100 Women Pakistan Managing Director at the World Economic Forum
Aditi Mittal Bbc 100 Women India Stand-up comedian
Jess Butcher Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Co-founder of Blippar
Farah Mohamed Bbc 100 Women United States Founder, Girls 20 summit
Katy Tuncer Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Founder, Ready Steady Mums
Smruti Sriram Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Founder, Wings of Hope & Achievement Awards
Darshan Karki Bbc 100 Women Nepal Opinion-piece editor at Kathmandu Post daily, blogger
Bbc 100 Women Brooke Magnanti Bbc 100 Women United States
Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom		 Anthropologist, author, former sex worker
Bbc 100 Women Chipo Chung Bbc 100 Women Zimbabwe
Bbc 100 Women People's Republic of China		 Actor and activist
Pinar Ogunc Bbc 100 Women Iraq Journalist writing about women's issues and the Kurdish political movement
Sabina Kurgunayeva Bbc 100 Women Azerbaijan Footballer who also runs her own bicycle rental business
Kate Wilson Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Founder of independent children's book publisher, Nosy Crow
Betty Lalam Bbc 100 Women Uganda Director of women's community organisation, Gulu War Affected Training Centre
Arabella Dorman Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom War artist
Andy Kawa Bbc 100 Women South Africa Businesswoman and social entrepreneur
Bbc 100 Women Bahia Shehab Bbc 100 Women Lebanon
Bbc 100 Women Egypt		 Artist, designer and art historian
Divya Sharma Bbc 100 Women India Science student
Bbc 100 Women Jocelyn Bell Burnell Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Scientist who discovered Pulsars
Bbc 100 Women Eleni Antoniadou Bbc 100 Women Greece Co-founder Transplants Without Donors
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Blogger, columnist and author
Bbc 100 Women Salinee Tavaranan Bbc 100 Women Thailand Engineer and social entrepreneur
Hatoon Kadi Bbc 100 Women Saudi Arabia Comedian
Bbc 100 Women Brie Rogers Lowery Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Director of Change.org
Balvinder Saund Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Chair of Women's Sikh Alliance
Cora Sherlock Bbc 100 Women Ireland Pro-life campaigner and blogger
Bbc 100 Women Alaa Murabit Bbc 100 Women Canada
Bbc 100 Women Libya		 Founder, The Voice of Libyan Women
Bushra El-Turk Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom
Bbc 100 Women Lebanon		 Composer for London Symphony Orchestra
Kim Winser Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Founder, Winser London
Bbc 100 Women Arzu Geybullayeva Bbc 100 Women Azerbaijan Blogger
Judith Webb Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom First female commander of an all-male British Army squadron
Sarah Hesterman Bbc 100 Women Qatar Equal rights campaigner
Sana Saleem Bbc 100 Women Pakistan Pakistani campaigner against Internet censorship
Bbc 100 Women Asma Mansour Bbc 100 Women Tunisia Co-founder of Tunisian Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
Bbc 100 Women Diana Nammi Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Kurdish women's rights campaigner against "honour killing"
Funmi Iyanda Bbc 100 Women Nigeria Talk show host, journalist, activist
Bbc 100 Women Karen Masters Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Scientist at the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation
Khuloud Saba Bbc 100 Women Syria Researcher and public health worker
Yolanda Wang Yixuan Bbc 100 Women People's Republic of China Women's rights campaigner
Ayesha Mustafa Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Founder and director of FashionComPassion.co.uk
Bbc 100 Women Obiageli Ezekwesili Bbc 100 Women Nigeria Former World Bank Vice President for Africa and Former Minister for Education
Tehmina Kazi Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Director of British Muslims for Secular Democracy
Sophi Tranchell Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Head of Divine Chocolate
Boghuma Kabisen Titanji Bbc 100 Women Cameroon Virologist and campaigner for ethical medical research
Dwi Rubiyanti Kholifah Bbc 100 Women Indonesia Women's movement leader
Anjali Ramachandran Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Head of Innovation at PHD
Yas Necati Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Campaigner for better sex education
Bbc 100 Women Yeonmi Park Bbc 100 Women South Korea Activist raising awareness of the plight of her people in North Korea
Irene Li Bbc 100 Women Hong Kong Citizen journalist who took part in and documented protests
Sandee Pyne Bbc 100 Women Myanmar Chief executive of Community Partners International, focused on aid
Bbc 100 Women Temie Giwa Bbc 100 Women Nigeria
Bbc 100 Women United States		 Founder of the One Percent Project, facilitating blood donation
Bbc 100 Women Kavita Krishnan Bbc 100 Women India Secretary, All India Progressive Women's Association
Sarah Khan Bbc 100 Women Pakistan Filmmaker and campaigner
Nicky Moffat Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Highest Ranked woman in British Armed Forces
Bbc 100 Women Alice Powell Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Racing driver and first female to win a Formula Renault Championship
Misty Haith Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Research Engineer at Imperial College London
Sally Sabry Bbc 100 Women Egypt Businesswoman
Bbc 100 Women Kate Smurthwaite Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom Comedian and activist
Bbc 100 Women Susana Lopez Bbc 100 Women Mexico Virologist specialising in rotavirus
Jaya Luintel Bbc 100 Women Nepal Journalist and women's rights advocate
Bbc 100 Women Nicola Sturgeon Bbc 100 Women United Kingdom
Bbc 100 Women Scotland		 First Minister of Scotland

2013

The 2013 event was a month-long BBC series that took place in October. 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. 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.

The event held on 25 October 2013 featured 100 women from all walks of life.

Image Name Occupation
Salwa Abu Libdeh Palestinian television journalist
Bbc 100 Women Madawi Al-Rasheed Saudi academic and gender expert
Bbc 100 Women Nadia Al-Sakkaf Editor, Yemen Times
Sreymom Ang Cambodian fashion designer
Bbc 100 Women 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
Bbc 100 Women 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
Bbc 100 Women Ingrid Betancourt French-Colombian former politician and FARC hostage
Bbc 100 Women Cherie Blair British barrister and philanthropist
Bbc 100 Women Emma Bonino Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy
Yvonne Brewster Stage director, teacher and writer
Bbc 100 Women Gurinder Chadha British-Asian film director
Nervana Mahmoud Egyptian blogger and commentator
Bbc 100 Women Irina Chakraborty Russian-Finnish-Indian engineer
Bbc 100 Women Shadi Sadr Iranian lawyer and human rights defender
Bbc 100 Women Chipo Chung Chinese-Zimbabwean actor and activist
Bbc 100 Women Helen Clark Head of UN Development Programme, former New Zealand Prime Minister
Bbc 100 Women Diane Coyle Economist, writer and blogger
Bbc 100 Women Caroline Criado Perez British journalist and feminist campaigner
Bbc 100 Women Jody Day Founder of Gateway Women, a network for childless women
Bbc 100 Women Es Devlin British theatre designer
Bbc 100 Women Klára Dobrev Hungarian lawyer and economist
Bbc 100 Women 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
Bbc 100 Women Obiageli Ezekwesili Senior adviser, Open Society Foundations
Caroline Farrow Catholic writer, blogger and pro-life activist
Anne Stella Fomumbod Women's rights activist, Cameroon
Bbc 100 Women Teresa Forcades Radical Spanish nun
Bbc 100 Women Razan Ghazzawi Syrian blogger and activist
Bbc 100 Women Rebecca Gomperts Dutch doctor, head of Women on Waves
Bbc 100 Women Tanni Grey-Thompson Winner of 11 Paralympic Games gold medals
Parveen Hassan Conservative women's organiser, UK
Barbara Hewson Senior barrister, UK
Bbc 100 Women Anis Hidayah Indonesian activist working on migrant worker rights
Deborah Hopkins British mother and political activist
Bbc 100 Women Rose Hudson-Wilkin Jamaican born British priest
Bbc 100 Women Bettany Hughes Historian, author, broadcaster
Bbc 100 Women Rubana Huq Bangladeshi textile manufacturer
Bbc 100 Women Leyla Hussein Co-founder, Daughters of Eve, anti-violence campaigner
Heather Jackson (CEO) CEO of An Inspirational Journey and founder of The Women's Business Forum
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed Blogger, columnist and author
Bbc 100 Women 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
Bbc 100 Women Jude Kelly Artistic Director, Southbank Centre
Fereshteh Khosroujerdy Visually impaired Iranian singer
Bbc 100 Women Azadeh Kian Iranian academic and gender specialist
Bbc 100 Women Kanya King CEO and founder, Mobo
Bbc 100 Women Fawzia Koofi MP and former Deputy Speaker, Afghan National Parliament
Bbc 100 Women Dina Korzun Russian actor and charity activist
Bbc 100 Women Martha Lane-Fox UK technology entrepreneur
Bbc 100 Women Paris Lees Transgender broadcaster
Ann Leslie Journalist
Sian Lindley Researcher in social technology
Pontso Mafethe Programme manager, Comic Relief
Bbc 100 Women Brooke Magnanti US anthropologist, author, former sex worker
Bbc 100 Women Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba Deputy Secretary General, the Commonwealth
Shirley Meredeen Founding member, Growing Old Disgracefully
Bbc 100 Women Samar Samir Mezghanni Record-breaking young Tunisian writer
Bbc 100 Women Shazia Mirza British comedian
Aditi Mittal Indian comedian
Rosmery Mollo Indigenous Bolivian activist
Orzala Ashraf Nemat Afghan scholar and civil society activist
Bbc 100 Women Pauline Neville-Jones Former UK Security and Counter-Terrorism Minister
Bbc 100 Women Susie Orbach Psychotherapist and author
Mirina Paananen Islamic researcher
Bbc 100 Women Claudia Paz y Paz Attorney General, Guatemala
Bbc 100 Women 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
Bbc 100 Women Kamila Shamsie UK-based Pakistani writer
Divya Sharma Indian electronics and communications engineer
Bbc 100 Women Bahia Shehab Lebanese-Egyptian artist, designer and art historian
Bbc 100 Women Joanna Shields Chair and CEO, Tech City Investment Organisation
Bbc 100 Women Stephanie Shirley Businesswoman and philanthropist
Bbc 100 Women Clare Short British politician, former International Development Secretary
Bbc 100 Women Jacqui Smith Former UK Home Secretary
Bbc 100 Women Kate Smurthwaite British stand-up comedian and activist
Bbc 100 Women 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
Bbc 100 Women Saadia Zahidi Head of Gender Parity and Human Capital, World Economic Forum
Dinara Zhorobekova Student, Kyrgyzstan
Gemma Godfrey Board director, broadcaster
Bbc 100 Women Martina Navratilova 18-time Grand Slam singles tennis champion

Other participants

Name Occupation
Sarah Walker Head of the English Collective of Prostitutes
Cerrie Burnell Children's television presenter
Selma James Writer and activist

See also

References

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