The BBC has announced the return of its award-winning annual 100 Women season this autumn, based around a list of 100 inspirational global women and their extraordinary lives, achievements and experiences. Launched in 2013, 100 Women seeks to better represent women in the BBC’s international news output.
The season kicks off on Monday 21 November starting three weeks of thought-provoking broadcast and online special reports, debates, programmes and journalism, running online at bbc.com/100Women, on BBC World News TV, and on the 29 global languages services of BBC World Service Group, as well as network news.
Fiona Crack, Editor of 100 Women season said: “100 Women is now in its fourth year, and we are proud of the platform it has given to many inspirational women – using the reach and journalistic excellence of the BBC to highlight the challenges, opportunities and experiences of women across the world. Our main limitation is that we can only name 100.
“This year I’m particularly looking forward to some of the stories coming from Gaza, Uganda, Nepal and Kazakhstan. We will focus on lots of difficult issues including trafficking, secondary infertility, domestic abuse, harassment and trolling. We will also explore the inspiring attitudes of women and girls with features about reimaging ‘sexist’ fairy tales, harnessing the power of grandmas and how to plan a wedding for 3,000 in Africa’s most populous city.”
Each year, the BBC reveals its 100 women list – a mix of influential women who are world leaders in politics, science and entertainment, as well as less well-known but inspirational women from all over the world. Profiles of the 100 Women will be published, alongside five high profile interviewees – in the past interviewees have included actor Hilary Swank, model Alek Wek, professional tennis player Sania Mirza, and International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.
