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The secrets of sewers
Two women ionate about wastewater management on how sewers can save our lives
Record-breaking runners
Allyson Felix and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce on gold medals, pregnancy and discrimination
Choosing to be childfree
Two women discuss why opting not to have children is still seen as a radical decision.
Selling Sunset: How I find homes for the rich and famous
Infinity pools and marble bathrooms – what does it take to sell homes to the super-rich?
Intimacy on screen
Two women challenging the way actors and directors approach intimate scenes on camera
Women writing true crime
Why are we so interested in women as victims and killers?
The women who protect nature
Kris Tompkins and Dolors Armenteras on their fight to preserve South America’s ecosystems.
Women digging for answers from the ancient past
How gender biases have warped our understanding of history
Women making art from clay
Ceramicists Hitomi Hosono and Zemer Peled on the therapeutic quality of working with clay
Afrofuturism: Black women changing the sci-fi scene
Authors N.K. Jemisin and Chinelo Onwualu on their efforts to diversify the genre
Women running restaurants
Ana Roš and Amninder Sandhu on adapting their businesses to the constraints of Covid-19
How to focus
Conductor Kalena Bovell and pro skier Lorraine Huber on how to ‘get in the zone’
Women in law
Alexandra Wilson and Omnia Gadalla on why people practicing law need to be diverse
Women who love insects
Insect enthusiasts Jessica Ware and Carolina Barillas-Mury on why bugs matter.
How to live alone
Sreemoyee Piu Kundu and Hannah Carmichael on the benefits and challenges of solo living
Funerals and grief in a pandemic
What happens to grief when our usual rituals around death and mourning are disrupted?
Nurses on the frontline: A year on
After a year of the pandemic, how are young nurses coping?
Women fighting wildfires
A Russian volunteer and an elite US firefighter on the challenge of tackling remote fires
Women of the Arab Spring
A decade after the uprisings, what has been gained and what has been lost?
Sweet honey and queen bees
A scientist from Martinique and an entrepreneur from South Africa on why they keep bees
Sold into sex work
Trafficked women from Indonesia and Hungary on how they modern-day slaves
Skating my way through life
Why women around the world are picking up a board to try kickflips and slides.
My life-changing autism diagnosis
Sara Gibbs and Morénike Giwa Onaiwu talk about the impact of finding out they're autistic
The Conversation with Helen Clark and Michelle Bachelet
Kim Chakanetsa is ed by two international leaders who have championed women’s rights.
Living through menopause
Dr Nighat Arif and writer Barbara Hannah Grufferman think the menopause needs rebranding
Viral dance videos launched my career
Sienna Lalau and Sherrie Silver: social media routines led to working for Rihanna and BTS
Why women walk
Cheryl Strayed and Kerri Andrews on the benefits of striding out in the great outdoors
Women planting trees
Two women restoring forests in Brazil and Nepal growing native trees from local seeds
Ghostwriters for hire
Michelle Burford and Ellen Banda-Aaku on celebrity memoirs and collaborative writing
World leaders: Michelle Bachelet and Helen Clark
Michelle Bachelet and Helen Clark on their personal journeys and their career in politics
Travels with my ukulele
For Taimane and Zee Avi, playing the ukulele was love at first strum
