100 Women (BBC)

100 Women is a BBC series started in 2013. It looks at the role of women in the twenty-first century. It organised events in London and Mexico.

After the women are named, the BBC has three weeks of information about women. Women from all over the world make comments on Twitter about the interviews and debates.

History
After the 2012 Delhi gang rape case, BBC Controller Liliane Landor, BBC editor Fiona Crack, and other journalists started a series about the issues and successes of women. Women told the BBC there was not enough information about issues women face. In March 2013, BBC received a "flood of feedback from female listeners" that asked for more information "from and about women."

The BBC started the series in 2013 because there were not enough women represented in the media. The BBC used a survey in 26 languages to choose women for the first program. There were programs for one month, then there was a conference on 25 October. Women from different countries talked about issues they shared. There were many subjects, like work, feminism, motherhood, and religion. The series looked at cultural and social problems women have in life.

After the first program, there were many other subjects, like education, health, equal pay, genital mutilation, domestic violence, and sexual abuse. The series tries to give women a place to talk about how to make the world better and stop sexism. Women on the list are from many countries and many professions. Some of the women are famous, and some are not well known.

 Names of the 100 women 
 2024 
The 2024 list was released on 3 December and included women facing conflicts and humanitarian crises. The 2024 list was subdivided into five categories, including 11 in the category Climate Pioneers.

 Climate pioneers 
ImageNameCountryDescriptionframeless|151x151pxMaheder HaileselassieEthiopiaPhotographerframeless|142x142pxNejla IşıkTurkeyVillage head and forest campaignerframeless|124x124pxAdenike Titilope OladosuNigeriaClimate justice advocateframeless|100x100pxInna ModjaMaliArtist and climate advocateEnas Al-GhoulPalestinian TerritoriesAgricultural engineerShilshila AcharyaNepalSustainability entrepreneurNaomi ChandaZambiaFarmer and trainerRosmarie Wydler-WältiSwitzerlandTeacher and climate campaignerframeless|143x143pxSasha LuccioniCanadaComputer scientistRosa Vásquez EspinozaPeruChemical biologistframeless|126x126pxBrigitte BaptisteColombiaEcologist

 Culture and education 
ImageNameCountryDescriptionOlivia McVeighUnited KingdomMake-up artistChristina AssiLebanonPhotojournalistDilorom YuldoshevaUzbekistanSeamstress and businesswomanXuân PhượngVietnamFilm director, author, gallery ownerEugenia BonettiItalyNunframeless|151x151pxLesley LokkoGhana/United KingdomArchitectSu MinChinaRoad tripper and influencerframeless|107x107pxAnat HoffmanIsraelReligious campaignerHinda Abdi MohamoudSomaliaJournalistSvetlana AnokhinaRussiaHuman rights campaignerHamida AmanAfghanistanMedia and education entrepreneurJohana BahamónColombiaSocial activistIdania del RíoCubaFashion entrepreneurHelen MolyneuxUnited KingdomCo-founder, Monumental Welsh WomenShin DaeweMyanmarFilmmakerframeless|150x150pxCristina Rivera GarzaMexico/United StatesWriterframeless|150x150pxShahrnush ParsipurIran/United StatesWriter and translatorPlestia AlaqadPalestinian TerritoriesJournalist and poetZhanylsynzat TurganbaevaKyrgyzstanMuseum managerSharon KleinbaumUnited StatesRabbiframeless|150x150pxMargarita BarrientosArgentinaSoup kitchen founderYasmeen MjalliPalestinian TerritoriesDesignerframeless|135x135pxTracey EminUnited KingdomArtistRoxy MurrayUnited KingdomDisability rights advocateframeless|135x135pxMaheder HaileselassieEthiopiaPhotographerPooja SharmaIndiaPerformer of funerary ritesLinda Dröfn GunnarsdóttirIcelandWomen's shelter managerHarbia Al HimiaryYemenHeritage conservation engineerMaria Teresa HortaPortugalPoet

 Entertainment and sport 
ImageNameCountryDescriptionframeless|114x114pxVinesh PhogatIndiaWrestlerJoan Chelimo MellyKenya/RomaniaLong-distance runnerframeless|133x133pxHend SabryTunisiaActressframeless|133x133pxNaomi WatanabeJapanComedianframeless|122x122pxGaby MorenoGuatemalaLatin-pop musicianframeless|109x109pxAllyson FelixUnited StatesTrack and field athleteZakia KhudadadiAfghanistanTaekwondo Paralympianframeless|100x100pxNoella Wiyaala NwadeiGhanaAfro-pop musicianTracy OttoUnited StatesArcherframeless|133x133pxHadiqa KianiPakistanSinger and songwriterframeless|152x152pxZhiying (Tania) ZengChileTable tennis playerframeless|144x144pxRayeUnited KingdomSingerframeless|133x133pxSharon StoneUnited StatesActressframeless|128x128pxElaha SoroorAfghanistanSinger and composerframeless|118x118pxFirda Marsya KurniaIndonesiaHeavy metal musicianframeless|138x138pxChloé ZhaoUnited KingdomFilm directorframeless|135x135pxRebeca AndradeBrazilGymnastframeless|100x100pxInna ModjaMaliArtist and climate advocateMadison TevlinCanadaTalk-show host and model

 Politics and advocacy 
ImageNameCountryDescriptionframeless|150x150pxAruna RoyIndiaSocial activistframeless|132x132pxAngela RaynerUnited KingdomDeputy Prime MinisterFeng YuanChinaWomen's rights advocateHaitiImmigration rights campaignerHala AlkaribSudanActivist against sexual violence in warDanielle CantorIsrael/Palestinian TerritoriesCultural activistFawzia al-OtaibiSaudi Arabia/United KingdomWomen's rights campaignerframeless|142x142pxNejla IşıkTurkeyVillage head and forest campaignerKatherine MartínezVenezuelaHuman rights lawyerframeless|135x135pxKemi BadenochUnited KingdomLeader of the Conservative partyYumi SuzukiJapanPlaintiff in forced sterilisation lawsuitframeless|105x105pxNadia MuradIraqNobel Peace Prize laureateframeless|105x105pxGisèle PelicotFranceRape survivorframeless|133x133pxHuang JieTaiwanPoliticianAnnie Sinanduku MwangeDR CongoMinerframeless|139x139pxSusan CollinsUnited StatesSenatorKasha Jacqueline NabageseraUgandaDiversity and inclusion campaignerframeless|133x133pxEinav ZangaukerIsraelHostage release campaignerRosmarie Wydler-WältiSwitzerlandTeacher and climate campaignerframeless|162x162pxMahrang BalochPakistanMedical doctor and political activistLatisha McCruddenIrelandIrish Traveller Movement activistAnn Chumaporn (Waaddao)ThailandLGBTQ+ rights campaignerLilia ChanyshevaRussiaPolitical activist and ex prisonerZhina Modares GorjiIranWomen's rights campaignerAmanda ZurawskiUnited StatesReproductive rights advocateframeless|133x133pxRuth LópezEl SalvadorLawyerLourdes BarretoBrazilCampaigner for sex workers’ rightsframeless|133x133pxHana-Rawhiti Maipi-ClarkeNew ZealandPolitician

 Science, health and technology 
ImageNameCountryDescriptionEnas Al-GhoulPalestinian TerritoriesAgricultural engineerKauna MalgwiNigeriaUnion leader for content moderatorsOlga RudnievaUkraineFounder, Superhumans CentreOlga OlefirenkoUkraineFarmerframeless|143x143pxSasha LuccioniCanadaComputer scientistRikta Akter BanuBangladeshNurse and school founderShireen AbedPalestinian TerritoriesPaediatricianSilvana SantosBrazilBiologistframeless|126x126pxBrigitte BaptisteColombiaEcologistSara BerkaiUnited Kingdom/EritreaDesigner of DIY science kitsGeorgina LongAustraliaMedical oncologistframeless|133x133pxKatalin KarikóHungaryBiochemist and Nobel laureateNour EmamEgyptFem-tech entrepreneurframeless|124x124pxAdenike Titilope OladosuNigeriaClimate justice advocateSubin ParkSouth KoreaFounder, Stair Crusher ClubGabriela Salas CabreraMexicoProgrammer and data scientistNaomi ChandaZambiaFarmer and trainerSafa AliSudanObstetricianSneha RevanurUnited StatesAI expertSamiaSyriaPsychology counsellorShilshila AcharyaNepalSustainability entrepreneurframeless|142x142pxSunita WilliamsUnited StatesAstronautRosa Vásquez EspinozaPeruChemical biologist

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  Description100x100pxMaryam Al-Khawaja (also a citizen of )Human rights campaigner, board member of Civicus and the International Service for Human RightsShamsa Araweelo (also a citizen of the )Anti-FGM campaignerYasmina BenslimaneFounder of Politics4Her and gender equality campaignerYael Braudo-BahatPeace activist and co-director at Women Wage Peace100x100pxAlicia CahuiyaIndigenous rights activist100x100pxAmal Clooney (also a citizen of the )Human rights lawyer100x100pxDehenna DavisonMember of Parliament117x117pxChristiana FigueresDiplomat and climate policy negotiator with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change100x100pxBella GalhosPolitical activist and LGBTQ+ rights advocate100x100pxRina GonoiFormer military officer and anti-sexual harassment activist100x100pxSonia GuajajaraState minister for native peoples and indigenous rights campaignerRenita HolmesHousing rights campaigner100x100pxNataša KandićLawyer and human rights activist. Founder of the Humanitarian Law Center125x125pxRukshana KapaliHousing rights campaigner and transgender human rights activistSofia KosachyovaFirefighter127x127pxMonica McWilliamsFormer politician and peace negotiator during the Good Friday Agreement talks. Co-founder of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition Najla Mohamed-Lamin Women's rights and climate activist in the Saharawi refugee campsUlanda MtambaCampaigner against child marriageTamar MuseridzeInvestigative journalistNeema NamadamuDisability rights campaigner137x137pxMichelle ObamaAttorney, author and campaigner137x137pxSepideh RashnuWriter and artistBernadette SmithAdvocate for families of missing indigenous women and girls. Co-founder of Drag the RedIryna StavchukClimate policy adviser at the European Climate Foundation100x100pxGloria SteinemFeminist leader and co-founder of Ms. magazineSummia ToraRefugee rights campaignerXu ZaozaoEgg freezing campaigner. Advocate for single women's reproductive rights and bodily autonomy

 Entertainment & Sport 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  Description125x125pxAitana BonmatíFootballer, winner of the Ballon d'Or and former UEFA player of the yearAntinisca CenciEquestrian vaulterAndreza DelgadoCurator and cultural manager. Co-founder of PerifaCon138x138pxDesak Made Rita Kusuma DewiSpeed climber100x100pxAmerica FerreraActor and Latino rights advocateAnne GrallComedianGeorgia HarrisonTV personality. Anti-revenge porn campaigner 100px Harmanpreet Kaur CricketerDayeon LeeClimate change campaigner for Kpop4planetJustina MilesDeaf performer133x133pxDia MirzaActor. Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme and a board member of the Sanctuary Nature FoundationZandile NdhlovuFreediving instructorAlice OsemanAward-winning author, illustrator and screenwriterParamidaDJ and music producerCamila PirelliOlympic heptathlete and EcoAthlete Champion100x100pxAziza SbaitySprinter100x100pxKhine Hnin WaiActor and activist162x162pxBianca WilliamsAthlete

 Culture & Education 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  Description100x100pxAfroze-NumaShepherdessHosai AhmadzaiTV presenter on Shamshad TVEsi BuobasaFishmonger100x100pxChila Kumari BurmanArtist150x150pxPaulina ChizianeWriter. Winner of the Camões PrizeSusanne EttiSustainable tourism expertLicia FertzAnti-ageism, feminism and LGBTQ+ activistJannatul FerdousBurns survivor, film-maker, writer and disability rights campaigner130x130pxNatalia IdrisovaGreen energy consultant100x100pxVee Kativhu (also a citizen of the )Content creator and YouTuber Huda Kattan Founder of Huda Beauty100x100pxSophia KianniStudent and social entrepreneurArati Kumar-RaoPhotographer100x100pxLouise MabuloFarmer and entrepreneur. Recognised by the United Nations Environment Programme as a Young Champion of the EarthMarijeta MojaševićDisability rights activistSarah OttSchool teacher and climate change ambassador with the National Center for Science Education111x111pxJetsunma Tenzin Palmo (citizen of )Bhikṣuṇī buddhist nun111x111pxLala PasquinelliArtist, lawyer, poet, lesbian and feminist activistJess PepperFounder of Climate Café and fellow of the Royal Society of Arts100x100pxMatcha Phorn-inCampaigner for indigenous and LGBTQ+ rightsCarolina Díaz PimentelJournalist specialising in neurodivergence and mental health coverageShairbu SagynbaevaCo-founder of For Life sewing shop98x98pxDaria SerenkoPoet, writer and political activist. Member of Feminist Anti-War resistanceKera Sherwood-O'ReganIndigenous rights and disability advocateSagarika SriramEducator and climate adviserClara Elizabeth Fragoso UgarteTruck driver125x125pxOksana ZabuzhkoWriter

 Science, Health & Tech 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  DescriptionBasima AbdulrahmanGreen building entrepreneurBayangDiarist and sustainability advocateAmina Al-BishVolunteer rescue worker with the Syria Civil Defence99x99pxRumaitha Al BusaidiScientistSara Al-SaqqaGeneral surgeonSusan ChombaScientist and director at the World Resources InstituteLeanne Cullen-UnsworthMarine scientist99x99pxCanan DagdevirenScientist and inventorIzabela DłużykSound recordistMarcela FernándezExpedition guide99x99pxAnamaría Font VillarroelParticle physicistTrần GấmBiogas business owner131x131pxTimnit Gebru (citizen of )AI expert98x98pxClaudia GoldinEconomist and recipient of Nobel Prize in EconomicsAnna HuttunenCarbon impact tech expert128x128pxGladys Kalema-ZikusokaVeterinarian and conservationist. Founder of Conservation Through Public Health. Recognised by the United Nations Environment Programme as a Champion of the Earth in 2021Sonia KastnerWildfire detection tech developerAstrid LinderProfessor of traffic safetyNeha MankaniMidwife110x110pxWanjira MathaiEnvironmental 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 FoundationIsabel Farías MeyerJournalist and early menopause campaignerNatalie PsailaMedical doctorOlena RozvadovskaChildren's rights advocateSuminiForest manager Fabiola Trejo Social psychologistJennifer UchenduMental health advocate. Founder of SustyVibesQiyun WooStoryteller and environmentalistElham Youssefian (citizen of )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  DescriptionMaeen Al-ObaidiLawyer and mediatorFatima AmiriStudent100pxNathalie Becquart (also a citizen of the )Nun in the Congregation of Xavières and first ever female Undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops.Taisia BekbulatovaJournalist. Founder of the independent media outlet HolodKristina BerdynskykhJournalistMaría Fernanda Castro MayaDisability rights advocateChanel ContosSexual consent activist100pxEva CopaPolitician and mayor of El Alto of Aymara descentJoy EzeiloLaw professor and former United Nations special rapporteur on Trafficking in PersonsIbijoke FaborodeFounder of ElectHER99x99pxErika HiltonPolitician and campaigner for black and LGBT rights. The first black trans woman ever elected to a seat in the National Congress of Brazil100pxPark Ji-hyunPolitical reformerZahra JoyaJournalist and founder of Rukhshana Media100pxUrsula von der LeyenFirst ever female President of the European Commission100pxNaomi Long (uses a  passport)Politician and former Lord Mayor of BelfastAyesha MalikFirst female judge on the Supreme Court of PakistanZara MohammadiKurdish language educator100pxMia MottleyFirst female Prime Minister of Barbadosframeless|127x127pxSepideh QoliyanPolitical campaigner and workers’ rights advocate100pxRoza Salih (active in , )Politician and member of activist group the Glasgow Girls100pxSimone TebetMember of the Brazilian Federal SenateKisanet TedrosEducational entrepreneur and Tigrinyan digital content creator100pxCheng YenBuddhist philanthropist, founder of the Tzu Chi humanitarian organisation100pxNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (also a citizen of the )Charity worker100pxOlena ZelenskaIncumbent First Lady, architect and screenwriter

 Culture & Sport 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  DescriptionDima AktaaRefugee and parathlete100pxZar Amir EbrahimiActor and founder of Alambic Productions100pxSelma BlairActor and multiple sclerosis awareness campaigner100pxOna CarbonellOlympic medal winning synchronised swimmerSarah ChanNBA scout and former professional basketball player. Advocate for education and sports100pxPriyanka ChopraActor and producer. UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, campaigning for children's rights and education for girls100x100pxBillie EilishSinger and songwriter131x131pxOns JabeurTennis playerSneha JawaleSocial worker133x133pxReema JuffaliRacing driver and founder of Theeba MotorsportKadri KeungFashion designerMiky LeeProducer, architect of KCON music festival and vice-chair of CJ ENM100pxLaura McAllisterProfessor and former footballer. LGBTQ+ sports ambassadorMilliRap artist100pxRita MorenoEGOT winning actor100pxSalima Rhadia MukansangaFootball referee100pxAlla PugachevaMusician100pxElnaz RekabiClimber, 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 time100pxYulimar RojasOlympic medal winning triple jumper and LGBTQ+ rights advocateSally ScalesPitjantjatjaran artist100pxNana Darkoa SekyiamahWriter and feminist activist100pxGeetanjali ShreeAuthor and winner of the International Booker Prize100pxAlexandra SkochilenkoArtist, imprisoned by the Russian government for protesting against the Russian invasion of Ukraine100pxVelia VidalWriter and El Chocó cultural and education campaignerEsraa WardaDancer and proponent of raï, a grassroots genre historically associated with social protest

 Activism & Advocacy 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  Description Lina Abu Akleh Human rights advocateVelmariri BambariActivist and women's rights campaigner100pxTarana BurkeActivist. Started the MeToo movement.Sanjida Islam ChoyaStudent100pxHeidi CrowterDisability rights campaigner with an emphasis on Down syndrome125x125pxSandya EknelygodaHuman rights activist100pxGohar EshghiCivil activist and Iranian Complainant Mother100x100pxCeci FloresActivist and member of the Madres Buscadoras de Sonora collectiveGeraldina Guerra GarcésWomen's rights and anti-femicide activistMoud GobaRefugee and LGBTQ+ rights activist. Founding member of UK Black Pride100pxWomen cutting their hairGroup 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 generalGehad HamdyDentist and humanitarian100pxJudith HeumannDisability rights advocateJebina Yasmin IslamCampaigner for women's safetyLayli (pseudonym)Protester100pxHadizatou ManiAnti-slavery campaigner100x100pxOleksandra MatviichukHuman 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.136x136pxNarges MohammadiJournalist and human rights campaigner. Vice-president of the Defenders of Human Rights CenterTamana Zaryab ParyaniHuman rights activistAlice PataxóIndigenous rights activist and climate campaignerRoya PiraeiKurdish rights activist100pxYuliia SachukDisability rights advocateSuvada SelimovićPeace campaigner100pxEfrat TilmaTransgender volunteer and LGBTQ+ activist100pxZhou XiaoxuanFeminist activist

 Health & Science 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  DescriptionAye Nyein ThuMedical doctorSirisha BandlaAeronautical engineerVictoria BaptisteNurse and vaccine educator. WHO Goodwill Ambassador for cervical cancer eliminationNiloufar BayaniEcologist and programme manager at the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation100x100pxSandy Cabrera ArteagaSexual and reproductive rights advocateSamrawit FikruTech entrepreneurWegahta Gebreyohannes AberaHumanitarian aid workerDilek GürsoyHeart surgeonSofía HeinonenConservationistKimiko HirataClimate change activist. Recipient of Goldman Environmental PrizeJudy KihumbaSign language interpreter158x158pxMarie Christina KoloClimate entrepreneur and ecofeministIryna KondratovaPaediatrician at the Kharkiv Regional Perinatal CentreAsonele KotuTech entrepreneurErika LirianoCocoa entrepreneur.Naja LyberthPsychologist and trauma therapistNigar MarfNurse100pxMonica MusondaBusinesswoman and nutrition advocateIfeoma OzomaPublic policy and tech specialist116x116pxYuliia PaievskaParamedic and founder of Taira's Angels140x140pxJane RigbyAstronomer and astrophysicist. Advocate for equity and inclusion in STEMAinura SagynComputer engineer and ecofeministMonica SimpsonReproductive justice activist. Executive director of SisterSong100pxMaryna ViazovskaMathematician. Winner of the Fields Medal125x125pxYana ZinkevychPolitician, 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  Poet and writerOluyemi Adetiba-OrijaLawyer and founder of the all-women law firm Headfort FoundationRada AkbarArtistCatherine CorlessLocal historianPashtana DurraniTeacher, founder and executive director of Learn AfghanistanSaeeda EtebariJewellery designerSahar FetratFeminist activist, writer and film-maker100pxMelinda French GatesPhilanthropist and businesswomanSaghi GhahramanPoet and co-founder the Iranian Queer OrganizationAngela GhayourTeacher and founder of The Herat Online SchoolNajlla HabibyarEntrepreneur100pxShamsia HassaniStreet artistMugdha KalraAutism-rights activist and co-founder of Not That DifferentFreshta KarimChildren's-rights activist and founder of Charmaghz mobile libraryAliya KazimyEducator100pxBaroness Helena Kennedy QCDirector, International Bar Association's Human Rights InstituteIman Le CaireContemporary dancer, choreographer and LGBTQ+ activist. Founder, Trans AsyliasDepelsha Thomas McGruderFounder of Moms of Black Boys United, COO of the Ford FoundationFahima MirzaieWhirling-dervish dancer100pxChimamanda Ngozi AdichieWriterLynn NgugiJournalist100x100pxRehana PopalBarrister*RohilaSchoolgirl100pxAlba RuedaTrans activist100x100pxElif ShafakNovelist and advocate for women's and LGBTQ+ rightsAnisa ShaheedJournalist100pxMina SmallmanPriest and educatorBarbara SmolińskaFounder of Reborn Sugar BabiesAdelaide Lala TamArtist and food designer100pxVera WangFashion designer100x100pxMalala YousafzaiNobel Peace Prize laureate, co-founder of the Malala Fund and girls’ education activist

 Entertainment & Sport 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  Description 149x149px Halima Aden  Humanitarian and former model. UNICEF ambassador for children's rights.100pxLeena AlamActor and human-rights activistSevda AltunolukProfessional goalball player and Paralympic champion100pxNilofar BayatWheelchair basketball player and advocate for women with disabilitiesCarolina GarcíaDirector, NetflixGhawgha TabanMusicianChloé Lopes GomesBallet dancerTanya MuzindaMotocross champion*RazmaMusician100pxRoya SadatFilm-makerShogufa SafiOrchestra conductor*SaharFootballerFatima SultaniMountaineer and martial arts expert100pxNanfu WangFilm-maker100pxMing-Na Wen()Actor100pxRebel WilsonActress, writer and producer

 Politics & Activism 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  Description Muqadasa Ahmadzai  Social and political activist. Recipient of N-Peace award Abia Akram  Disability rights activistDr AlemaPhilosopher, campaigner and women's-rights advocate Wahida Amiri  Librarian and protester100px Natasha Asghar  Member of the Welsh Senedd100pxMarcelina BautistaActivist and union leader100pxCrystal BayatSocial activist and human-rights advocateRazia BarakzaiProtester100x100pxNajla El Mangoush  Libyan Minister of Foreign AffairsShila EnsandostTeacher and women's rights advocateFatima GailaniPeace negotiatorMomena IbrahimiPolicewomanHoda KhamoshPeriod campaigner, poet and journalist100pxElisa Loncón AntileoPresident, Constitutional Convention*MaralCampaigner*MasoumaPublic prosecutor100pxFiamē Naomi MataʻafaPrime minister of the Independent State of Samoa149x149pxSalima MazariPolitician and former governor of Charkint district100pxAmanda NguyenSocial entrepreneur, civil-rights activist and founder of RiseBasira PaighamGender-equality and gender-minorities activistMonica PaulusCampaigner against sorcery accusation-related violence100pxManjula PradeepLawyer and human-rights activist. Executive director of the Navsarjan TrustHalima Sadaf KarimiCampaigner for women's rights, politician and former MPSoma SaraFounder of Everyone's InvitedMahbouba SerajWomen's and children's rights activist. Founder, Afghan Women's Network*Ein Soe MayPro-democracy activistPiper Stege NelsonWomen's-rights activist and Public Strategies Officer at The Safe AllianceSister Ann Rose Nu TawngCatholic nun126x126pxEmma TheofelusPoliticianBenafsha YaqoobiDisabled rights advocateZala ZazaiPolicewoman

 Science & Health 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  Description 100px Mónica Araya  Emissions-free transportation advocate Zuhal Atmar  Entrepreneur and founder of Gul-e-Mursal recycling Jos Boys  Architect Faiza Darkhani  Environmentalist and women's rights advocate 100px Azmina Dhrodia  Safety policy lead at Bumble Jamila Gordon  Chief Executive and founder of Lumachain Laila Haidari  Women's rights advocate and founder of Mother Camp, drug rehabilitation centre Zarlasht Halaimzai  Co-founder and chief executive of Refugee Trauma Initiative Nasrin Husseini  Veterinarian Amena Karimyan  Astronomer Mia Krisna Pratiwi  Environmentalist and eco-activist 100px Heidi Larson  Anthropologist and Director of The Vaccine Confidence Project. Recipient of the Edinburgh Medal Sevidzem Ernestine Leikeki  Climate activist *Mahera  Medical doctor Mulu Mesfin  Nurse Mohadese Mirzaee  Pilot 100px Tlaleng Mofokeng  Universal health access advocate and United Nations special rapporteur on the right to health 100px Natalia Pasternak Taschner  Microbiologist and science writer *Ruksana  Surgeon Sara Wahedi  Chief executive of Ehtesab Roshanak Wardak  Gynaecologist and former Member of Parliament Yuma  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  DescriptionUnsung heroWorldwideAcknowledgement 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  DescriptionRina AkterBangladeshi sex worker turned humanitarian100pxSarah Al-AmiriChair, UAE Space Agency100pxAdriana AlbiniPathologist and veteran fencerNisreen AlwanHealth and wellbeing of women through public health100pxElizabeth AnionwuSickle cell and thalassaemia nurse specialist100pxDiana BarranMinister for Civil Society and founder of SafeLives, a national charity dedicated to ending domestic abuseMacinley ButsonInventor100x100pxFang FangWriterSomaya FaruqiRobotics team leaderLauren GardnerEpidemiologistIman Ghaleb Al-HamliManager of a women-run microgrid100x100pxSarah GilbertScientist who developed one of the COVID-19 vaccines100pxRebeca GyumiLawyer and founder of girls' rights organization Msichana InitiativeJemimah KariukiDoctor and creator of the free Wheels for Life ambulance serviceSafaa KumariPlant virologist100pxIshtar LakhaniFeminist activistLucy MonaghanCampaigner against sexual violenceDouce Namwezi N'Ibamba DRCSocial entrepreneur, journalist and activist100pxEtheldreda Nakimuli-MpunguMental health programme developerVernetta M Nay MoberlyIñupiaq environmental activist100pxSania NishtarGlobal health leaderLorna PrendergastDementia researcherSusana RaffalliDelivering nutrition to the malnourishedSapana Roka MagarCrematorium technicianleft|100x100pxPardis SabetiComputational geneticistFebfi SetyawatiActivist, founder of Untukteman.idleft|100x100pxRuth ShadyArchaeologistleft|112x112pxKathy SullivanScientist and astronautRima Sultana RimuTeacher and humanitarian activist working with Rohingya refugeesAnastasia VolkovaAgricultural innovator. Founder of FluroSat100pxSiouxsie WilesScientist and public health communicator100pxYee-Sin LeoDoctor and research leader

 Leadership 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  DescriptionLoza Abera GeinoreAssociation footballer100pxChristina AdaneCampaigner against injustices of food system (free school meals)Yvonne Aki-SawyerrMayor of Freetown100pxUbah AliAdvocate against female genital mutilation100x100pxNadeen AshrafAdvocate against sexual harassmentBilkis DadiProtest leader100pxEvelina CabreraFootball coach and manager.Carolina CastroAdvocate for gender equality100pxAgnes ChowPro-democracy activistNaomi DicksonAdvocate for Jewish women and children suffering from domestic abuse100pxIlwad ElmanPeace activist100x100pxJeong Eun-kyeongKorea Disease Control and Prevention Agency commissioner, led COVID-19 responseleft|145x145pxMaggie GobranCoptic nun and child welfare advocateleft|100x100pxDeta HedmanDarts champion100pxManasi JoshiPara-badminton championSalsabila KhairunnisaEnvironmental campaigner and School Strike for Climate leaderleft|134x134pxClaudia López HernándezMayor of Bogotá100pxSanna MarinPrime Minister of Finlandleft|133x133pxVanessa NakateClimate activistNemonte NenquimoWaorani activist100pxPhyllis OmidoEnvironmental activist. Winner of the Goldman Environmental PrizeRidhima PandeyClimate activistleft|100pxOksana PushkinaPolitician, member of the State Duma100pxPanusaya SithijirawattanakulStudent activist100pxNasrin SotoudehLawyer and human rights activist100pxSviatlana TsikhanouskayaExiled Belarus politicianArussi UndaCampaigner against femicide100pxAisha YesufuActivist, co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls campaignGulnaz ZhuzbaevaDisability activist

 Creativity 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  Description100pxHouda AbouzRapper, women's rights and gender equality advocate100pxWaad al-KateabActivist, journalist and filmmaker100pxTsitsi DangarembgaNovelist and filmmakerKaren DolvaChief executive and co-founder of No Isolation100pxJane FondaActor and social activist133x133pxKiran GandhiSinger, musician, and gender liberation activistMiho ImadaMaster sake brewerIsaivani IndiaGaana singer and political campaignerNadine KaadanChildren's author and illustratorleft|125x125pxMulenga KapwepweArtist and co-founder of the Zambian Women's History Museumleft|113x113pxJackie KayPlaywright, novelist and national poet of Scotlandleft|151x151pxMahira KhanActor and activist and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador138x138pxAngélique KidjoMusician and UNICEF ambassadorChu Kim DucArchitect and child welfare activist100pxZaharaSinger songwriterleft|100x100pxNandarFeminist activistleft|151x151pxAna TijouxChilean hip hop protesterleft|100x100pxYulia TsvetkovaActivist, political prisoner100pxKotchakorn VoraakhomLandscape architect100x100pxElin WilliamsDisability rights activist100pxMichelle YeohActor and UN goodwill ambassador

 Identity 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  DescriptionMuyesser Abdul'ehed (AKA Hendan)Uyghur writer and language activist100x100pxErica BakerSoftware engineer100x100pxCindy BishopUN goodwill ambassador and modelWendy Beatriz Caishpal JacoAdvocate for the rights of disabled people100pxPatrisse CullorsHuman rights activist. Co-founder and executive director of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation133x133pxShani DhandaDisability activist100pxEileen FlynnSenator and social activist100pxAlicia GarzaHuman rights activist. Co-creator of Black Lives Matter and the Black Lives Matter Global NetworkUyaiedu Ikpe-Etim NigeriaLGBTQ film director and activistleft|151x151pxGülsüm KavDoctor, activist, co-founder of We Will Stop FemicideJosina MachelHuman rights activistHayat MirshadFeminist activist, journalist, co-founder of Fe-Male collectiveLaleh OsmanyWomen's rights activist and founder of #WhereIsMyName campaignCibele RacyTeacher, racial equality activist22 - Lea T-001 (17107157436) (cropped).jpg|132x132pxLea TTransgender rights advocate and model100x100pxAyu (Opal) TometiHuman rights activist. Co-founder of Black Lives Matter100x100pxAlice WongDisability 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  DescriptionJudith BakiryaOrganic farmer and women's rights activistElla DaishEnvironmentalist and anti-plastic campaigner100pxKatrina Johnston-ZimmermanUrban anthropologist and co-founder of The Women Led Cities Initiative100pxGada KadodaFounder of the Sudanese Knowledge Society and trainer of community engineersJamie MargolinClimate change activist and co-founder of Zero Hour movement100pxFrancia MárquezAfro-Colombian environmentalist and leader of a 10-day, 350-mile women's march. Winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize100x100pxTrang NguyenWildlife conservationist and founder of WildActAutumn PeltierClean water advocateSwietenia Puspa LestariFounder of the Divers Clean Action Foundation and anti-straw campaignerCharlene RenClean water advocate, creator of MyH2O100pxNajat SalibaAir pollution researcher and chemistry professor100pxVandana ShivaEnvironmental leader and winner of the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize100pxGreta ThunbergClimate change activist100pxMarilyn WaringFeminist economist and environmental activist

 Knowledge 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  Description100pxMiMi AungNASA project manager and engineer158x158pxRaya BidshahriEducator and founder of Awecademy100pxKatie BoumanProcessed first-ever image of a black hole100pxLisa Campo-EngelsteinBioethicist and fertility and contraceptive researcher100pxRana el KalioubyArtificial emotional intelligence pioneer. Founder of Affectiva100pxAmy KarleBioartist and 3D-designer100pxFei-Fei LiPioneer of artificial intelligence who encourages women and minorities to build AI.100pxJulie MakaniTreatment of Sickle Cell DiseaseSarah Martins Da SilvaConsultant gynaecologist, obstetrician and fertility researcher100pxSusmita MohantySpaceship designer, entrepreneur and passionate climate action advocateBenedicte MundeleFresh food entrepreneur and founder of Surprise TropicalZehra SayersBiophysicist and chair of the SESAME project.Hayfa SdiriEntrepreneur and UN gender equality campaigner99x99pxNoor ShakerArtificial intelligence innovator100pxBonita SharmaFounder of The Social Changemakers and Innovators100pxVeronique ThouvenotLeader of the Zero Mothers Die initiative100x100pxPaola VillarrealComputer programmer who developed Data for Justice100pxAmy WebbFuturist

 Leadership 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  DescriptionAlanoud AlsharekhWomen's rights activist. Winner of National Order of Merit100pxTabata AmaralPolitician working for education, women's rights, political innovation and sustainable futures100pxDhammananda BhikkhuniFirst female Thai Buddhist monk (bhikkhuni) and abbess of Songdhammakalyan Monastery100pxMabel BiancoFeminist medical doctor and women's rights activist. President of the Foundation for Studies and Research on Women (FEIM)100pxMaria Fernanda EspinosaFourth female president of the UN General AssemblySister Gerard FernandezRoman Catholic nun and death row counsellor100pxZarifa GhafariOne of Afghanistan's first female mayors; clean city advocate100pxJalila HaiderHuman rights lawyer and women's rights advocateAsmaa JamesJournalist and women's rights activistAhlam KhudrHuman rights protest leaderAïssata LamMicrofinance expert and women's rights advocate100pxSoo Jung LeeForensic psychologist and advocate for anti-stalking bill100x100pxGina MartinCampaigner to make upskirting illegal in England and WalesVan Thi NguyenCo-founder of the Will to Live Center100pxAlexandria Ocasio-CortezYoungest woman elected to Congress100x100pxOnjali Q. RaúfWriter and founder of Making Herstory100pxMaria RessaJournalist and founder of Rappler, a website exposing fake news100pxLyubov SobolLawyer and anti-corruption activistSamah SubayLawyer supporting families whose children have 'disappeared'

 Creativity 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  Description  100px  Precious Adams    Ballet dancer100pxManal Al DowayanSaudi photographer and artistMarwa Al-SabouniArchitect who runs only Arabic website for architectural news. Winner of the Prince Claus award100pxYalitza AparicioActress and human rights activist100pxDayna AshPoet and cultural activist100pxAyah BdeirFounder of littleBits and STEM advocate100x100pxScarlett CurtisCo-founder of The Pink ProtestLuchita HurtadoArtist and environmental advocateAranya JoharBeat poet who writes about gender equality, mental health and body positivity100pxErika LustErotic film director, screenwriter and producerLauren MahonCancer survivor and podcasterLisa MandemakerDesigner of prototype artificial wombRaja MezianeAnti-government songs about social injustice, alleged corruption and inequalityAshcharya PeirisBlind fashion designer and motivational speakerDanit PelegFashion designer of 3D-printed clothingKalista SyScreenwriter of television series Mistress of a Married Man100pxIda VitalePoet, and fifth woman to win Cervantes Prize for lifetime writing achievement

 Sport 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  DescriptionJasmin AkterRohingya refugee and cricketer100pxKimia AlizadehFirst female Iranian Olympic medallist100pxDina Asher-SmithFastest woman in British history100pxSalwa Eid Naser400m world champion runner100pxBethany FirthParalympic champion swimmer100pxShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce100m world sprint champion100pxTayla HarrisAustralian rules footballer and boxerHuang WensiProfessional boxerFiona KolbingerFirst woman cyclist to win the Transcontinental RaceHiyori KonSumo wrestler100pxFarida OsmanFirst woman in Egypt to win a swimming medal100pxMegan RapinoeWorld Cup winner and advocate for equality in football (soccer)Jawahir RobleUK's first Muslim, black, female, hijab-wearing referee

 Identity 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  Description  Parveena Ahanger    Human rights activist 100px Piera Aiello    Anti-mafia politician  Rida Al Tubuly    Peace campaigner 100px  Nisha Ayub    Transgender activist 100px  Sinéad Burke    Disability activist  Sharan Dhaliwal   Writer and advocate for mental and sexual health for young South Asians, and LGBTQ rights  Lucinda Evans    Women's rights activist and founder of Philisa Abafazi Bethu (Heal our Women)  Owl Fisher   Transgender activist, journalist and writer  Hollie    Sex trafficking survivor  Yumi Ishikawa    Gender discrimination campaigner and founder of KuToo movement  Subhalakshmi Nandi   Gender equity researcher and campaigner  Natasha Noel    Body positivity influencer and Yogini 100px  Djamila Ribeiro    Writer and Afro-Brazilian women's rights advocate 100px  Nanjira Sambuli    World Wide Web Foundation digital equality expert  Pragati Singh    Doctor running Indian Aces, an online community for asexual people  Bella Thorne    Actress and director  Purity Wako    Life coach empowering women  Sara Wesslin    Skolt Sami journalist who lobbied for government funding for Sami language teaching  Gina Zurlo    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 100px  Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin   Social impact entrepreneur  Esra'a Al Shafei   Bahrain  Leads not-for-profit Majal.org  Svetlana Alekseeva    Model and burns survivor 100px  Lizt Alfonso    Director and choreographer, Cuba 100px  Nimco Ali     Somaliland   Wrier and FGM activist 100px Isabel Allende    Author  Boushra Yahya Almutawakel    Artist, photographer and activist  Alina Anisimova    Student programmer at Kyrgyz Girls' Space School 100px  Frances Arnold    Nobel Prize winning chemical engineer  Uma Devi Badi    Leader of the Badi movement and member of the Provincial Assembly in Nepal  Judith Balcazar    Fashion designer and co-founder of Giggle Knickers (underwear for women with urinary incontinence) 100px  Cindy Arlette Contreras Bautista    Lawyer who works against domestic violence as the face of the NiUnaMenos (Not One [woman] Less)  Leyla Belyanova   Academic and ecologist, seeking to protect Uzbekistan's birdlife and mountain ecosystems 100px  Analia Bortz    Doctor, rabbi and bioethicist treating women with fertility problems 100px  Fealofani Bruun    Traditional Polynesian navigator and qualified yachtmaster  Raneen Bukhari   Curator, gallery manager, and business developer 100px  Joy Buolamwini    Artificial intelligence artist and researcher  Barbara Burton   Founder and CEO of BehindBras, a charity that supports women prison leavers 129x129px Tamara Cheremnova    Author, living with cerebral palsy 100px Chelsea Clinton     Writer and organiser, Vice-chair of the Clinton Foundation 100px Stacey Cunningham    NYSE President  Jenny Davidson (businesswoman)   CEO of Stand Up Placer 100px  Asha de Vos    Marine biologist 100px  Gabriella Di Laccio    Soprano and founder of DONNE: Women in Music  Xiomara Diaz   Entrepreneur, restaurant owner and charity founder 100px  Noma Dumezweni      Actor 100px  Chidera Eggerue   "The Slumflower" bloggerShrouk El-Attar    Electronic design engineer  Nicole Evans    Online retail sales facilitator and supporter of women who are experiencing Early menopause  Raghda Ezzeldin   Free diver  Mitra Farazandeh    Artist advocate for people with physical disabilities  Mamitu Gashe    Senior nurse aide and fistula surgeon  Meena Gayen   Business owner and road builder 100px  G.E.M. (Gloria Tang Tsz-kei)       Singer-songwriter 100px  Fabiola Gianotti    Particle physicist and director general of CERN 100px Julia Gillard     27th Prime Minister of Australia 100px Elena Gorolová    Social worker, campaigning against forced sterilisation  Randi Heesoo Griffin    Olympic ice hockey player and data scientist, advocate for equal pay for women in ice hockey  Janet Harbick   Altruistic surrogate  Jessica Hayes   Theology teacher and consecrated virgin 100px  Thando Hopa    Model, lawyer and diversity and inclusion advocate 100px  Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim    Environmentalist and advocate for indigenous people and women 100x100px Reyhan Jamalova    Entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Rainenergy, company that collects energy from rainwater 100px  Jameela Jamil    British actor who founded @i-weigh  Liz Johnson    Paralympian gold medal swimmer and entrepreneur, with a recruitment agency aiming to close the disability employment gap  Lao Khang   Rugby player and coach  Joey Mead King    Model and television presenter 100px Krishna Kumari   Women's rights campaigner elected to Pakistan Senate  Marie Laguerre   Civil engineer and architecture student, who has developed platform where women can share stories of street harassment  Veasna Chea Leth    Lawyer, first woman to study law in Cambodia  Ana Graciela Sagastume López  Women and Femicide Special Prosecutor 100px Maria Corina Machado    Political leader who has campaigned to safeguard democratic processes in Venezuela 100px Nanaia Mahuta    Minister of Maori development, first female parliamentarian to wear a Maori face tattoo 131x131px Sakdiyah Ma'ruf   Indonesia's first female Muslim stand-up comedian  Nujeen Mustafa    Syrian refugee, activist, and a campaigner on behalf of refugees with disabilities  Lisa McGee    Northern Irish playwright and the writer and creator of Derry Girls  Kirsty McGurrell   Charity co-ordinator of 4Louis, providing memory boxes for bereaved parents of stillborn babies  Becki Meakin   General manager of Shaping Our Lives, advocate for people with disabilities 100px Ruth Medufia   Female welder acting as role model for young women in the construction industry  Larisa Mikhaltsova   Accordion music teacher who became a model at age 63 100px Amina J. Mohammed   Deputy secretary general, United Nations 100px  Yanar Mohammed    President of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI)  Joseline Esteffania Velasquez Morales    Student and NGO co-ordinator, campaigning to end forced marriages 100px Robin Morgan    Author and activist, founder of The Sisterhood is Global Institute and the Women's Media Center  Dima Nashawi    Artist, clown and visual storyteller, who collects and reflects tales from Syria  Helena Ndume    Ophthalmologist who has performed sight-restoring surgeries upon 35,000 Namibians, free of charge 100px  Kelly O'Dwyer    Minister for jobs and industrial relations, and minister for women in the Australian parliament  Yuki Okoda    Astronomer, first person to discover a new star that could shed light on the origins of the Solar System 100px  Olivette Otele    Professor of History at Bath Spa University, England 100px Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo    Mayor of Mexico City and Nobel Peace Prize-winning physicist  Park Soo-yeon   Digital campaigner against sex crimes 100px  Ophelia Pastrana    Comedian and media personality  Viji Palithodi    Activist who founded the Penkootam women's union in Kerala 100px  Brigitte Sossou Perenyi    Documentary producer and former Trokosi  Vicky Phelan    Exposed the Irish Cervical Check Screening scandal 100px Rahibai Soma Popere    Farmer and founder of Seed Bank, India collecting indigenous seeds  Valentina Quintero   Journalist promoting tourism and the environment through television programs  Sam Ross   Catering assistant and advocate for people with Down syndrome 100px Fatma Samoura    Secretary General of FIFA  Juliet Sargeant    Garden designer  Sima Sarkar   Full-time mother of 18-year-old disabled child  Shaparak Shajarizadeh    Activist against compulsory hijab rule, now in exile  Haven Shepherd   Suicide bomb survivor and Paralympic hopeful  Nenney Shushaidah Binti Shamsuddin    Female Syariah judge 100px Hayat Sindi    Biotechnologist, Unesco Goodwill Ambassador for science and founder of the i2 Institute for imagination and ingenuity 150x150px Jacqueline Straub   Theologian, journalist and author seeking to become a Catholic priest 100px  Donna Strickland    Professor of Physics, University of Waterloo, Canada and winner of Nobel Prize in Physics, 2018 Kanpassorn SuriyasangpetchDentist, mental health advocate and app developer  Setsuko Takamizawa   Learning English to help tourists at Tokyo's 2020 Olympic Games  Nargis Taraki   NGO legal adviser who campaigns for female empowerment 100px  Ellen Tejle    Campaigner for awareness of women's representation in film Helen Taylor Thompson    AIDs Hospice founder  Bola Tinubu   Lawyer who established the first free children's helpline in Nigeria 100x100px Errollyn Wallen      Opera composer and Ivor Novello Award winner100px  Safiya Wazir    Community activist and U.S. politician 100px  Gladys West    Mathematician, instrumental in developing GPS  Luo Yang    Art photography series on Chinese girls since 2007  Maral Yazarloo-Pattrick   Fashion designer and motorcyclist  Tashi Zangmo   Bhutan Executive director for the Bhutan Nuns Foundation  Jing Zhao   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    Founder and CEO of Hope Co-ops 100px  Amy Cuddy     Harvard social psychologist and author 100px  Elaine Welteroth    Editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue    Erin Akinci     Data scientist 100px   Jin Xing    Dancer, television star and business owner   Karlie Noon   Astronomer    Lea Coligado   Software engineer    Lori Nishiura Mackenzie   Executive Director of the Clayman Institute, Stanford University 100px  Loujain Alhathloul    Student    Maci Peterson   Co-founder and CEO, On Second Thought  Mariana Feraru   Cosmetician 100px  María Teresa Ruiz    Astronomer  Marilyn Loden    Author, management consultant and diversity advocate    Marina Potoker   Managing director, Rockwool Russia  Melisa Marquez-Rodriguez  Puerto Rico  Lead Android engineer for website builder, Weebly.com 100px   Michelle Mone    Entrepreneur    Muhabbat Sharapova    Maths teacher  Nana Akua Oppong Birmeh    Architect    Natalia Margolis   Software Engineer at Huge agency   100x100px Romina Bernardo (aka Chocolate Remix)    Musician    Roya Ramezani    Design strategist   99x99px Rumman Chowdhury    Senior Principal at Accenture AI  Sasha Perigo   Student   Savita Devi (Drummer)   Drummer 100px   Susi Pudjiastuti    Politician and entrepreneur  Suzanne Doyle-Morris    Author and expert on gender in the workplace

 Women illiteracy team 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  Description        Aditi Avasthi    Entrepreneur; Founder and CEO, Embibe       Huỳnh Thị Xậm   Librarian 100px Indira Rana Magar    Founder, Prisoner's Assistance Nepal 100x100px Ira Trivedi    Writer  Maggie MacDonnell    Teacher100x100px Marieme Jamme    Founder of iamtheCODE  Mehroonisa Siddiqui   Homemaker 100px  Michelle Bachelet    President of Chile  Nitya Thummalachetty   Director of Diversity, FortunaPIX 100px  Peggy Whitson    Astronaut  Priyanka Roy   Student 100px  Sakena Yacoobi    CEO of Afghan Institute for Learning and social entrepreneur with four private schools and one radio station.  Tulika Kiran   Teacher and social worker 100x100px Urvashi Sahni   Founder and CEO, Study Hall Educational Foundation  Zainab Fadhal Iraq  Student 100px Vicky Colbert    Sociologist of education 100x100px Muzoon Almellehan    Activist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador  Lin Nien-Tzu   Founder, Dharti Mata Sustainable Workshop  Frances Melanie Hardinge   Author140x140px Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala    Economist  Ahlam al-Rashid   Teacher and Head of the Women Empowerment Centre, northern Syria 100px  Regina Honu    Social entrepreneur  Angeline Murimirwa    Regional executive director, Camfed Southern & Eastern Africa  Bella Devyatkina   Polyglot  Tran Thi Kim Thia   Lottery ticket vendor and swimming coach

 Street harassment team 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  Description 100x100px Adelle Onyango    Radio presenter  Anita Nderu   Television presenter and radio news anchor at Capital FM 100px  Anne-Marie Imafidon    CEO & 'Head Stemette' at Stemettes  Chaima Lahsini   Journalist 100px  Ellen Johnson Sirleaf   Liberia  President of Liberia  Ellie Cosgrave   Lecturer in Urban Innovation and Policy at UCL  Laura Jordan Bambach    Co-founder & Chief Creative Officer, Mr President and co-founder, SheSays  Liz Kelly    Professor of Sexualised Violence  Maria Scorodinschi  Moldova  Campaigner against domestic violence  Naomi Mwaura   Founder, Flone Initiative and Communications Associate at ITDP Africa  Resham Khan   Student 100px  Rupi Kaur    Author  Talent Jumo    Founder and Director, Katswe Sistahood 100px  Tiwa Savage    Singer-songwriter 100px  Virali Modi    Disability rights activist and youth ambassador  Leila Smith   Artist  Sharon Sabita Beepath   Counsellor, Stand Against Abuse advocate  Amanda Nunez-Ferreira   Student  Somporn Khempetch   Social worker and teacheralt=A women with curly red hair stands in front of a pink brick wall.|left|frameless|112x112pxTamara De Anda    Journalist  Doris Muthoni Wanjira   Conductor  Hanne Bingle     Powerlifter and retired London Underground driver  Nihal Saad Zaghloul   Business development officer and co-founder of Bassma  Angie Ng   Founder of SlutWalk Hong Kong  Asena Melisa Saglam  Student

Sexism in sport team 
 Image  Name  Country of birth  Description 100px  Adriana Behar    General Manager of Sport Planning for the Brazilian Olympic Committee  Ana Luiza Santos de Andrade   Student 150x150px Beatriz Vaz E Silva   Athlete and Footballer  Claudianny Drika   Football coach  Fernanda Nunes    Olympic rower and blogger  Grace Larsen   Retired civil servant  Luiza Travassos   Student  Maira Liguori   Director of NGO, Think Olga 133x133px MC Soffia   Rapper 100px  Mithali Raj    Cricketer 100x100px Momina Mustehsan    Musician 100px  Nadia Comaneci      Olympic gymnast  Nawaal Akram    Model, comedian and founder of Muscular Dystrophy Qatar 141x141px Nora Tausz Ronai   Architect and teacher 100px  Steph Houghton    Footballer 150x150px Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala    Women's rights activist and mountaineer  Cwengekile Nikiwe Myeni   Gogo (granny) support programme manager  Helena Pacheco   Businesswoman and former football coach 101x101px Rocky Hehakaija   Director of Favela Street Foundation and coach  Lina Khalifeh    Martial arts expert  Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung    Footballer 148x148px Derartu Tulu    Long-distance runner  Shantona Rani Roy   Taekwondo athlete and activist 100px  Hou Yifan    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  DescriptionBabs FormanUnited KingdomLondon based make-up artist who covers up skin problems100pxConchi Reyes RiosSpainBullfighter100pxDoaa el-AdlEgyptCartoonist whose cat stories reflect the newsDwi HandaIndonesiaInstagram fashion starFunke Bucknor-ObrutheNigeriaPlanner of glitzy and celebrity weddings100pxGcina MhlopeSouth AfricaAuthor, poet, playwright and storyteller100pxHeloise LetissierFranceFrench singer and songwriter known by her stage name Christine and the QueensIsabella Springmuhl TejadaGuatemalaFashion designer100pxJeanette WintersonUnited Kingdomnovelist100pxKartika JahjaIndonesiagender-equality singerLiv LittleUnited KingdomEditor-in-chief at gal-dem100pxMariana Costa ChecaPeruBusinesswoman, founder of LaboratoriaNadia KhiariTunisiaCreator of cartoon character 'Willis from Tunis', whose adventures reflect the news150x150pxNadiya HussainUnited KingdomWinner of reality show "The Great British Bake Off" – went on to television jobsNay el-RahiLebanonJournalist, and co-founder of HarassTracker.org Ou XiaobaiPeople's Republic of ChinaRelocation manager and co-developer iHomo app which links gay and lesbian people for marriages of convenience100pxPaula HawkinsZimbabweWriter of the novel "The Girl on the Train"133x133pxPrathiba ParmarKenyaBritish film makerReham el-HourMoroccoCartoonist who became professional after winning a UNESCO competition in 2000100pxSunny LeoneCanadaActress

 Defiant 
 Image  Name  Nationality  DescriptionAmna SuleimanPalestineTeacher andbike protester against custom that stops women cycling in GazaAmy RokoSaudi ArabiaComedian who became known via Instagram and VineCat HulbertUnited StatesProfessional gambler100pxCorinne MaierFranceWriter and psychoanalyst124x124pxDenise HoCanada
Hong KongSinger and pro-democracy campaignerIeshia EvansUnited StatesNurse and protestor who became an icon of the Black Lives Matter movement following the publication of Taking a Stand in Baton Rouge100x100pxIskra LawrenceUnited KingdomModel100pxJamilah LemieuxUnited StatesCultural commentator, editor and columnist for Interactive One100pxJanet Ní ShuilleabháinIrelandFounding member, Abortion Rights Campaign100pxJune Eric-UdorieUnited KingdomWriter and bloggerLois StrongUnited StatesFormer college maths professor and present day cheerleader100pxNaema AhmedPakistanE-commerce start-up manager120x120pxNeha SinghIndiaActor, writer and campaigner who encourages women to ignore harassment and reclaim the public spaceRenee RabinowitzBelgiumLawyer who sued El Al when she was asked to move as the man next to her objected to sitting beside a female100pxSeyhan ArmanTurkeyTransgender activist and actorTess AsplundSwedenCare worker and anti-fascism activist caught in iconic photo resisting fascists100pxViktoria ModestaLatviaBionic pop artist100pxWinnie HarlowCanadaModel100pxYuliya StepanovaRussiaWhistle-blowing athleteZulaikha PatelSouth AfricaThirteen year-old who took stand for young girls with natural hair

 Influential 
 Image  Name  Nationality  Description100pxAlicia KeysUnited StatesSinger-songwriterAline Mukovi NeemaRepublic of the CongoStudent activist for political change100pxCarmen AristeguiMexicojournalistEgge KandeSenegalCommunity leader who advises young girls about education100pxEvelyn MirallesVenezuelaNASA computer engineerHeather RabbattsJamaicaLawyer and businesswoman. Non-executive member of the boards of Grosvenor Estates, Royal Opera House and The FA. Chief Executive of the London Borough of Lambeth100pxJudi AubelUnited StatesSocial entrepreneur100pxLiliane LandorLebanonBBC journalistLubna TahtamouniJordanBiology professor and science campaigner100pxMallika SrinivasanIndiaCEO of Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited100pxMaria ZakharovaRussiaForeign ministry spokeswoman100pxMarne LevineUnited StatesChief Operating Officer, Instagram100pxMarta Vieira da SilvaBrazilFootballer100pxRachida DatiFrancePoliticianRakeft Russak-Aminoach|100pxRakefet Russak-AminoachIsraelCEO, Bank Leumi100pxRebecca WalkerUnited StatesWriter and activist100pxShriti VaderaUgandaBanker and economist100pxSimone BilesUnited StatesOlympic gymnast100x100pxThuli MadonselaSouth AfricaAdvocate who combats corruption100pxZoleka MandelaSouth AfricaWriter – survivor of addictions, sexual abuse and cancer. Granddaughter of Nelson Mandela.

 Pioneering 
 Image  Name  Nationality  Description Asel Sadyrova Kyrgyzstan   Archer100pxChan Yuen-tingHong KongFootball managerChanira BajracharyaNepalFormer "living goddess" or Kumari141x141pxChuran ZhengPeople's Republic of ChinaWomen's rights activist arrested for planning protest against sexual harassment on public transportation100x100pxCindy MestonCanadaProfessor of clinical psychologyEllinah Ntombi WamukoyaEswatiniFirst woman to become a bishop of the Anglican Church of Southern Africaframeless|112x112pxErin McKenneyUnited StatesScience award winnerGouri ChindarkarIndiaComputer engineering student of the "School in the Cloud"Jane ElliottUnited StatesEducator, author and anti-racism activist100pxKatherine JohnsonUnited StatesSpace scientist who was a mathematician for NASALhakpa SherpaNepalMountaineer who has climbed Mount Everest seven times.Lucy FinchMalawiPalliative care nurse and founder of Malawi's only hospice100pxMary AkramiAfghanistanWomen's shelter director and founder of refuge for abused womenMegan BeveridgeUnited Kingdom
ScotlandFirst female "lone piper" at the Royal Edinburgh Military TattooOmotade AlaladeNigeriaFounder of BeiBei Haven Foundation, helping those struggling with infertility100pxSherin KhankanDenmarkImamShirin GeramiIranFirst "Ironwoman" triathlete in Iran100pxSian WilliamsUnited Kingdom
WalesRugby playerframeless|150x150pxStephanie HarveyCanadaProfessional e-gamer "missharvey"Yasmine MustafaKuwaitEntrepreneur, CEO of ROAR for Good

 Resilient 
 Image  Name  Nationality  Description Ashwaq Moharram  Yemen   Doctor dealing with starvation in Hudaydah Becci Wain United Kingdom   Healthcare assistant and former self-harmer who challenged supermarket policy Carolina de Oliveira  Lebanon
Syria Actor and Mental health activist Dalia Sabri Jordan    Blind music teacher Erin Sweeny Australia   Psychologist 100px Karima Baloch  Pakistan
(Balochistan)Balochistan independence campaigner; died under suspicious circumstances in 2020 Kathy Murray United States  Relationship coach and co-author of "Surrendered Wives Empowered Women" 100px Khadija Ismayilova  Azerbaijan  JournalistMao Kobayashi  Japan   Newsreader and cancer bloggerMarta Sánchez SolerMexicoSociologist, activist and President of the Mesoamerican Migrant Movement 'Mary' Kenya  Survivor of al-Shabab rape Mercedes Doretti  Argentina  Forensic anthropologist who investigates crimes against humanity 100x100pxMorena Herrera  El Salvador  Philosopher and Abortion activist Nagira Sabashova Kyrgyzstan  Wrestler 100px Natalia Ponce de Leon  Colombia  Human rights activist and acid attack victim Pashtun Rahmat Afghanistan    Police officer 100px  Saalumarada Thimmakka India  105-year-old environmentalist 100px Stephanie Yim Bell  United States  Korean-American professional wrestler, then known as Jade 100px Traci Houpapa  New Zealand   Company director  Um-Yehia 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  Occupation100pxFatou BensoudaGambiaChief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC)100pxBobbi BrownUnited StatesMake-up artist and entrepreneur100pxSania MirzaIndiaTennis player100pxHilary SwankUnited StatesActress100pxAlek WekUnited Kingdom
South SudanFashion model/UN ambassador

 30 under 30 entrepreneurs 
Image  Name  Country  Occupation Antonia Albert  Austria  Founder, Careship 100px Victoria Alonsoperez  Uruguay  Co-founder, ieeTECH Paulina Arreola Mexico  CEO and co-founder, LavaderoMeryl BenitahFranceFounder, La Boite Qui CartonneLeimin DuongAustraliaFounder, Zeven Lemon BeerworksElissa FreihaUnited Arab Emirates
SudanCo-founder, WOMENAMelanie GoldsmithUnited KingdomFounder, Smith and Sinclair100pxSara Jane HoHong KongFounder, Institute Sarita100pxSamantha JohnUnited StatesCTO and co-founder of Hopscotch100pxLinda KwambokaKenyaCo-founder, MFarm LtdZihan LingPeople's Republic of ChinaCEO and founder, TechBase100pxCatherine MahuguKenyaFounder, SokoKarabo MathangSouth AfricaSouth Africa's first female Fifa-accredited soccer agent100pxBrit MorinUnited StatesCEO and founder, Brit + CoSmriti NagpalIndiaFounder, AtulyakalaPauline NgSingaporeCo-founder, Porcelain100pxBel PesceBrazilFounder, FazINOVAElsa PrietoFrance
SpainTechnical director and co-founder, Pili PopCristina RandallCanadaFounder, ConektaClaire ReidSouth AfricaEntrepreneur, Reel GardeningNikita RidgewayAustraliaCEO and founder, Dreamtime Ink AustraliaLorrana ScarpioniBrazilFounder, BliiveRasha ShehadaPalestineManaging director, Diamond Line FZEZuzanna StańskaPolandEntrepreneur, creator of DailyArt appMichelle SunHong KongFounder, First Code AcademyJulie SygielUnited StatesFounder, Dear Kate150x150pxKanika TekriwalIndiaCEO and founder, JetsetGoLizanne TeoSingaporeCo-founder, Upsurge100pxJana TepeGermanyCEO and founder, TandemployXian Xu (entrepreneur)People's Republic of ChinaCo-founder, Cuisines Sous Vide restaurant chain

 'Good girl' film-makers 
Image  Name  Country  OccupationNaomi Bya'OmbeRepublic of the CongoStudentMassiel ChávezVenezuelaStudentAyesha IshtiaqPakistanStudentDelaney OsborneUnited StatesStudentLubov RusskinaRussiaReindeer nomadNour (pseudonym)SyriaRefugee

 Vintage ladies (octogenarians) 
Image  Name  Country  Occupation100pxNawal el-SadaawiEgyptWriter100pxKamini KaushalIndiaBollywood actressJenni RhodesUnited KingdomTextile designerLouise Schwartz (showgirl)JamaicaShowgirl and cabaret performerTin Tin Yu (teacher)MyanmarRetired teacher

 Nurses 
Image  Name  Country  OccupationEveles ChimalaMalawiMidwifeAissa EdonFrance
MaliMidwifeAzza JadallaPalestineNurseMisraa JimaaEthiopiaHealth extension workerTina LavenderUnited KingdomMidwifeMarie-Ange Zimndou KoutouCentral African RepublicNurse's aide in a war zone

 Further inspiration 
Image  Name  Country  Occupation 100px Nicola Adams  United Kingdom   Boxerframeless|100x100px Muzzon al-Mellehan  Syria  Activist Siba Alaradi Syria  Structural engineer 100px Sonita Alizadeh  Afghanistan  Rapper Niloufar Ardalan  Iran  Footballer Masoumeh Ataei Iran  Acid attack survivor 101x101px Xyza Bacani  Pillippines  Photographer Alimata Bara Burkino Faso  Trader133x133px Sana Ben Ashour  Tunisia  Civil society activist100px Nicola Benedetti  United Kingdom  Musician 100px Asha Bhosle  India  Singer 100px Cecilia Bouzat  Argentina  Biophysicist 100px Rivka Carmi  Israel  Geneticist 100px Estela de Carlotto  Argentina  Human rights activist 100px Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma  South Africa  Physician and chair of the African Union Commission100x100px Isabel dos Santos  Angola  Investor Ernestina Edem Appiah  Ghana  Social entrepreneur and founder, Ghana Code Club Jana Elhassan  Lebanon  Novelist 100px Paula Escobar  Chile  Magazine editor Monir Farmanfarmaian  Iran  Artist 100px Claire Fox  United Kingdom  Writer and broadcaster 100px Uta Frith  Germany  Psychologist Alina Gracheva Moldova  Camerawoman Megan Grano  United States  Comedian Alice Gray United Kingdom  Science blogger Michaela Hollywood United Kingdom  Fundraiser for disabled peopleElla Ingram (activist)Australian mental health champion among BBC's 100 inspirational woman, BeyondBlue, 27 November 2015. . Retrieved 6 December 2016  Australia  Activist for mental illness anti-discrimination Somayya Jabarti  Saudi Arabia  Newspaper editor, Saudi Gazette Tahmina Kohistani  Afghanistan  Olympic sprinter Rimppi Kumari  India  Farmer Zimasa Mabela  South Africa  Naval captain 100px Emi Mahmoud  Sudan
United States Poet Amara Majeed  United States  Hijab activist and author Nemata Majeks-Walker  Sierra Leone  Women's rights activist 100px Katrine Marcal  Sweden  Economist, writer and journalist149x149px Muniba Mazari  Pakistan  Artist and anchorwoman Jessy McCabe United Kingdom  Student138x138px Verashni Pillay  South Africa  Newspaper editor, Mail & Guardian Irina Polyakova Russia   Paralympian Neyda Rojas Venezuela  Nun Rabia Salihu Said  Nigeria  Physicist100x100px Amina Sboui  Tunisia  Writer and women's rights activist 100px Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal  United Kingdom  Trade envoy Mumtaz Shaikh  India  Human rights activist 100px Nareen Shammo  Iraq  Political activist and journalist Rotana Tarabzouni Saudi Arabia  Singer/songwriter Li Tingting  People's Republic of China  Human rights activist100x100px Sophie Walker  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   Saudi Arabia  Mental health and obesity scientist 100px Conchita Wurst  Austria Singer 100px Laura Bates  United Kingdom Founder, Everyday Sexism project151x151px Pinky Lilani  United Kingdom Founder, Asian Women of Achievement Awards Ruby Chakravarti India Women's rights campaigner 100px Susie Orbach  United Kingdom Psychotherapist Pontso Mafethe Zimbabwe Women's programme manager, Comic Relief Kate Shand United Kingdom Managing director of Enjoy Education 100px Shappi Khorsandi  United Kingdom Comedian Shazia SaleemUnited Kingdom Founder ieat Foods 100px Wai Wai Nu   Myanmar Director, Women Peace Net Michaela Bergman United Kingdom Chief Counsellor for Social Issues, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 100px Paula Moreno  Colombia Founder of peace foundation Manos Visibles 100px Rubana Huq   Bangladesh Textile manufacturer Lucy-Anne Holmes   United Kingdom Founder, No More Page Three campaign 100px Brianna Stubbs   United Kingdom Rower for Great Britain and Oxford PhD Scientist Matilda Tristam United Kingdom Comics writer 100px Nigar Nazar  Pakistan Cartoonist 100px Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy  Pakistan Documentary film-maker Uldus Bakhtiozina Russia Photographer 100x100px Lesley Yellowlees  United Kingdom First female president, Royal Society of Chemistry 100px Rebecca Gomperts  Netherlands Founder, Women on Waves Katherine Brown United Kingdom Academic, King's College London Emily KasyokaKenya Boxer, Kenya Aowen Jin   United Kingdom Chinese-born British artist Eliza Rebeiro United Kingdom Founder of Lives not Knives Muge Iplikci Turkey Journalist Natumanya Sarah Uganda Educator Linda Tirado  United States Campaigner Alice Hagan United Kingdom Technician at healthcare company BTG May Tha Hla Myanmar Food aid social worker 100px Rainatou Sow Guinea Founder of Make Every Woman Count Justa Canaviri Bolivia  Celebrity chef, Bolivia Heather Jackson United Kingdom Women's business campaigner 100px Ruby Wax United States Mental health campaigner and comic Umm Ahmed Iraq Sole provider for her family 100px Xiaolu Guo  People's Republic of China Novelist and film-maker Hind Hobeika Lebanon Founder of Instabeat Molly Case United Kingdom Student nurse and Women of the Future Ambassador 100px Joyce Banda  Malawi  Former President of Malawi 100px Saadia Zahidi  Pakistan Managing Director at the World Economic Forum Aditi Mittal  India Stand-up comedian Jess Butcher United Kingdom Co-founder of Blippar Farah Mohamed   United States Founder, Girls 20 summit Katy TuncerUnited Kingdom Founder, Ready Steady Mums Smruti SriramUnited Kingdom Founder, Wings of Hope & Achievement Awards Darshan Karki Nepal Opinion-piece editor at Kathmandu Post daily, blogger 100px Brooke Magnanti  United States  United Kingdom  Forensic scientist, author, former sex worker123x123px Chipo Chung  Zimbabwe
People's Republic of ChinaActor and activist Pinar OguncIraq Journalist writing about women's issues and the Kurdish political movement Sabina Kurgunayeva Azerbaijan Footballer who also runs her own bicycle rental business Kate WilsonUnited Kingdom Founder of independent children's book publisher, Nosy Crow Betty Lalam   Uganda Director of women's community organisation, Gulu War Affected Training Centre Arabella Dorman   United Kingdom War artist Andy KawaSouth Africa Businesswoman and social entrepreneur 100px Bahia Shehab   Lebanon
EgyptArtist, designer and art historian Divya SharmaIndia Science student 100px Jocelyn Bell Burnell  United Kingdom Scientist who discovered Pulsars 100px Eleni Antoniadou  Greece Co-founder Transplants Without Donors Shelina Zahra Janmohamed  United Kingdom Blogger, columnist and authorframeless|150x150px Salinee Tavaranan   Thailand Engineer and social entrepreneur Hatoon Kadi   Saudi Arabia Comedian100px Brie Rogers Lowery  United Kingdom Director of Change.org Balvinder Saund United Kingdom Chair of Women's Sikh Alliance Cora Sherlock Ireland Pro-life campaigner and blogger 100px Alaa Murabit  Canada
LibyaFounder, The Voice of Libyan Women Bushra El-Turk United Kingdom
LebanonComposer for London Symphony Orchestra Kim Winser  United Kingdom Founder, Winser London 100px Arzu Geybullayeva Azerbaijan Blogger Judith Webb   United Kingdom First female commander of an all-male British Army squadron Sarah HestermanQatar Equal rights campaigner Sana Saleem  Pakistan Pakistani campaigner against Internet censorship 100px Asma Mansour  Tunisia Co-founder of Tunisian Centre for Social Entrepreneurshipframeless|127x127px Diana Nammi   United Kingdom Kurdish women's rights campaigner against "honour killing" Funmi Iyanda  Nigeria Talk show host, journalist, activist 100px Karen Masters   United Kingdom Scientist at the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation Khuloud Saba Syria Researcher and public health worker Yolanda Wang Yixuan People's Republic of China Women's rights campaigner Ayesha Mustafa United Kingdom Founder and director of FashionComPassion.co.uk 100px Obiageli Ezekwesili  Nigeria Former World Bank Vice President for Africa and Former Minister for Education Tehmina Kazi United Kingdom Director of British Muslims for Secular Democracy Sophi TranchellUnited Kingdom Head of Divine Chocolate Boghuma Kabisen Titanji   Cameroon Virologist and campaigner for ethical medical research Dwi Rubiyanti Kholifah   Indonesia Women's movement leader Anjali Ramachandran United Kingdom Head of Innovation at PHD Yas Necati United Kingdom Campaigner for better sex education 100px Yeonmi Park  South Korea Activist raising awareness of the plight of her people in North Korea Irene Li Hong Kong Citizen journalist who took part in and documented protests Sandee Pyne   Myanmar Chief executive of Community Partners International, focused on aid Temie Giwa  Nigeria
United StatesFounder of the One Percent Project, facilitating blood donation 100px Kavita Krishnan  India Secretary, All India Progressive Women's Association Sarah Khan  Pakistan Filmmaker and campaigner Nicky Moffat  United Kingdom Highest Ranked woman in British Armed Forces 100px Alice Powell United Kingdom Racing driver and first female to win a Formula Renault Championship Misty Haith United Kingdom Research Engineer at Imperial College London Sally Sabry Egypt Businesswoman 134x134px Kate Smurthwaite United Kingdom Comedian and activist100x100px Susana Lopez  Mexico Virologist specialising in rotavirus Jaya Luintel   Nepal Journalist and women's rights advocate 100px Nicola Sturgeon  Scotland
United KingdomFirst 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 journalist100x100px Madawi Al-Rasheed  Saudi academic and gender expert156x156px Nadia Al-Sakkaf  Editor, Yemen Times Sreymom Ang Cambodian fashion designer 100px Anna Arrowsmith  English porn film director Joyce Aoko Aruga Student teacher in Kenya Moe Thuzar AungMyanmar state broadcast Rehana Azib London-based barrister Firuza Aliyeva Associate Director, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy 100px 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 100px Ingrid Betancourt  French-Colombian former politician and FARC hostage 100px Cherie Blair  British barrister and philanthropist 100px Emma Bonino  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy Yvonne Brewster  Stage director, teacher and writer 100px Gurinder Chadha  British-Asian film director Nervana Mahmoud Egyptian blogger and commentator 100px Irina Chakraborty  Russian-Finnish-Indian engineer 100px Shadi Sadr  Iranian lawyer and human rights defender123x123px Chipo Chung  Chinese-Zimbabwean actor and activist 100px Helen Clark  Head of UN Development Programme, former New Zealand Prime Minister 100px Diane Coyle  Economist, writer and blogger 100px Caroline Criado Perez  British journalist and feminist campaigner100x100px Jody Day  Founder of Gateway Women, a network for childless women 100px Es Devlin  British theatre designer 100px Klára Dobrev  Hungarian lawyer and economist 100px 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 100px Obiageli Ezekwesili  Senior adviser, Open Society Foundations Caroline Farrow Catholic writer, blogger and pro-life activist Anne Stella Fomumbod  Women's rights activist, Cameroon 100px Teresa Forcades  Radical Spanish nun 100px Razan Ghazzawi  Syrian blogger and activist 100px Rebecca Gomperts  Dutch doctor, head of Women on Waves 100px Tanni Grey-Thompson  Winner of 11 Paralympic Games gold medals Parveen Hassan  Conservative women's organiser, UK Barbara Hewson  Senior barrister, UK 140x140px Anis Hidayah  Indonesian activist working on migrant worker rights Deborah Hopkins  British mother and political activist 100px Rose Hudson-Wilkin  Jamaican born British priest 100px Bettany Hughes  Historian, author, broadcaster 100px Rubana Huq  Bangladeshi textile manufacturer 100px 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 100px 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 100px Jude Kelly  Artistic Director, Southbank Centre Fereshteh Khosroujerdy  Visually impaired Iranian singer100x100px Azadeh Kian  Iranian academic and gender specialist100x100px Kanya King  CEO and founder, Mobo 100px Fawzia Koofi  MP and former Deputy Speaker, Afghan National Parliament 100px Dina Korzun  Russian actor and charity activist 100px Martha Lane-Fox  UK technology entrepreneur 100px Paris Lees  Transgender broadcaster Ann Leslie  Journalist Sian Lindley Researcher in social technology Pontso Mafethe Programme manager, Comic Relief 100px Brooke Magnanti  Forensic scientist, author, former sex workerframeless|138x138px Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba  Deputy Secretary General, the Commonwealth Shirley Meredeen  Founding member, Growing Old Disgracefully 100px Samar Samir Mezghanni  Record-breaking young Tunisian writer 100px Shazia Mirza  British comedian Aditi Mittal Indian comedian Rosmery Mollo  Indigenous Bolivian activist Orzala Ashraf Nemat  Afghan scholar and civil society activist 100px Pauline Neville-Jones  Former UK Security and Counter-Terrorism Minister 100px Susie Orbach  Psychotherapist and author Mirina Paananen Islamic researcher 100px Claudia Paz y Paz  Attorney General, Guatemala 100px 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 100px Kamila Shamsie  UK-based Pakistani writer Divya Sharma Indian electronics and communications engineer100x100px Bahia Shehab  Lebanese-Egyptian artist, designer and art historian 100px Joanna Shields  Chair and CEO, Tech City Investment Organisation 100px Stephanie Shirley  Businesswoman and philanthropist 100px Clare Short  British politician, former International Development Secretary 100px Jacqui Smith  Former UK Home Secretary 134x134px Kate Smurthwaite  British stand-up comedian and activist 100px 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 100px Saadia Zahidi  Head of Gender Parity and Human Capital, World Economic Forum Dinara Zhorobekova  Student, Kyrgyzstan Gemma Godfrey  Board director, broadcasterframeless|150x150px Martina Navratilova  18-time Grand Slam singles tennis champion

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

 References 

Other websites
 100 Women at BBC Online

Category:2013 establishments in the United Kingdom