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. 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 
#### Culture and education 
#### Entertainment and sport 
#### Politics and advocacy 
#### Science, health and technology 
### 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 
#### Entertainment & Sport 
#### Culture & Education 
#### Science, Health & Tech 
### 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 
#### Culture & Sport 
#### Activism & Advocacy 
#### Health & Science 
### 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 
#### Entertainment & Sport 
#### Politics & Activism 
#### Science & Health 
### 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.

#### Knowledge 
#### Leadership 
#### Creativity 
#### Identity 
### 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 
#### Knowledge 
#### Leadership 
#### Creativity 
#### Sport 
#### Identity 
### 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.

### 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
#### Women illiteracy team 
#### Street harassment team 
#### Sexism in sport team 
### 2016 
The 2016 theme was Defiance. 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 
#### Defiant 
#### Influential 
#### Pioneering 
#### Resilient 
### 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) 
#### 30 under 30 entrepreneurs 
#### 'Good girl' film-makers 
#### Vintage ladies (octogenarians) 
#### Nurses 
#### Further inspiration 
### 2014 
The BBC News 100 Women list in 2014 continued the efforts of the first year's initiative.

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

## Initiatives by year 
* 2013: 
* 2014: 
* 2015: 
* 2016: 

## Other participants
## References 
## Other websites
* 100 Women at BBC Online