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World Service,路371 episodes
Women are larger than ever yet striving to look like supermodels - why?
Do mums really always know best? A global look at mother-daughter relationships
The female editor of a Pakistani newspaper is refusing to resign despite death threats
A woman of African origin has been convicted of female genital mutilation in France.
Edwidge Danticat, the Haitian author, talks about her latest novel, The Farming Of Bones
In Japan, birth control pills are about to be sold for the first time - why such a delay?
Why 43% of people living with HIV and AIDS are women, and what is being done to help them
A look into the future of female astronauts
South African women are afraid to admit they're HIV positive for fear of being stigmatised
Does haptonomy allow mothers to communicate with their unborn babies?
Why women's issues are a major campaigning point in the Turkish elections
Discussing the effects of war on women around the world.
Why one women's newspaper in Iran has been banned for the third time
Will new women-friendly legislation in the Ivory Coast have any real impact?
One Guatemalan woman's desperate search for her missing daughters
Why hosting Miss Universe in Trinidad and Tobago met some local resistance
A look at the British district nurse who looks after patients at home
A new German initiative aims to force men into doing half of the housework
Why Indian women have been practising yoga for centuries
A flying nurse in Nairobi talks about her life-saving work
Is it OK to appropriate global cultures for the purposes of fashion?
An academic and a psychologist share their perspectives on love
How the CIA funded art exhibitions to promote the American way
Why the grandmother's of Argentina's stolen children are still looking for justice
Why is the tradition of living with elderly parents breaking down in India?
A Brazilian photographer talks about her images of street girls who dress as boys
How India's uranium programme threatens to destroy livelihoods and disempower women
Nurses working in conflict zones talk about the situations they've faced
Why are some government ministers so keen to shut down women's HGOs in Pakistan?
Are all women influenced by Western fashion?
