100 Women Live: the debate as it happened

Summary

More than 150 #100Women debates going on around world asking if women are under pressure to conform
Women in London have been discussing whether you need to be beautiful to succeed in the workplace
Email stories and comments to BBC100.Women@bbc.co.uk on Tuesday 1 December 2015

Live Reporting

Pippa Stephens, Elaine Okyere, Harry Low, Josephine McDermott, Sarah Buckley, Neil Arun, Lesley Sixsmith and Jasmine Coleman

Thank you and goodnightpublished at 22:03
What a day of debates it has been! We started off with women in Samoa and Australia, and we wound down with our panellists in Argentina and Chile - stopping many times in many countries along the way, from India to Uganda to Belgium and the US. Here are some of the highlights of the day:
- A Sierra Leone women's group's song for gender equality
- The self-possessed schoolgirls of Nara in Japan
- The debate about whether it is ever okay for a woman to be subservient
- Afghan MP Shinkai Karokhail describing how the "uneducated and under-empowered half" of Afghan society is bringing up the other half
We hope you found our day of debate informative and entertaining. Thank you for staying with us.
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Spreading good cheer in Nara, Japan
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Singing for gender equality in Sierra Leone
Hello Migreat South Asian Bloggers Network!published at 22:02
South Asia
'Body, change and opportunity'published at 22:00
Mexico City
Alan Hernández Pastén says: "The debate is over now. The girls think the most repeated words are inequality, role, gender quotas, live goals, unprotected. Also the words body, change and opportunity were important."
Women 'need to be honoured from birth'published at 21:58
California debate
This came to us from Grass Valley, California, where the conclusion was women need to be honoured from birth.
'Feminism, rights, strength, equality and justice'published at 21:57
New York
Thanks to Nicole Rajani at the International Women's Health Coalitionin New York for sending in their buzz words: feminism, rights, strength, equality, and justice.
Welcome to our stateside sisters in Maine!published at 21:56
US
Watch: Debate highlightspublished at 21:49
If you missed any of the day's 100 Women debates around the world on the themes of leadership, image and relationships, here are some of the top picks.
'Practise radical self-acceptance'published at 21:48 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2015
New Zealand
Guerilla feminists joining in our debatepublished at 21:46
Wisconsin, US
'Rape is a male problem'published at 21:40
Nevada City
Shout out to Nevada City in the USpublished at 21:38
'There was equality in Afghanistan a long time ago'published at 21:32
Quote Message
In my opinion, there was equality between men and women in Afghanistan a long time ago. However, nowadays men seem to have most of the power. Three decades of war in the country fomented an instability that robbed women of the opportunity to gain basic education
Nazila, Women For Afghan Women in New York
Image source, Woman in NY
Behind the scenes: Tanzania debatepublished at 21:26 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2015
Tanzania
Here's a look behind the scenes of Tanzania's 100 Women debate today. Judging by the music, it seems it was a jolly day.
'Lacking nuance'published at 20:49
'Women who speak out are seen to be 'bossy''published at 20:43
Ghana
In Ghana the debate is being held across the city of Accra on WhatsApp.
Those taking part have discussed whether they feel pressured to behave like a typical Ghanaian woman.
Quote Message
As a woman, I feel pressured. I am not allowed to speak my views on situations whether at home or in the society because I'm a woman, and women who speak boldly on issues are seen to be bossy.
Yayra, Ghana debate
Highlights from the last few hours of 100 Womenpublished at 20:34
- Sierra Leone ladies sang their gender equality song for us
- We showed you how #100Women had been tweeted around the world
- And in one of the most high-profile debates, the president of Nepal Bidhya Devi Bhandari took part.
Kabul primary teacher describes being shotpublished at 20:09
A debate in Kabul picks up on the oppression of women that inspired 100 Women in the first place.
At the Afghanistan Open Jirga this primary school teacher describes being shot in the arm and says the authorities did nothing about it.
'Palatable' female leaderspublished at 20:00
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'Abortion should be safe, legal and accessible'published at 19:56
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Are we pandering to or challenging social prejudices?published at 19:52
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