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

  1. Your key words so farpublished at 12:31

    This word cloud shows which terms have been used the most so far today.

    word map
  2. 'A woman can raise a man so why not a society?'published at 12:28 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2015

    Thanks for all your emails on the debate on women in leadership. Please keep them coming! 

    Fatima Shamim sent an email to BBC100.Women@bbc.co.uk saying women and men are not that different.

    "If a woman can raise a man then why she can't raise a society. Leadership of a woman is really important  to get her space in society."

  3. 'We have to act like men, but then are called bossy'published at 12:24

    Cape Town, South Africa

    A debate on leadership is under way at the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust. “We have to act like men to be seen as competent, but then are called bossy when we do,” says one of those taking part.

    Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust.
  4. A satirical look at quotaspublished at 12:14

    Our cartoonist's view

    Cartoon satirising women-centric quotasImage source, David Lewis

  5. 'Always be entrepreneurial'published at 12:10

    A group of girls from BBC School Report are in the London studio watching the debate and some of the participants offered them some advice.

    School pupils watching the debate

    Natalie Campbell, founder of A Very Good Company, said: “Always be entrepreneurial; have a can do attitude – when someone says 'no', there’s always someone else that will say 'yes'.”

    "Challenge," says Hanna McCloskey, the founder of Fearless Futures. "Do not accept the world as it looks today - inequality is not inevitable,"

  6. 'Brides seen as cattle'published at 12:08

    Bangalore, India

    Woman in Bangalore
  7. 'Women are bullied by their husbands if they are fat'published at 12:07

    Bangalore, India

    This group is talking about women, image and marriage in India.

    So far they have said: “Men pick women for marriage by making them parade and selecting them based on their own ideas of beauty."

    Women in Bangalore

    They add: "The dowry is higher or lower depending on men's idea of beauty. They are bullied as 'buffalo' or 'bulldozer' by their husbands if they are fat or black.”

  8. Should junior women mentor senior men?published at 12:06

    Ines Wichert, author of Where Have All the Senior Women Gone?, said at IBM they were trying a new type of mentoring.

    She told the debate in London: “We have been doing reverse mentoring - younger women mentoring senior men.

    London debate
    Quote Message

    How can we change the culture…what are the barriers? Making sure we are not making assumptions.”

  9. Welcoming more debatespublished at 12:04

    The latest discussions getting under way in the next hour are being held by the Association of Women of Abkhazia and the American Women's Group in Paris.

  10. 'As a woman you have to work harder'published at 12:03

    Pan-Africa Google Hangout

    Quote Message

    As a woman you have to work harder - maybe five times harder. We have been taught that women are not supposed to be leaders. We need to change it in schools so that women can be thought of in leadership positions."

  11. Maternity leave challengespublished at 12:02

    The London debate is now discussing the barriers that might hold women back. Sally Boyle, HR director at Goldman Sachs, says: “One of the hardest things is returning from maternity leave. That’s all about the manager of the pregnant woman integrating them well, and understanding what their challenges are going to be.”

  12. The disadvantage of girls' schools?published at 12:00

    Hong Kong

    The Hong Kong Book Club is talking about the effect of educating girls separately from boys.

    HK Book Club
    Quote Message

    All of us agree that traditional girls' schools have a very strong impact on girls in their formative years on setting a 'proper' and 'elegant' image on how good women have to behave. And we somehow struggle to live up to this image all through our lives.”

  13. 'Masculinity is the norm'published at 11:57

    King's College, London

    Here’s one view from this debate so far: “I think that masculinity and acting like a man is the norm. Participating out of that means you are ostracised.”

    KCL
  14. 'Female bosses can lack confidence'published at 11:55

    At the London debate, Lubna Qasim, a lawyer, banker & former UAE government official, said she had not had the best experience with female managers. 

    She said: "The best bosses I had were male bosses and the female bosses taught me not what to do when I reach there.

    Lubna Qasim
    Quote Message

    I don't take it personally whether it is me or any other young woman with them I think they could treat them the same. I think it was down to lack of confidence and insecurity."

  15. 'Be fiercely independent'published at 11:49

    Amritsar, India

    Here are some messages from our latest 100 Women debate to kick off.

    Amristar
    Women in India
    Women in India
  16. Are women not helping other women?published at 11:47

    At the London debate, we're asking "Do women help other women to reach the top?"

    Natalie Campbell, the founder of A Very Good Company, said she has been "very blessed".

    Natalie Campbell
    Quote Message

    Other women around me they were all brilliant role models who always shared advice and tips. I have never experienced anything other than that.

    Quote Message

    I think we create a story that women have to be queen bee and they keep other women down but I think the story has been manufactured by women that don't like dominant women and men that don't like dominate women."

  17. 'You have to shout just as loud'published at 11:44

    Lindsay Orridge from the Motorsport Collective, external has been in touch:

    Quote Message

    I've worked in the very male dominated world of motorsport since I was 17 years old.

    Quote Message

    Sometimes, you feel like the only woman in the industry and you can't let that overwhelm you - you have to be able to shout just as loud (if not louder) as the rest of the guys to be heard.

    Quote Message

    There is no reason women can't do just as well as men in this industry - either on or off the track - but until it becomes 'the norm' to have more women in the paddock, we have to encourage the next generation to step up and consider traditionally male dominated industries as their career path."

    Lindsay Orridge, Motorsport Collective

  18. 'Calling women leftover is degrading'published at 11:42

    Kelly Yang joined the debate in London via videophone from Hong Kong. She said attitudes towards women need to change.

    Kelly Yang
    Quote Message

    I get so many mothers saying I want my daughter to go Princeton to meet a banker… You should get an education for yourself, not to meet a husband. Chinese call women leftover women who are not married by 30. It’s so degrading, it’s terrible”

  19. Women 'keep their head down'published at 11: 41

    Live debate at BBC HQ

    The debate in London is asking how women can get ahead?

    Sally Boyle, Partner & HR Director at Goldman Sachs, said: “I think that one of the problems is that women think doing a good job and keeping their head down will get them noticed and promoted…I don’t think women find it natural to promote themselves.”

  20. Joining the conversationpublished at 11:34

    Welcome to those taking part around the world this hour. In the UK, the Kings College London Feminist Society is holding an event, as is the Housewives in Nigeria group in Abuja. In Germany, the group Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF) is leading a debate with other organisations internationally.

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