Dr Bettina Ama Boohene-Andah in Ghana, the first youngest female physician to the President of Ghana,says:“Initially when you get this overwhelming negative response - you’re human and you start wondering whether you’re up to it"

She adds: "I just rose up to the task. I always had it in the back of my mind that I wasn’t going to let the naysayers get the better of me.”

We asked Meena, the presenter of a Tanzanian youth radio show, what she wanted the legacy of the 100 Women debate to be. This is what she said.

Xuying Wang, a media worker in Beijing says this about the expectations of a woman working in the industry: “A woman in the media profession is expected to look good; whether she can do her job well is somehow secondary."

"I really can’t get used to this," she adds.

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The 100 Women debate about women in leadership has started in London. 

Alex Depledge, the co-founder of website hassle.com, said: “I don’t believe that women need to act like men… I think we need to grow a thicker skin. Anything is possible, you absolutely can do. 

“People need to learn softer skills. We need to take criticism and just man up.”

Abiade, Bisi and Sumbo have been discussing the meaning of a “good girl” on Splash FM in Nigeria with presenter Ronke Giwa.    

Some highlights of the online debate involving women in Kyrgyzstan and London.

Watch the video below as Bidya Devi Bhandari, who is the president of Nepal, is interviewed by the BBC's Bidhya Chapagain. They are joined by some of our women debating across the world. 

To recap, the president said the impact of having a female president was "priceless and incomparable".

This women’s group is talking leadership: “It is not about emulating others," says one. "What is expected of a leader now? Things like empathy and collaboration - the kind of qualities that women have far more [of]. It does not have anything to do with behaving like a man. Individual qualities are coming to the fore.”

Lydia Samson told a group of journalists in Abuja the story of her birth and how it shaped her views on gender.

“My father did not come to the hospital - he was disappointed a girl came,” she said.

In Dubai, relationships is the latest topic up for discussion. “In a partnership, we all wish our loved ones success. But this shouldn't be restricted to the men's successes only. Why is a woman deciding to not work or in a lower role described as subservient?! As long as it's a choice.”

Yukine Kawamurain, who's leading the debate in Japan, says in her country there are "few women ministers" and it has "never had a women prime minister".

She adds: "We should take good care of working women. Women shouldn't give up if you have desire, you can do.

"Why are women said to be weaker than men?"

Nearly three-quarters of the audience talking about #100Women in the last 12 hours are men, according to statistics from social media marketers Spredfast. The majority of the audience discussing it on social platforms is aged 18-24.

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Here is one of the men taking part in the debates today. Zaw Thet Htun is at the office of Gender Concerns International in Myanmar.

Welcome to Chaymaa Rhou from the Gender Concerns International organisation in Morocco.

Here is an idea of where people are following today's debate.

The map shows where in the world people are using the hashtag #100women on Twitter.

Conversations around the world are heating up as Nigeria and Dubai join in.

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