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

Key wordspublished at 07:49
People taking part in BBC 100 Women 2015 have been asked share the key words that come up in their debates. What are yours?
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Uganda group joins debatepublished at 07:45
We are joined by the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) which is bringing together different organisations for a debate in Uganda.
Image source, SIHA
'We are leaders!'published at 07:43
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We need to reclaim the word 'bossy'published at 07:41
Fiji
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'Still I'll rise'published at 07:38
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'I'm expected to be OK with being catcalled'published at 07:36
Massachusetts, US
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100 Women meets the Maldivespublished at 07:30
A debate has just got under way in the Maldives...
'The standard of beauty in Japan is too homogenous'published at 07:27
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'Be strong for yourself before others'published at 07:25
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'Find yourself... NOT a man'published at 07.22
Macau
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'I only felt inequality when I stepped out of my home'published at 07:21
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'Expected to be super woman'published at 07:19
Islamabad, Pakistan
Maheen, who is a student, tells the 100 Women debate: "An ideal woman in our society is expected to be a super woman."
Greetings from Samoapublished at 07:17
The UN Group in Samoa sent us this picture ahead of their debate.
Image source, UN Women
'Women's development is a country's development'published at 07.14
Nepal
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How does image affect women in the workplace?published at 07:10
Thanks to Mele Mauala, the country program coordinator for UN Women who is in Samoa - the opposite side of the world to us in drizzly London.
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Debates startingpublished at 07:07 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2015
In the next hour we will be joined by groups in Hungary, India and Nigeria. The National Association of Women's Organisation in Uganda is also among those holding an event.
100 Women at more than 150 locationspublished at 07.05
Take a look at some of the locations around the world where debates are taking place for BBC 100 Women 2015.
'No matter where we are - we share a similar story'published at 07:02
Nepal
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'Our vision is to see a society where women are self reliant'published at 07:00
Thanks to umbrella group for women's organisations NAWOU in Uganda - we are honoured to be hosting you!
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Argentinian man to meet lost motherpublished at 06:56
Argentine campaign group Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo say they have found the son of a woman who was held captive by the military junta in the 1970s and 80s - the 119th "child" to be found in this way.
The president of the group, Estela de Carlotto, is one of our 100 Women 2015 - you can read her own incredible story here.
Image source, AFP