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

  1. 'The aircraft doesn't differentiate if the pilot is male or female'

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  4. 'If I don't feel beautiful, then I may not be as confident'

    Los Angeles

    On the pressures around image, Christia Crocker at Women 2 Women in Los Angeles says beauty can "help, but you need intelligence and skill to back it up".

    She adds: "Beauty can be many things, like: confidence, self-respect, putting your best foot forward.

    "But it can be a catch 22 - if I don't feel beautiful, then I may not be as confident or at my best. I feel smarter, better and more confident when I look good."

  5. Leadership is a quality from within regardless of gender

    Los Angeles

    "Finesse" and "diplomacy" were thrown up by our group in Los Angeles during a discussion on leadership.

    "Being yourself is more than enough - no quotas needed," they said. "Leadership is a quality from within regardless of gender and it can be inspired by men or women."

  6. How does the brain cope with Tinder?

    Pippa Stephens has been hearing from a disenfranchised Tinder user and finding out how the brain copes with the dating app.

    "That whole idea of instant gratification has ruined sex for an entire generation of women," says make-up artist Sally.

    SallySally

  7. 100 Women list

    Find out more about the inspirational names chosen for the BBC's 100 Women 2015 list here.

    They include model and activist Alek Wek, Nicola Adams, the world’s first female boxing Olympic champion, and feminist economist Katrine Marcal.

  8. Nepal's president being female 'priceless and incomparable'

    Thank you to the BBC's Bidhya Chapagain who is at the President's Office in Shital Niwas, the home of Nepal's government, with women to mark the 100 Women debates.

    Women in the audience asked questions to Nepal's female president, Bidya Devi Bhandari. 

    "The impact of [having a female president] in the mindset of people is priceless and incomparable," she says.

    We can get on board with that.

  9. Are women expected to be subservient in relationships?

    Zimbabwe Women's Coalition

    PosterWomen's Coalition of Zimbabwe and Pamberi Trust

  10. Global events

    Debates around the world

    This hour there will be discussions from the University of Sydney's debating society in Australia, students at the University of Tokyo in Japan, and Solidarite FM radio station in Benin.

    We'll also hear from UN Women in Fiji and there are events going on at the School of the Nations, Macau and in Stockholm, Sweden.

  11. 100 Women live: The pressure to be a woman across the world

    Pippa Stephens
    BBC News Online, London

    In one of the biggest of its endeavours in the world, today we will bring you debates from women in 150 different groups, from countries including Samoa, Jamaica, Cameroon and Israel.

    We will also bring you the best of 11 Google hangouts from our language services being broadcast and a day of debate from the BBC's headquarters in London.