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The BBC has renewed its “100 Women” program that focuses on representing women in its international news coverage. The one hundred women chosen this year has more scientists, women working in the arts, and a considerable number of Muslim and Arab women in comparison to last year’s list. Additionally, over one-fifth of the women are under the age of 25. The list includes names like Obiageli Ezekwesili, the former Nigerian Minister leading the campaign to rescue 250 children captured by militant group Boko Haram, and Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst, who sparked an outcry of love after winning the Eurovision contest in May. The women will be sharing their thoughts and experiences, their opinions on education, the upbringing of girls, and the status of women in science, entrepreneurship and war. The interviews will be broadcast on television, radio and on the internet; the BBC has invited people to follow the conversation with the handle #100Women of Twitter and Facebook. This year’s list of women includes – Dr Yasmin Altwaijri Saudi mental health and obesity scientist Conchita Wurst Singer, Austria @ConchitaWurst Laura Bates Founder, Everyday Sexism project @EverydaySexism Pinky Lilani Founder, Asian Women of Achievement Awards@pinkylilani Ruby Chakravarti Women’s rights campaigner, India Susie Orbach, Psychotherapist @psychoanalysis Pontso Mafethe Zimbabwean women’s programme manager, Comic Relief@pontso_mafethe Kate Shand Managing director of Enjoy Education @EnjoyEducation Shappi Khorsandi Iranian-born British comedian @ShappiKhorsandi Shazia Saleem Founder ieat Foods @shaziafsaleem Wai Wai Nu Director,Women Peace Net @WaiWaiNu Michaela Bergman Chief Counsellor for Social Issues, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Paula Moreno Founder of peace foundation Manos Visibles@ManosVisibles Rubana Huq Bangladeshi textile manufacturer @Rubanahuq Lucy-Anne Holmes Founder, No More Page Three campaign, UK@LucyAnneHolmes Brianna Stubbs Rower for Great Britain @BriannaStubbs Matilda Tristam Comics writer @Colonoclast Nigar Nazar Pakistani cartoonist@NigarNazar Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy Pakistani documentary film-maker@sharmeenochinoy Uldus Bakhtiozina Russian photographer @Y_Bakhtiozina Prof Lesley Yellowlees First female president, Royal Chemistry Society Rebecca Gomperts Founder, Women on Waves @rebeccagomperts Dr Katherine Brown Academic, Kings College London Emily Kasyoka Boxer, Kenya Aowen Jin Chinese-born British artist @aowenjin Eliza Rebeiro Founder of Lives not Knives @livesnotknives Muge Iplikci Turkish journalist Natumanya Sarah Educator @NatumanyaSarah Linda Tirado Campaigner @KillerMartinis Alice Hagan Technician at healthcare company BTG @alicehagan May Tha Hla Burmese food aid social worker Rainatou Sow Founder of Make Every Woman Count Justa Canaviri Celebrity chef, Bolivia Heather Jackson Women’s business campaigner @jackson_heather Ruby Wax Mental health campaigner and comic @Rubywax Umm Ahmed Sole provider for her family, Iraq Xiaolu Guo Chinese novelist and film-maker Hind Hobeika Founder of Instabeat, Lebanon Molly Case Student nurse and Women of the Future Ambassador@RI_Macey Dr Joyce Banda Former president of Malawi Saadia Zahidi World Economic Forum @zahidi Aditi Mittal Indian stand-up comedian @awryaditi Jess Butcher Co-founder of Blippar @jessbutcher Farah Mohamed Girls 20 summit founder @FarahMohamed007 Katy Tuncer Founder, Ready Steady Mums @KatyTuncer Smruti Sriram Founder, Wings of Hope & Achievement Awards@Smruti_Sriram Darshan Karki Opinion-piece editor at Kathmandu Post daily, Nepal blogger @drshn_ Brooke Magnanti US anthropologist, author, former sex worker@bmagnanti Chipo Chung Chinese-Zimbabwean actor and activist @chipochung Pinar Ogunc Journalist writing about women’s issues and the Kurdish political movement @pinarbihter Sabina Kurgunayeva Footballer who also runs her own bicycle rental business in Azerbaijan Kate Wilson Founder of independent children’s book publisher in UK@NosyCrow Betty Lalam Director of women’s community organisation, Northern Uganda Arabella Dorman War artist Andy Kawa Businesswoman and social entrepreneur @KwaneleEnuf Bahia Shehab Egyptian artist, designer and art historian Divya Sharma Indian science student @SharmaDivya23 Jocelyn Bell Burnell Scientist who discovered Pulsars Eleni Antoniadou Co-Founder Transplants Without Donors @eleni_nasa Shelina Zahara Janmohammed Blogger, columnist and author@loveinheadscarf Salinee Tavaranan Thai engineer and social entrepreneur Hatoon Kadi Saudi Arabian comedian @HatoonKadi Brie Rogers Lowery UK Director of Change.org @brie_rl Balvinder Saund Chair of Women’s Sikh Alliance, UK Cora Sherlock Pro-life campaigner and blogger in Ireland@CoraSherlock Alaa Murabit Founder, The Voice of Libyan Women @almmura Bushra El-Turk British-Lebanese composer for London Symphony Orchestra @bushraelturk Kim Winser Founder, Winser London Arzu Geybulla Azeri blogger @arzugeybulla Judith Webb First female commander of an all-male British Army squadron@sjbwebb Sarah Hesterman Equal rights campaigner in Qatar Sana Saleem Pakistani campaigner against Internet censorship@sanasaleem Asma Mansour Co-founder of Tunisian Centre for Social Entrepreneurship @mansour_asma Diana Nammi Kurdish women’s rights campaigner against “honour” killing Funmi Iyanda Talk show host, journalist, activist in Nigeria @Funmilola Karen Masters Scientist at the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation@KarenLMasters Khuloud Saba Syrian researcher and public health worker@KhuloudSaba Yolanda Wang Yixuan Women’s rights campaigner in China Ayesha Mustafa Founder and director of FashionComPassion.co.uk Obiageli Ezekwesili Former World Bank Vice President for Africa and Former Minister for Education, Nigeria @obyezeks Tehmina Kazi Director of British Muslims for Secular Democracy Sophi Tranchell Head of Divine Chocolate @divinechocolate Boghuma Kabisen Titanji Virologist and campaigner for ethical medical research in Cameroon @Boghuma Dwi Rubiyanti Kholifah Women’s movement leader in Indonesia Anjali Ramachandran Head of Innovation at PHD @anjali28 Yas Necati Campaigner for better sex education @YasNecati Yeonmi Park Activist raising awareness of the plight of her people in North Korea@YeonmiParkNK Irene Li Citizen journalist who took part in and documented protests in Hong Kong Sandee Pyne Chief executive of Community Partner’s International, focused on aid in Myanmar Temie Giwa Founder of the One Percent Project, facilitating blood donation in Nigeria @temite Kavita Krishnan Secretary, All India Progressive Women’s Association@kavita_krishnan Sarah Khan Pakistani filmmaker and campaigner Nicky Moffat Highest Ranked woman in British Armed Forces Alice Powell Racing driver and first female to win a Formula Renault Championship @alicepowell Misty Haith Research Engineer at Imperial College London Sally Sabry Businesswoman in Egypt Kate Smurthwaite British comedian and activist @Cruella1 Susana Lopez Mexican virologist specialising in rotavirus Jaya Luintel Journalist and women’s rights advocate from Nepal Nicola Sturgeon First Minister of Scotland @NicolaSturgeon Caroline Neill Worked with the military in Syria, Baghdad, Gaza and Africa hotspots Arine Renawai Palestinian photo journalist and entrepreneur