The Women

Yassmin Abdel-Magied (@Yassmin_a) is a Sudanese Australian engineer-turned-writer. She recently published her first novel, You Must Be Layla, after a tumultuous year when, as she describes, became "th...

28 Jan 202037min

Marjorie Margolies was the first woman elected to represent Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives. She joined Congress in 1992, during the "Year of the Woman," and casted the tie-breaking vote ...

21 Jan 202032min

Ronja von Rönne @sudelheft is a Berlin-based writer and TV host who was thrust into fame & controversy after her 2015 article "Why Feminism Disgusts Me" was featured in a major German publication, Die...

14 Jan 202034min

A new year, and a new decade. Welcome back to The Women! Charlotte Clymer’s life changed completely when she announced to the world that she would present herself outwardly as the person she knew hers...

7 Jan 202034min

Beena Sarwar is a Pakistani journalist and filmmaker. She reports on the fast-paced and at times, dangerous, state of politics and justice in her home country of Pakistan. Beena's documentary films an...

24 Des 201943min

Nan Orrock was a teenager when she heard the Martin Luther King Jr. speak and that day changed her life. Nan has served over 30 years in both the Georgia Congress and Senate, where she created a women...

17 Des 201941min

June Diane Raphael honed her comedic improv talents at Upright Citizens Brigade and is now starring in the hit TV show, Grace & Frankie. She was inspired to create a women's coworking space called The...

10 Des 201937min

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka grew up under the apartheid regime that restricted almost every aspect of her life and person. Mentored by Nelson Mandela, she served in his cabinet as a minister and later beca...

3 Des 201949min