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Trailblazers: Episode One

In the two-part series, Trailblazers, 100 Women hears from women as they reflect on the moment they decided to stand up - and the change they inspired.

Following a year that saw gender politics catapulted to the fore and many women across the world speaking out, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 100 Women season spotlights the trailblazing women who have turned their feelings of anger and indignation into a moment of action. In the two-part series, Trailblazers, 100 Women hears from women as they reflect on the moment they decided to stand up - and the change they inspired. In this first episode we speak to Shaparak Shajarizadeh, a woman from Iran who protested against compulsory hijabs, and Russian model Svetlana Alekseeva, who was severely scarred as a child and is now baring the marks on her skin to inspire body positivity.

30 minutes

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Tue 27 Nov 2018 10:30GMT

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