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In a Downing Street interview, the prime minister talks about her plans for the country
From Theresa May to Simone Biles, we interview and profile the women of the year
The EU competition commissioner on dialogue, respect and tackling gender bias
After winning the hearts of millions with ‘Bake Off’, the broadcaster and cookery writer has two new TV shows in the works – and no plans to slow down
Photographer Hannah Starkey pays tribute to women caught up in wars around the world who refuse to lose hope that things can change
The TV comedy grew out of a partnership that prizes complexity, vulnerability and pushing the boundaries
The former Brazilian president was impeached earlier this year following a gruelling battle. She talks about her stunning reversal of fortune and future plans
The diminutive government official towers in the minds of many compatriots for her role as national agony aunt
The first woman to run a successful US presidential campaign succeeded in the daunting task of helping Donald Trump win
The Nigerian-born, LA-based artist talks about heritage, identity and why she chose art over medicine
The country’s first female leader is engulfed in a political scandal and faces a bleak future
In the era of Barack Obama, Queen B has redrawn the expectations of what can be achieved by a person of colour
The politician spent her days exuding a quality that seems in short supply: empathy
The first woman to lead the fashion house in its 70-year history talks about feminism, fairytale frocks and family
She will go down in history as the presidential candidate who lost to outsider Donald Trump
The head of Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-sharing company, is transforming the business into a global internet powerhouse
Her gravity-defying performances electrified audiences at the Rio Olympics. Now America’s most decorated gymnast is getting used to life back home
Batmanghelidjh’s fighting spirit emerged again this summer as she fought to keep open the charity she founded
The economist chosen to lead the French delegation at this month’s UN conference talks about the importance of candour and why she supports everyday activism
The South African public protector, who took on President Jacob Zuma, tells the experience has ‘toughened me but not hardened me’
Her transition this year from Bruce was the culmination of decades of private struggle
New York’s ‘godmother of punk’ still steps up to the mike without fear and appears in next year’s Pirelli calendar
The 21-year-old MP has personified the SNP’s punkish, occasionally petulant presence at Westminster
Having smashed a decades-old world record for the 1500m, the Ethiopian runner now has her eyes set on Olympic gold in Rio
The former US foreign policy director’s essay about quitting to spend time with her children caused a firestorm. Now she has written a best-selling book about having it all that puts men firmly in the spotlight
