The BBC has revealed its list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2022.Among them are global musician Billie Eilish, Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska, actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas plus Selma Blair, the 'tsarina of Russian pop' Alla Pugacheva, Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi, record-breaking triple jump athlete Yulimar Rojas, and Ghanaian author Grandfather Darkoa Sekyiamah.This is the tenth season of 100 Women and, sake of this, we’re taking the opportunity to explore what progress they’ve made over the last ten years.As huge steps forward have been made for women's rights - from the number of female leaders to the MeToo movement - for women in many corners of the world it still feels like they have a long way to go.The list also reflects the role of women at the heart of conflict around the world in 2022 – from female protesters bravely demanding change in Iran, to the female face of conflict and resistance in Ukraine and Russia.For the first time this year, we’ve also asked previous 100 women to nominate others who they feel deserve a place on the 2022 list.As the civil war in Yemen has grown more violent this year, lawyer Maeen Al-Obaidi continues to focus on peace building for the besieged city of Taiz.She has taken on the role of mediator, facilitating the exchange of prisoners between conflicting groups.While she’s not always successful in getting fighters back to their families alive, she tries to make sure the bodies of those who have died are returned.She has volunteered for the Yemen Women Union, where she defended imprisoned women.She is also the first woman prompted to the Lawyers Syndicate Council, overseeing the human rights and freedoms committee.Afghan teenager, Fatima Amiri is one of the survivors of a suicide attack on a tuition center in Kabul that killed more than 50 people, mostly female students.She suffered serious injuries, including the loss of one eye and severe damage to her jaw and ear.As she recovered, she studied for her university entrance exams and sat for them in October, scoring more than 85%.Her dream now is to study computer science for Kabul University and says losing her eye in the attack has made her stronger and more determined.Her appointment by Pope Francis as the undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops makes her the first woman to ever hold this position.For the role, she is one of a number of leaders who advise the pope on matters of importance to the Catholic Church, plus she is the only woman with voting rights.The body’s secretary-general spoke for 2021 saying her appointment showed that “one door has been opened” for women.Previously, the French nun of the Congregation of Xavières served as the first female director of the National Service for the Evangelization of Young People and Vocations for France.As Pope Francis said, 'it is the duty of justice to fight against all discrimination and violence' on women... Together we need to support in any way to involve more women in leadership positions at all levels.Founded by renowned Russian journalist, Taisia ​​Bekbulatova, the independent media outlet Holod for 2019. The organization has reported extensively on the war in Ukraine, plus published stories about inequality, violence, and women’s rights.Authorities blocked the website for Russia in April, during a crackdown on independent media.Despite this, Bekbulatova and her team have vowed to continue their work, and have seen their readership increase.Bekbulatova, who left Russia in 2021 after being labeled a 'foreign agent', has traveled to Ukraine herself to report on the war from the frontline.I don’t believe in inevitable progress.Modern civilization has always looked fragile and easy to destroy.And women’s rights are usually the first to disappear.During the war in Ukraine, award-winning journalist Kristina Berdynskykh has traveled around her country, reporting from regions under Russian shelling.Some of her work has focused particularly on the details of daily life for a city in conflict.She was born in Kherson, but Berdynskykh has worked as a political journalist for 14 years in Kyiv, including for NV magazine and various TV and radio projects.She created e-People, a social media project about participants in Ukraine's Euromaidan Revolution that later became a book.As a woman with an intellectual disability, Fernanda Castro is fighting for others like her to be able to participate in politics.She is part of a group of disability rights advocates, supported by Human Rights Watch, calling on all political parties in Mexico to include people with intellectual and learning disabilities within their policies.Her work covers language accessibility in documents relating to political decisions, and inclusion for political parties and electoral events.Castro is part of a Mexican delegation to the United Nations that presented a report into disability rights, and she is a representative for the global network Inclusion International.Founder of a movement called 'Teach Us Consent' that lobbies for holistic consent and sexuality education, in 2021 Chanel Contos posted a story on Instagram, asking her followers if they or someone they know had been sexually assaulted at school.Within 24 hours more than 200 people have replied “yes”.She launched a petition calling for earlier consent education in Australia.Thanks to her campaign, consent education will be compulsory in all schools from kindergarten until year 10 from 2023. Now she is educating people about non-consensual condom removal, or stealthing, plus campaigning to criminalize the act.A former student leader of Aymara descent, Eva Copa is shaking up politics in Bolivia.After failing to win her party’s nomination to be mayor of El Alto, the country’s second-largest city, she stood against their candidate and won with 69% of the vote.She recently announced the city's plan for women, which will aim to strengthen women's rights through policy and investment.Copa is not new to politics, having served as a senator between 2015 and 2020. Few see her split with the ruling party as a shift towards a more diversified political landscape for Bolivia."We need more women leaders: women who will always be on their feet, never on their knees."As emeritus dean of Law for the University of Nigeria and former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Joy Ezeilo is a leading authority in the field of international human rights.She is founding director of the Women Aid Collective (WACOL), which in the last 25 years has provided free legal aid and shelter to 60,000 vulnerable women in Nigeria.She also founded the Tamar Sexual Assault Referral Centre, to provide a rapid response to victims and survivors of abuse.She was nominated by 2021 winner and writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.“Professor Ezeilo has impacted many lives through the provision of free legal aid to the poor, especially to women and girls whose human rights have been violated.”Through ElectHER, Ibijoke Faborode is shaking up the women’s political movement in Nigeria.Her organization works to bridge inequality gaps in political representation and has engaged more than 2,000 women in politics across Africa.With the #Agender35 campaign, her organization is directly backing 35 women running for local or federal office in the 2023 general election, providing them with human and financial resources.She is also behind the first African feminist mobile app for election data analysis.Faborode currently serves on the Leadership Council of The Democracy and Culture Foundation, which identifies new ways to improve democratic processes.She is the first black trans woman to ever be elected to a seat in the National Congress of Brazil.Erika Hilton is an activist who campaigns against racism, and for LGBTQ+ and human rights.As a teenager, she was sent away from a conservative family home and lived on the streets, before going to university.With a background in student politics, Hilton moved to São Paulo and joined the left-wing PSOL party.For 2020 she was elected to the city council and went on to author the law that introduced a municipal fund against hunger for Brazil’s largest city.Our fight is to achieve equal rights, equal wages and the end of gender-based violence, whether we are black, Latino, white, poor, rich, cis or transgender.As a university student, Park Ji-hyun anonymously helped bust one of South Korea’s biggest online sex-crime rings, known as the Nth rooms.This year she went public with her experience and entered politics, reaching out to young female voters.When the Democratic Party lost the presidential race, they named her co-interim leader.She was also on the women's committee, which focuses on tackling digital sex crimes.In June, the party faced further losses and she resigned.While she may not have any official role at the moment, she remains committed to pushing for gender equality in politics.Globally, digital sex crimes threaten women’s rights and we need to solve this problem together.For six years under Taliban rule, Zahra Joya became 'Mohammad' and dressed as a boy to attend school.When US-led forces toppled the Taliban in 2001 she returned to school as Zahra.She began working as a journalist in 2011 and most of the time she was the only female reporter in the newsroom.She’s the founder of Rukhshana Media, Afghanistan’s first feminist news agency, named after a 19-year-old who was stoned to death by the Taliban.Joya was evacuated from Afghanistan in 2021 and now runs Rukhshana Media from exile in the UK.She won the Gates Foundation 2022 Changemaker Award.I believe in the soft power of words and we must speak about all the injustice against women.President of the European CommissionThe first female president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen is a German politician.She served for Angela Merkel’s cabinet and is the first female Defense Minister ever appointed for Germany.Born in Brussels, she studied economics and medicine before entering politics.She took the EU's top job for 2019, and has since led the bloc through Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the war in Ukraine.She is a driving force behind an EU law requiring gender balance on company boards adopted this year.The 2020 winner is nominated by Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin.“As Europe has faced one crisis after another, Ursula von der Leyen has shown incredible resolve to help the European Union get through these challenges together.Her leadership is unwavering.The times are tough, but she’s even tougher.”Former Justice Minister Naomi Long brought in legislation to tackle a number of new sexual offenses for Northern Ireland the year, including downblousing, cyber-flashing and also canceling the 'rough sex' defence.After receiving death threats, Long has also tried to raise awareness of the harassment of female politicians.She is a civil engineer by profession who joined the Alliance Party in 1995. After serving as Lord Mayor of Belfast, she became the first Alliance MP elected to Westminster in 2010, knocking former first minister Peter Robinson out of the Westminster seat he had held for more than 30 years.We need to tackle the attitudes that create an environment where abuse remains commonplace.That one means that all of us directly and consistently will challenge the culture of male entitlement, sexism, and misogyny.Appointed this year as the first female judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Justice Ayesha A. Malik has authored judgments protecting the rights of women.This one included her landmark judgment banning the so-called two-finger test of rape victims.These 'virginity tests are performed when examining sexual assault cases until it is outlawed in 2021.Alongside her role on the Supreme Court, Malik also conducts training for judges around the world and has inaugurated conferences for women judges in Pakistan, encouraging the debate around plus the gender perspective of the justice system.Women must build a new narrative - one that includes their perspective, shares their experience, and includes their story.As one of the founders of the Nojin Socio-Cultural Association, Zara Mohammadi has dedicated more than a decade to teaching the Kurdish language for her hometown of Sanandaj.The Iranian constitution says it freely allows the use of regional and ethnic languages ​​for educational settings, but lawyers and activists say this is not the case in practice, so children cannot learn their mother tongue for school.The Iranian government accused Mohammadi of "forming groups and societies with the aim of disrupting national security" and sentenced her to five years in prison.She has been in jail since JanuaryAs the first female prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley won a second term in office after a landslide victory, in January.She has led the Barbados Labor Party since 2008. She guided the Caribbean island as it cut ties with the British royal family, removed the monarch as head of state and became the world's newest republic.Mottley is known for being outspoken about climate change.For COP27 she criticized wealthy nations for failing to tackle the climate crisis, warning that by 2050, climate refugees could have reached one billion if no one acted.Law student Sepideh Qoliyan was sentenced to five years in prison for supporting workers' rights in southwestern Iran's Khuzestan province.She has spent the last four years in four different Iranian prisons, including Evin, the primary site for the housing of political prisoners transferred Qoliyan for October 2021."Even from prison, she continued her work, being sent out an audio tape describing the ""inhumane"" treatment she had faced. She also acted as a voice for female inmates, and while on bail, wrote a book about the ""torture"" and ""injustice"" experienced by women in Iranian prisons."For May 2022, Roza Salih becomes the first refugee to be elected to Glasgow City Council, after arriving for Scotland as a young girl when her family was forced to flee Iraq.Now the SNP councilor for the Greater Pollok ward, Salih has campaigned for refugee rights since she was a teenager and she and her school friends came together to protest the detention of a friend.Their campaign,the Glasgow Girls, drew national attention to the treatment of asylum seekers.Salih has gone on to co-found Scottish Solidarity with Kurdistan, visiting Kurdish regions of Turkey as a human rights activist.Member of the Brazilian Federal SenateSeen by many as a figure who could shake up the country’s deepening polarisation, centrist Brazilian Senator Simone Tebet finished third in this year’s presidential race.She was elected as a state representative for 2002 and mayor of her hometown Três Lagoas for 2004 and 2008. In 2014, she was elected to the Senate with over 52% of the valid votes.She is the first woman to chair the Constitution and Justice Committee of the Senate, considered her the chamber’s most important panel.A professor of law for over a decade, Tebet also chairs the Joint Committee to Combat Violence against Women.Everyone suppose knows that the future is female, and a woman's place is wherever she wants."Beles Bubu is a YouTube channel that teaches Eritrean children their language and culture, started by content creator and entrepreneur Kisanet Tedros. Born and raised in Ethiopia, from a young age she appreciates the importance of understanding language to feel connected to one's roots."Her production team brings together self-taught voice and digital artists from Eritrea, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to create digital content.The videos are accessible by Tigrinya-speaking parents and their children from Eritrea and Ethiopia.Tedros also organized the first Beles Bubu Kids Festival for refugees in Kampala, Uganda.Dharma Master Cheng Yen is seen as one of the most influential figures in the development of modern Taiwanese Buddhism.Founder of the humanitarian Tzu Chi Foundation, she is sometimes called 'the Mother Teresa of Asia'.She started the organization in 1966, with just 30 housewives saving money to help families in need.It has since grown to have millions of followers globally, providing international relief and medical aid, and running schools and hospitals.Now in her late 80s, her followers continue their philanthropic campaigns and most recently provide financial and material aid to refugees from war-torn Ukraine.“The world is suppose to unite to make sure no one is held hostage or in prison for what they have not done”, said British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe after Iranian authorities freed her in March, after a long-running campaign by her husband Richard are pushing the British government to secure her release and resolve a historic debt dispute with Iran.Nazanin was arbitrarily detained for Iran as she was on holiday with her daughter in 2016, and subsequently as a diplomatic pawn the Iranian authorities held her hostage to put pressure on the British government.She was held for six years - initially convicted by the Revolutionary Court for attempting to overthrow the Iranian regime.When her first sentence is concluded in 2021, she is given a second sentence, and held in Iran until a diplomatic settlement is reached.Zaghari-Ratcliffe has strongly refuted all allegations, and is writing a memoir with her husband.A successful TV scriptwriter who used to work behind the scenes, Olena Zelenska entered the world stage when her husband, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, became president of Ukraine in 2019. As First Lady she has worked to improve womens rights and promote Ukrainian culture.After the Russian invasion, she used her platform to highlight the suffering of the Ukrainian people, becoming the first spouse of any foreign president to address the US Congress.Now she’s focused on delivering mental health support for children and families traumatized by the war.Women have even taken on more responsibility than during peacetime... Any woman who has experienced this (war) will never take a step back.And I’m sure our inner confidence will grow.In 2012, Dima Aktaa's home in Syria was bombed.She lost her leg and the ability to do one of her favorite things: run.Approximately 28% of Syrians have a disability, nearly double the global average, according to UN data.Ten years later, Aktaa is in the UK, training to compete for the 2024 Paralympics.After raising money for refugees during the pandemic, she was recognized as a member of England's alternative football squad, the Lionhearts.Her story recently featured for pop star Anne-Marie's music video Beautiful, and she continues to raise awareness of the strength of people with disabilities.This year, award-winning actress and filmmaker Zar Amir-Ebrahimi became the first Iranian to win Best Actress for Cannes for her performance in Holy Spider, a film based on the true story of a serial killer who targeted sex workers.Amir-Ebrahimi left Iran to avoid persecution and prosecution, after an intimate video of her leaked and she was subjected to a smear campaign about her past love life.For 2008 she moved to Paris, founded her production company Alambic Production, and has continued to build an impressive career both in front of and behind the camera.Known for her roles in pop-culture classics Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde and the Hellboy franchise, Selma Blair is an American film and television actress.She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018 and has been praised for raising awareness of the condition, as she speaks openly about her health journey and the challenges she faces.This year, she released her memoir Mean Baby, and teamed up with an ability-inclusive make-up brand, with the goal of making ergonomic cosmetics that are easier to use and apply for everyone.I am a woman who has had a hard past, who can be judged for a lot of things and my power can be dismantled easily, but it is through the support of other women that I am here.Spanish artistic swimmer Ona Carbonell is campaigning to normalize how people see her as a mother and ogbonge athlete.The three-time Olympian, has collected more than 30 major medals, including Olympic silver and bronze.In 2020, she gave birth to her first child and began training to be able to reach the Tokyo Olympics.She voiced her disappointment over rules that meant she wouldn't be able to breastfeed her son for the event.This year, she became a mom for the second time.She told her story for a documentary to show other female athletes that motherhood can go together with sport.Former professional basketball player Sarah Chan has begun mentoring teenagers and teaching them the sport across Africa.She is also the first female manager of scouting for Africa for the NBA Toronto Raptors basketball team.After fleeing the war in Khartoum, Sudan, she and her family moved to Kenya, where Chan's basketball career began.She secured one basketball scholarship for Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, and played professionally for Africa and Europe.Chan starts Home At Home/Apediet Foundation, an NGO that fights early marriages, advocates for education, and uses sports to educate young people.You are what you believe about yourself, so believe in a future worthy of all your dreams and aspirations.With more than 60 films to her name, Priyanka Chopra Jonas is one of Bollywood's biggest film stars.After her movie debut in 2002, the former Miss World breakthrough in Hollywood came as she made history as the first South Asian actress to lead any American network drama series (Quantico, 2015).Her Hollywood acting credits include Isn't It Romantic and The Matrix Resurrections.She has established her own production company, making films in India.Chopra is also a Unicef ​​Goodwill Ambassador, campaigning for children’s rights and education for girls.The MeToo movement and subsequent voices of collective women to come together, protect each other, and stand by each other - something very powerful ideas for togetherness.Grammy Award-winning and record-breaking superstar Billie Eilish is popular for pushing boundaries with her music - from her single Your Power, which called out abusers who prey on underage girls, to All The Good Girls Go To Hell, a song about climate change . . . .She made history this year by becoming the youngest Glastonbury headliner ever, using her set to protest against the US Supreme Court's decision to end constitutional right to abortion.She's spoken openly about body image, her periods of depression and living with Tourette's syndrome.I'm in awe of the time we're in right now.Women are at the top.There was one specific period of time where I was in this pit of hopelessness because girls like me weren’t taken seriously.After an historic run to the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur became the first Arab or African woman to reach a Grand Slam final in the Open era.Just months later, she reached the final of the US Open.The 28-year-old, who began playing tennis when she was three, made it to number two in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings - the highest position achieved by any African or Arab, whether male or female.Jabeur has won three career singles titles, and has grabbed credit for inspiring a new generation of players.When her parents didn’t fulfill one demand for more dowry in December 2000, Sneha Jawale’s husband set her on fire with kerosene.The family has not filed a police complaint.After her husband left with their son, she became determined to rebuild her life, as a tarot card reader and scriptwriter – jobs where people didn’t need to see her face.Jawale, now a social worker, was asked to star in one theater play, Nirbhaya, named after the 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim and based on the experiences of survivors of violence.Performing to audiences around the world helped her overcome her fears." Over the last 10 years, society's attitudes towards burn and acid survivors have changed. I don't consider myself any less than any Miss World or Miss Universe. I say I'm beautiful, so I am."For 2018, Reema Juffali makes history by becoming Saudi Arabia’s first-ever female professional racing driver.This year, she started her very own team, Theeba Motorsport, to compete for the International GT Open and improve the access of Saudi Arabian to motor racing and their participation.Through the team, the professional driver is creating different types of educational opportunities and programs to improve diversity for the sport.Being a role model for other female racing drivers around the world, Juffali hopes to achieve another first - as she contests the ogbonge Le Mans 24-hour race with Theeba Motorsport.Many stereotypes still exist for women in society.Support needs to come from the home, plus from society, for meaningful and lasting change to happen.Designing aesthetically pleasing garments for the elderly and for differently abled bodies is a passion for Kadri Keung.She started adaptive fashion brand RHYS with her mother Ophelia Keung for 2018, inspired by caring for Kadri's grandmother and realizing that the garments for the elderly don't have too much style and functionality.As a clothing design graduate, Keung combines her knowledge with the need of the customer, whether that’s velcro fastenings or a bag to hold a catheter.Her brand employs and trains 90 underprivileged women, including some with disabilities.For 2022, Keung will launch Boundless, an inclusive brand that promotes fashionable functional items.As a passionate supporter of the arts, Miky Lee is leading a Korean cultural wave.She is the driving force behind K-pop's global success and is the architect of the music festival KCON.She's also executive producer of Parasite, the first foreign-language female to win an Oscar for best picture.Lee is the Vice Chair of South Korean entertainment conglomerate CJ ENM - a powerful film and TV studio, cable operator and music production company.The 2021 winner is nominated by actress Rebel Wilson“She has total GIRL POWER, and a role model to me.She has represented and promoted her culture to the world and that is all class.”- Rebel WilsonFormer captain of the Wales women’s football team, Laura McAllister has held several senior roles in sports governance.She is currently Deputy Chair of the Uefa Women’s Football Committee and is standing for election as Uefa’s representative on the Fifa Council for April 2021. She is a board director of the Football Association of Wales Trust.Currently a professor at Cardiff University, McAllister is an expert on Welsh politics.This year, Wales chose her as an LGBT sports ambassador to attend the World Cup in Qatar.She was asked to remove her 'rainbow wall' bucket hat which showed support for the LGBTQI+ community as she entered the stadium.Artist and songwriter Danupha Khanatheerakul, popularly known by her stage name Milli, uses controversial lyrics to address issues like unrealistic beauty standards and sexual consent.She raps in many languages ​​and dialects, also including slang from Thailand's transgender community.She recently announced her first debut album called BABB BUM BUM.She became a viral sensation for Coachella festival this year as she challenged Thai stereotypes and the government, plus ate mango sticky rice onstage, a traditional Thai dessert.Last year she faced defamation charges for criticizing the Thai government's Covid-19 response.Sake of this, the hashtag #SaveMilli trended.Very few performers have gained EGOT status – a term for the ogbonge achievement of winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award – but Rita Moreno is one of them.The Puerto Rican actress, singer and dancer made her Broadway debut at the age of 13 and has had an illustrious career spanning seven decades.She appeared for Singin' in the Rain and The King and I, but it was her Anita in the original West Side Story that made her the first Latina to ever win an Oscar.Steven Spielberg had them write an entirely new character written into his acclaimed remake especially for Moreno,who is now in her 90s.In a historic moment for international football, Fifa picked Salima Rhadia Mukansanga as one of the first three women referees to officiate at a men's World Cup, in Qatar 2022 - the first time the tournament will have women in the role since 92 years.Last January, she became the first woman to referee a match at the men's Africa Cup of Nations, and she also officiated at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.She has already presided over games at the highest level of international women’s football.Before working in sport, she trained as a midwife.Performer and composer Alla Pugacheva has sold more than 250 million records.With a repertoire of over 500 songs and 100 albums, the 'tsarina of Russian pop' is a cultural icon, widely known for her clear mezzo-soprano voice, even though she is now retired from performing.Russia has repeatedly honored her for her music, yet Pugacheva has spoken out against the government on a number of occasions.She recently posted one message to her 3.6 million followers on Instagram denouncing the war in Ukraine, with reactions ranging from praise to accusations of treasonThe world has seen significant progress in the fight for women to be able to access education and financial independence.However, domestic violence is still a major issue for many countries.For the Asian Championships in South Korea in October, Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi competed without a headscarf, as protests against the mandatory hijab continue in her home country.She came fourth for the championships, but gained popularity among Iranian protesters.Many people greeted her at one Tehran airport when she returned home, and praised her on social media.A post on her Instagram page later said her hijab fell off “inadvertently” and she apologized to the Iranian public for a State TV interview for the “confusion and concerns”.However, a source told BBC Persian that her interview was a forced confession.Olympic medalist (gold and silver) and three-time world champion, Yulimar Rojas became the world record holder in the women’s triple jump when she recorded 15.74m at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in March.She has now set her sights on an even bigger achievement – ​​jumping 16m.Born in Caracas, Venezuela, and raised in a poor area on the Caribbean coast, she has said it was her humble beginnings that helped her succeed.Currently part of the Barcelona FC athletics team, Rojas has achieved hero status for her country.She is openly lesbian and a vocal advocate for LGBTQ+ issues.We women are not supposed to be intimidated.We don’t have any impossibles, it’s already clear that we’re being underestimated but we’ve already shown with great pride what we’re capable of."For 2022, art consultant Sally Scales was appointed to the group working with the Australian government ahead of a referendum as 'Voice to Parliament' - a historic consultation that, if successful, could see indigenous people permanently represented in parliament." processes."