Fictional Women Around the World: Yuna

Today we cover the journey and works of astronomer and scientist Wanda Diaz Merced.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

As we enter Disability Pride month, we check in with some stats about the intersection of women and disability in this classic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

One of the world’s unsung heroes – at least outside of Italy – is a brave woman who stood up to an insidious and longstanding custom and made her country a better place for it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In this episode Yusra and I chat about her photography journey, how and why she started her business, lessons she's learnt along the way and of course we crack down the social structure of social media and how we've finally made peace with it,  tune in for more... xxx Amina 

Our focus today is on a woman who was actually covered in the podcast several years ago. But she's a figure so mythic and with so many variations to her story that we wanted to give her another look and a little more time.

Unmasking online hate: How the courage of a domestic abuse survivor won her an unlikely alliance in the fight against misogyny and gender-based violence in Namibia. Thanks for listening. Let us know what you think. #TheComb Get in touch: thecomb@bbc.comProduced by Mary Goodhart