3: War of the Words | Divine Women

3: War of the Words | Divine Women

Religious Education | BBC Two | 2012 | 59'05''

Bettany Hughes discovers how the Dark Ages turned out to be a golden age for a few remarkable women.

2: Handmaids of the Gods | Divine Women

2: Handmaids of the Gods | Divine Women

Religious Education | BBC Two | 2012 | 59'07''

Revealing the lost era of the priestess, from ancient Greece to the early years of Christianity.

1: When God was a Girl | Divine Women

1: When God was a Girl | Divine Women

Religious Education | BBC Two | 2012 | 59'08''

Bettany Hughes investigates goddess worship across the world and ancient conceptions of the divine.

Learning Zone | Divine Women

Learning Zone | Divine Women

Religious Education | BBC Two | 2012 | 29'16''

Uncovering the hidden history of women in religion. In India, Bettany Hughes joins thousands of Hindus in the worship of formidable goddess Durga.

Divorce | Islam, Women and Me

Divorce | Islam, Women and Me

Islam | BBC One | 2018 | 5'12''

Mehreen Baig attends a session of a sharia court where divorce cases are being heard.

Marriage | Islam, Women and Me

Marriage | Islam, Women and Me

Islam | BBC One | 2018 | 3'16''

Mehreen Baig attends a talk about marriage by a conservative Muslim leader.

Islam and Feminism | Islam, Women and Me

Islam and Feminism | Islam, Women and Me

Islam | BBC One | 2018 | 3'09''

Mehreen Baig talks to Yassmin Abdel-Magied about how her faith and feminism are linked.

Are Muslim women oppressed? | Islam, Women and Me

Are Muslim women oppressed? | Islam, Women and Me

Islam | BBC One | 2018 | 3'07''

Mehreen Baig talks to women who feel empowered by their Muslim faith.

Interpretation of the Quran and the Hadiths | Islam, Women and Me

Interpretation of the Quran and the Hadiths | Islam, Women and Me

Islam | BBC One | 2018 | 4'23''

Mehreen Baig talks to a young woman who has left Islam because of its attitudes towards women.

Muslim family values | Islam, Women and Me

Muslim family values | Islam, Women and Me

Islam | BBC One | 2018 | 2'35''

Mehreen Baig talks about her experiences of living with her family as an adult.

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