Sneha jawale

The annual list celebrates the achievements of women internationally, from grassroots volunteers to global leaders, and is used by the broadcaster to focus on women’s experiences around the world through a dedicated series ofinterviews, documentaries and features. For the first time this year, the BBC asked some of the previous ‘100 Developing an interest in space at an early age, Bandla went on to study aeronautical engineering in the US. She is now Vice President of Government Affairs and Research Operations for Virgin Galactic (VG), a role that includes working with research customers to fly science and technology experiments on board VG’s SpaceShip. She writes fiction in Hindi and non-fiction in Hindi and English. Marked by innovative use of language and structure, her works have been translated into many Indian and foreign languages. She also works on theatrical scripts in collaboration with the theatre group Vivadi, of which she is a founding member. According to the list, when her parents couldn’t fulfil a demand for more dowry in December 2000, Jawale’s husband set her on fire with kerosene. The family didn’t file a police complaint but after her husband left with their son, Sneha became determined to rebuild her life, as a tarot card reader and scriptwriter – jobs where people didn’t have to see her face. Other notable names on the BBC ‘100 Women’ list include global music phenomenon Billie Eilish, actress and disability activist Selma Blair and ‘West Side Story’ ...

On December 12 last year, the media house had covered Jawale’s struggles as a domestic violence and burn survivor in a Jawale’s husband had set her on fire with kerosene in December 2000, after her parents couldn’t fulfill his demand for more dowry. Though she survived, she said she was abandoned by her family and separated from her four-year-old son. Struggling to find a job because of the burn scars on her face and body, Javale eventually took up tarot card reading. Her life took a turn when she became a part of a widely acclaimed play, Nirbhaya, in 2013. Directed by Yael Farber, it narrated the ghastly 2012 Delhi gangrape, along with other stories of abuse suffered by women. At least five of the seven cast members, including Jawale, enacted scenes from their own lives. After 300 stagings of Nirbhaya across the world, Jawale will now bring much-needed diversity and inclusion to the media landscape.

With the help of a special series of interviews, documentaries, and features, the BBC uses the yearly list to highlight the accomplishments of women throughout the world, from grassroots activists to global leaders. The BBC invited some of the previous "100 Women" for the first time this year to suggest women they thought should be included on the list for 2022. The BBC's list of the 100 most powerful women also features the four Indians, as well as the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottle, the first lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, the musician Billie Eilish, the actress and disability rights activist Selma Blair, and the Iranian climber Elnaz Rekab, who recently made headlines in Iran for competing in South Korea without a heads. Also Read: Tim Davie, director general of the BBC, said of the women on this year's list, "They are all remarkable in what they have accomplished and what they have contributed to their communities and society, and I am proud that the BBC continues to do vital work by shining a spotlight on them and sharing their stories around the world through our first-class journalism and storytelling." Also Read: In addition to the 90th anniversary of the BBC World Service and the 100th anniversary of the BBC, these events coincide with the 10th season of the BBC's Most Influential Women list. The season's linked collection of programmes will use the chance to reflect on what has changed over...