Everywoman

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Listen to Everywoman Updated weekly at 10:32 GMT on Tuesday

Ten years on, what has changed?

I think we have seen huge gains - many of the governments have accepted the principle of gender equality
Wariara M’bugua, Principle Officer for Gender at the United Nations in New York

In the final edition of the programme, Everywoman focuses on how the position of women has improved in the last decade.

It meets women in Rwanda, and asks whether the gains made by them in parliament have changed the lives of ordinary citizens.

And Anna Umbima debates the status of women in Africa, India and Saudi Arabia.

The BBC's most popular signature tune?

One of the most frequent requests from you, the listeners, is for more information about the programme’s theme music.

Its composer, the musician Angelique Kidjo, talks about the surprisingly ordinary task which inspired the song, and sings an extract live in the studio.