her family say they are planning to appeal the sentence. the universities minister, jojohnson, has given his clearest warning yet that academic institutions must protect free speech. he says universities must "open minds, not close them" and students should have the resilience to take part in frank discussions. the boxing day sales are under way with millions of shoppers hitting the high streets as they hunt for bargains. meanwhile a bbc survey has suggested that online shopping and early black friday deals have made the post christmas sales less appealing. now on bbc news — in the latest programme in our 100 women series — high—profile women speak to bbc presenters about their work, life and ambitions. the teams can appeal for help from

around the world. they have one week to find a solution to a long—standing issue. welcome to the first ever bbc 100 women challenge 2017. recently the issue of who is filling

thejobs at a recently the issue of who is filling the jobs at a senior level is brimming to be extremely contentious. the san andreas fault line runs right through this region but it's not the only flaw in this area. not too far from here but it's not the only flaw in this area. not too farfrom here in silicon valley there is growing concern about the gender gap around the boardroom tables in the tech industry. we have pulled together a tea m industry. we have pulled together a team of courageous women prepared to tackle the gender divide. this is a design strategist, she likes to collide the digital and physical world. once we have these women in the workplace, how can we accommodate an environment that is suitable and inviting? roman advises companies on ethical use of ai. suitable and inviting? roman advises companies on ethical use of all see female students being told they are not a good culture fit. this

woman came to computer science late, found herself on an engineering course and is now a software engineer who loves coding. there's already a minefield working in this industry. we do have to work harder. anyone who is not part of the dominant culture has to work harder. even people who are on the board may still be implicitly or unconsciously disadvantaging women. we are introducing these women to

two people who are willing to share their stories. i don't talk unless someone explicitly asks me for my opinion about something. if i am asked to talk, i would say there's a little bit of shakiness in my voice and i dropped the register of my voice. i'm speaking lower so i cannot speak loudly because it's uncomfortable, then i start a trail off. her fear of speaking up in meetings is a

common one amongst women so perhaps she can enlighten the team about what is holding her back. is that go into my head about how many people are in the room and how valuable their time is. does everyone in this room need to hear this thing? so i have a lot of filters i go through that they don't know that everyone necessarily goes through. confidence may be part of her issue, that's not a problem for software engineer layer but she still found the tech industry difficult to navigate as a woman. it's a lot of little things, signifiers that you are not as respected. there is some definite challenges associated with being a woman in tech, especially a woman of colour. 0ne woman in tech, especially a woman of colour. one of my co—workers put his hand on my bottom and i remember at that moment thinking whoa. in hindsight that was unacceptable but

in the moment i was a deer in headlights. thank you for your time and getting involved. let's see what happens next. we are setting up a base camp at the playground, an incubator for start—ups in palo base camp at the playground, an incubatorfor start—ups in palo alto com plete incubatorfor start—ups in palo alto complete with state—of—the—art 3d printers. they are fighting the battle of the boardroom on different fronts. roman and italia have decided to work together. we will be narrowing it down into something we can accomplish in a few days. we are not going to break the glass ceiling inafew not going to break the glass ceiling in a few days. you are going to have to pace yourself. yes, it's really easy to get carried away and say i'm going to do one more thing, then the next thing you know it's four o'clock in the morning. and royal will lead a separate work stream and has already been influenced by experiences of nervousness in meetings. it really stuck with me

when she was talking about how she would get biological symptoms in a meeting and she feels she has to say something but then she doesn't say it. the heartbeat and sweating and the breeding. so it was really interesting for me to hear that. meanwhile laurie will be ensuring that two sub team solutions are grounded in solid research. in her office at stanford university she shared her thoughts with me on the challenge ahead. one of the things i hope we identify are the micro dynamics so a lot of times people when they approach this issue want a really big solution. i believe it is how we are treated every day. the dynamics of whether my dear is valued, and when my name is included in the list of people who did great work. they really matter but often get overlooked so i hope we really tackle some of those issues.

get overlooked so i hope we really tackle some of those issuesm get overlooked so i hope we really tackle some of those issues. it is clear there is a lot to consider as the team hunt for solutions. they've certainly got their work cut out over the next few days. live from silicon valley, you are with me in the newsroom... the bbc 100 women challenge launches into its second day with a global radio broadcast. the challenge team are with me. parent is also on hand to share her experiences in tech. are with me. parent is also on hand to share her experiences in techli have a hard time speaking up in meetings. and there's a roomful of people who want to have their say about gender equality in the boardroom. will this conversation give our team extra and guidance? boardroom. will this conversation give our team extra and guidance7m it really true that in 1978 you coined the term the glass ceiling. yes, i'm embarrassed to say it was

that long ago. time to snatch an update with two of the team. and roya are listening in. as we've heard, there's a lot of emotional labour involved so we think it is important to share that work across allies, management, meeting facilitators, to change meeting culture to be more inclusive. can i thank all are experts that were here. the radio programme comes to an end. i will be back with a solution on friday. back at the playground, work is well under way to help women in male dominated industries who cannot get their voices heard. royer has drafted in some volunteers. camille isa drafted in some volunteers. camille is a mechanical engineer who will help her with hardware. also new to the team is an industrial designer,

jo—leigh, and betsy from new york who has a company creating wearable tech for dogs. roya has decided one of her prototypes will be a piece of wea ra ble of her prototypes will be a piece of wearable tech that will allow the receiver to receive positive m essa g es receiver to receive positive messages from other women. we need to get to the core which is women empowering other women. and she has got a plan for a separate piece of work too. eye—catching art aimed at men. also talking about how men need to be educated as well, and we thought we would have some sort of physical installation, experiential thing. natalia and roman's new recruits have also arrived. skip and dwight are going to come in useful because the women have decided their tech solution to address gender dynamics in meetings should be a out

and they reckon they can make one in just three days. —— should be an app. we are providing the emoji? act that they would be... like soliciting. romance and natalia's sub team had a good day so decided to call it a night. the intensive coding session will begin tomorrow. we have reached the halfway point of the challenge week. roman and natalia's sub team are attempting to build an app and have only two days to get it ready. the meetings app will use voice

recognition technology and will be able to produce in—depth feedback on meeting dynamics. what is this? a language processing analysis tool so i can figure out your emotion, positivity, ican analysis tool so i can figure out your emotion, positivity, i can tell how many times you are referring to yourself versus other people. cognitive was versus more emotional words. so these are possibilities of what the app will be able to do? yes, we haven't got good name for it yet. we are going to use the bbc‘s website and social media to ask the audience to help roman and italia come up with a name for their app. meanwhile some of the bbc‘s foreign bureaux have helped crowd sourced stories of sexism from all around the world for her art installation aimed at men and now wants help from

closer to home. we would like to record it in a woman's voice and also a man's voice. i was wondering if you had the research we mentioned about perception and how... al yes, ed king, he's studying linguistics and studies exactly when the same word is said by a man's voice or a woman's voice it changes the perception of the word. that would be great to have research from a man, that works perfectly with the whole installation. and you have a great name for it, don't you? yes, it's called me too! she could never have imagined me too would become a globally recognised hashtag in the campaign against sexual harassment. as well as providing stories for her

installation, bbc audiences have also come up with a wealth of ideas for the name of roman and natalya's meeting app. i will run through a few of them, finland, all gender meetings — agm... few of them, finland, all gender meetings - agm. .. ally and a right? —— align. meetings - agm. .. ally and a right? -- align. ok, no filming until six because we really have to get it done. the clock is... even if i'm

just looking? no please, no filming in this room, just come back after six. we need a working prototype by the morning so aghhhh! camille is looking incredibly intense, she has three laptops, a lot of computers, her headphones on. she hasn't even noticed i'm actually here! it's getting late in the day and roya has only just it's getting late in the day and roya has onlyjust been able to get into the workshop. we have our four pieces and our screws. let's put them together. as royal works into the night in the

workshop... a blow for her team working on the interactive necklace. the name they wanted to use is already taken. could it be something and... they finally agreed to call it the collective sisters, that's one problem solve, but... the team developing the meeting app have some technical issues to fix. that's fine but are you going to be able to connect the speakers with that name? because it would have worked fine when we had separate audio channels but if we are having on...|j when we had separate audio channels but if we are having on... i suspect eve ryo ne but if we are having on... i suspect everyone is in for a very long night. it isa it is a new dawn, it's a new day and

i'm feeling good! so how are the app tea m i'm feeling good! so how are the app team feeling this morning? so, talking about that dawn that came up, these people behind this. actually saw it because they haven't got any sleep last night working on this project, maybe unsurprisingly they don't want to talk to me right now. there's just hours to go before tomorrow's big reveal event. roya has come to a financial software company to get some feedback on collective sisters, herb wearable technet plus. once i'm about to go into a meeting or on stage to present something i can use my phone to send a message to five or six people in my support network and they are able to send me a vibration. it gives me the feeling that i'm not alone in this, there are people who i have in this office who are thinking about me and

sending me kudos or go ahead you are going to do great. do i want the other people in my meeting to notice i'm getting support or do i wanted to be like this isjust a necklace but secretly i know it is supporting me. yes, we wanted to be discreet, that's why it is small. we wa nted that's why it is small. we wanted to hear any questions they would have, whether they would understand the concepts. meanwhile, natalia is able to test a prototype. we have not been allowed in this room all day, but you have something to show me? yes, we have the app ready to show you. it is artificial intelligence driven and it is representative of ally ship. leaving her to test the up, i can no longer

resist the temptation to check out this art installation using stories of sexism from around the world which she's about to take on the streets to protest before tomorrow. my streets to protest before tomorrow. my goodness, it is huge! bbc 100 women, let's see what's on the other side. there's a hashtag me too. what does sexism sound like, and then we've got a map of the world. this is what was going on behind those closed doors of roya and her team. i do wonder what's next. tomorrow all will be revealed. five days ago, four strangers became one team and together they bravely

accepted the first ever bbc 100 women challenge. let's give them a round of applause for managing to make it to friday! in the audience, silicon valley's finest tech gurus, gender equality experts and some special guests. welcome to our glass ceiling challenge and for many of us it feels like the glass ceiling is a moving target. here we are in the computer history museum and i say today we are making history. first up today we are making history. first up is roya, revealing her international necklace. first invention was wearable technology that would allow women and their allies, men, to communicate and send each other good vibes. next up, the app to monitor meeting dina marks, now called all.ai. how can we leverage the power of data science

and ai leverage the power of data science and a! combined with expert engineering in the background to make some sort of app to help with meeting dynamics so we came up with this concept. i'm about to head into a meeting and i'm going to try out the all.ai app for the first time. in this case i'm choosing to be empowered because i need to speak more in this meeting. it looks like it's asking me how i'm going to empower myself so i am going to tap here and say i want to speak at least once in this meeting. so now i can press record and head into the meeting to start. i have just come out of my meeting and now i'm looking at my summary stats. it shows me how long i spoke and it looks like i spoke for four whole minutes which i think exceeds my goal of speaking ones, and that i was really positive and honest when

i spoke. so good information to have moving forward. we are ready because we are tech people, thinking of all the things we want to do with this. my the things we want to do with this. my end, what i want to do is create a deeper recommendation system to track people over time and help them accomplish their goals with even more customised actions they could take. because we have this rich analysis of basically the quality of the meeting and the participation in it, overtime facilitators can use that to track... maybe it's the most productive when we ask everyone to go around the room before we make a decision or other strategies. and finally, the art installation. what does sexism sound like? this one is an experiential installation, we got amazing stories from women around the world about what sexism feels like in the workplace. we recorded

them saying it, then asked men to do them saying it, then asked men to do the same thing. it was interesting, i heard a man saying i have to take my i heard a man saying i have to take b i heard a man saying i have to take my baby to work because i don't have the time to leave, then a woman said the time to leave, then a woman said the same thing so it was kind of weird hearing a guy saying that. do weird hearing a guy saying that. do we have a word to describe your feeling? i'm going to say bias. about how you don't need to say anything, just wear something that is attractive and stand there. it's very interesting hearing it from a woman, it is relatable. with the innovations revealed, the moment of truth. what other women whose experience inspired this challenge think of what the team came up with? first leah. this is awesome! i

appreciate you came together to help solve a problem that's affectingly ona solve a problem that's affectingly on a daily basis. thank you so much again for doing this. it's been amazing to see all of work and to spend time with you and learn from all of the incredible knowledge you have. i officially declare that we have. i officially declare that we have cracked the glass ceiling. thank you. it was really interesting to meet my tea m it was really interesting to meet my team for the first time, like i haven't met any of those awesome women before so we really bonded and we we re women before so we really bonded and we were laughing and dancing. it was really fu n. we were laughing and dancing. it was really fun. there were times during the week when the fact the days were so the week when the fact the days were so long and i didn't think we had anything left to give to this

project, then i looked to my team— mates project, then i looked to my team—mates and realised it's not whether i can do it, it is if we can do it together and so connecting with strangers, doing something remarkable, i will always carry that experience with me. it was amazing to have people of colour, men, people around the globe participating in this challenge. for me it's been a learning experience. there's a lot of people who want to help and actively will help you. we we re help and actively will help you. we were tasked with doing something very ambitious and there were definitely moments i doubted whether we could do it and doubted my own abilities. i think i will take away confidence in myself. i think being able to build something with them and then realising i identify with them too, its like i can take some of my own advice. its silicon valley is an extraordinary place. people come together here working long

hours to invent and create items that we don't even know that we need yet but that will become essential to our lives. but we do know there isa to our lives. but we do know there is a gender equality issue in the tech industry and we hope with the bbc‘s 100 women season, we will at least have made a dent in the so—called glass ceiling, and perhaps to help the next generation of women find a seat at the boardroom table. we had some nice weather today, not everywhere because it's turning across southern areas of the uk, wind and rain on the way but also a bit of snow. i don't think we will

be seeing scenes like this everywhere but maybe across the hills of wales, the cotswolds, chilterns and south downs could get snow. the peak district too. rain sweeping many southern parts of the uk and into the midlands, notice an area of snow falling here and this is mostly across the hills. i think any snow that does fall will be wet, heavy snow across the peak district. then early hours of wednesday morning that weather front will be pivoting and moving into south—eastern areas. at the same time further north we have clearing skies, very cold across scotland, in rural areas may be as low as minus 8 degrees. this wintry weather moves into the south—east, maybe some wet fla kes into the south—east, maybe some wet flakes of snow in london early in the day, then this is what it looks like during the course of the afternoon. most of the uk enjoying crisp, sunny weather apart from some showers here and there. this corner of the country still not great, a

strong, cold wind blowing out of the north so it will feel unpleasant in the extreme south—east and anglia. chilly, temperatures barely above freezing and you will notice some wintry showers dotted around. that's strong wind with the wet may be wintry weather eventually clears away wednesday night, then the winds, you can see some arrows here and there, then on thursday morning we are between weather systems. on moving into the far south—west of england later on in the afternoon, but foremost on thursday it's looking very pleasant. a chilly day, temperatures around 5 degrees, those sorts of values. then from friday the weather really turns but we are switching gear. low pressure will start to move off the atlantic, and

increasing jet stream pushing the weather systems as well so in the run—up to the new year, friday, saturday and sunday we will start to see temperatures creeping up. the winds will to increase as well and potentially bring gales. at the moment midnight into 2018 looks like there could be some rain around so be prepared for that, and strong winds too. this is bbc news. the headlines at 5.00pm. a woman from hull is sentenced to three years in an egyptjail for taking painkillers into the country — her sister is concerned for her safety. she is on the verge of a mental breakdown. and so is my mum. it's just horrendous. universities must protect free speech and "open minds, not close them," or face possible fines. millions of shoppers hit the high streets as they hunt for bargains

in the boxing day sales. a russian ship is listing. tottenham's harry kane sets a new record for the most premier league goals in a calendar year as he scores a hat—trick against southampton. and what a fantastic sporting year we had. join us as we recap all the major sporting stories in review