Herlands: Lessons From Societies Where Women Make the Rules
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Herlands: Lessons From Societies Where Women Make the Rules

by Megha Mohan

Women & Society Non-Fiction History Essays 2026

Summary

What would the world look like if women made the rules? BBC correspondent Megha Mohan travels across continents to discover communities where women create their own systems of power, belonging, and survival. From South Korea’s controversial feminist online movements to women’s communal living spaces in Europe and the Rain Queens of South Africa, she uncovers stories that challenge conventional ideas about leadership, family, and social order. Inspired by her own great-grandmother’s matrilineal community in South India, Mohan combines historical research with firsthand reporting to explore how women have built alternative ways of living, often outside patriarchal structures. Herlands is an illuminating investigation into women’s solidarity, collective power, and the possibilities of reimagining society.

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Megha Mohan
Megha Mohan

Megha Mohan is a British journalist and the BBC’s first global gender and identity correspondent, a role she took on in 2018. She reports on women’s rights, LGBTQ+ communities, race, and ethnicity for BBC audiences around the world. Her investigative journalism has explored subjects ranging from access to abortion medication in Honduras to gender roles in North Korea and the global industry surrounding romantic relationships. In 2023, she travelled with Michelle Obama, Amal Clooney, and Melinda French Gates for a BBC World Service documentary examining child marriage in Malawi. Mohan was named among Progress 1000’s most influential storytellers and has advised on guidelines for reporting sensitively on domestic violence. She is also the co-founder of Second Source, a network supporting women journalists from underrepresented backgrounds. In Herlands, she combines her journalistic experience with personal family history to investigate women’s communities and alternative models of social organization.

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2026
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Megha Mohan