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Herlands: Lessons From Societies Where Women Make the Rules

Megha Mohan

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.

2026