Herlands

A landmark exploration of women-led communities worldwide and what they can teach us about new ways to live, from BBC global correspondent Megha Mohan.

'An inspiration for the future' GLORIA STEINEM
'Essential reading' VOGUE
'The best of journalism' LYSE DOUCET
'Fascinating' STYLIST
'Refreshing, intelligent... this book gives me hope' AFUA HIRSCH

Society isn’t working for women – or any of us. But what if the rules where different?

Imagine a world built on an entirely different idea of power. A world where women work together to shape their societies and their futures. In reality, women’s communities have always existed and continue to thrive. In this vital and groundbreaking book, Megha Mohan goes in search of their roots, discovering a vibrant global history. She also takes us into today’s women-led spaces, where women live on their own terms.

Through extensive research, exclusive first-hand reporting and inspired by her great-grandmother’s own matrilineal community in South India, Mohan introduces us to fascinating and diverse groups of women. From the controversial feminist online trolls of South Korea to older women co-housing in Paris and North London and the Rain Queens of South Africa, this is a truly global look at women's community. Herlands shows the power and possibility of new ways of living – and leading – for us all.