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Women of Wrestling
WOW – Women Of Wrestling, an all-female American pro wrestling promotion founded in 2000 by GLOW creator David McLane and co-owned by Jeanie Buss; relaunched 2012, aired on AXS TV from 2019, CBS syndication from 2022, Paramount-distributed, Las Vegas-based Season 4.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) is Pedro Almodóvar's 1988 Spanish comedy about abandoned actress Pepa, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas, an Oscar-nominated, five-Goya international breakthrough.
Women playwrights in the anglophone theatre
Women playwrights in the anglophone theater are the women who have written plays for English-language stages from the Restoration to the present, from Aphra Behn onward.
Women riders movement
The women riders movement is the organized effort by women motorcyclists to ride, gather, and compete on their own terms, beginning with the Motor Maids club in 1940.
Women Talking (film)
Women Talking (2022) is Sarah Polley's drama adapted from Miriam Toews's 2018 novel about Mennonite women in an isolated colony deciding to stay, fight, or leave after systematic drugging and rape; it won the 2023 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Women Talking (novel)
Women Talking is Miriam Toews' 2018 novel about eight Mennonite women in a Bolivian-style colony deciding whether to stay or leave after rapes by community men, told as minutes taken by August Epp; adapted by Sarah Polley in 2022.
Women theatre directors
Women theater directors are women who stage theatrical productions; Broadway's share of women directors peaked at thirteen percent in 1950, then fell to zero by 1955.
Women Wearing Shoulder Pads
Women Wearing Shoulder Pads (Mujeres con hombreras) is Adult Swim's first Spanish-language series, a stop-motion adult comedy melodrama created by Gonzalo Cordova with Cinema Fantasma, set in 1980s Quito, Ecuador, following Marioneta Negocios's campaign to promote guinea pigs as pets; premiered August 17, 2025, eight 11-minute episodes, Metacritic 88.
Women who have sex with women
Women who have sex with women (WSW, or WSWM when also with men) is a behavioral sexual-health category, not an identity. Key facts: low presumed risk is unwarranted, female-to-female HIV transmission is rare, BV and trichomonas are common, and cervical screening is routine.
Women's 3000 metres speed skating at the Winter Olympics
The women's 3000 meters speed skating is a Winter Olympics event first held at Squaw Valley in 1960 and won most recently by Italy's Francesca Lollobrigida in 2026.
Women's 5000 metres in Olympic speed skating
The women's 5000 meters is an Olympic speed skating event first run at Calgary 1988, where Yvonne van Gennip won; Claudia Pechstein holds three titles and Irene Schouten set the record of 6:43.51 in 2022.
Women's and Children's Hospital
Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide: South Australia's major tertiary hospital for women and children, formed 1989 from the Adelaide Children's and Queen Victoria hospitals; largest maternity service; $3.2b replacement planned.
Women's Army Corps
The Women's Army Corps (WAC), earlier the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), was the U.S. Army's women's corps from 1942 to 1978, giving over 150,000 WWII women soldiers full military status before 1978 integration.
Women's Asia Cup
Women's Asia Cup: ACC women's cricket championship since 2004, ODI then T20I from 2012. India has won 8 of 10 titles; Bangladesh 2018, Sri Lanka 2024; 2026 in Dubai, India beat Sri Lanka by 72 runs.
Women's association football
Women's association football: the women's game under FIFA's 200+ member associations, 16.6m organised players, 2bn 2023 World Cup audience; shaped by 1921–1971 bans, now professionalising with USD 110m World Cup prize money and equal-pay deals.
Women's association football leagues outside Europe
Women's association football leagues outside Europe are the top-flight domestic competitions of Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania, where professionalisation remains uneven despite growing investment.
Women's baseball
Women's baseball: baseball played by female athletes, distinct from softball. Key facts: Vassar team 1866, AAGPBL 1943-1954, WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup since 2004 (Japan dominant), WPBL US pro league from 2026.
Women's Baseball World Cup
The Women's Baseball World Cup is the WBSC's premier international tournament for women's national baseball teams, held since 2004. The United States won the first two editions; Japan has won every title since 2008, seven straight through 2024.
Women's basketball
Women's basketball, also known as women's hoops, is basketball as played by women, first played in 1892 and now spanning the WNBA, NCAA college play, and FIBA international tournaments.
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (WBHOF) is a museum and hall of fame in Knoxville, Tennessee, honoring both men and women for contributions to women's basketball since 1999.
Women's Battalion
The Women's Battalion of Death (1-й Женский батальон смерти) was Russia's first all-female combat unit, formed in May 1917 under the Provisional Government by Maria Bochkareva to shame deserting male soldiers; it fought at Krevo in July 1917 and defended the Winter Palace in October.
Women's Big Bash League
Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), Australian women's Twenty20 cricket competition run by Cricket Australia; launched 2015-16 with eight clubs mirroring the men's Big Bash; Melbourne Renegades are defending champions.
Women's British Open
Women's British Open (AIG Women's Open), women's golf major first played 1976 at Fulford, LPGA major since 2001, run by The R&A with AIG title sponsor since 2019; 2026 purse $10 million, 50th edition won by Shiho Kuwaki.
Women's Candidates Tournament 2026
FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament 2026, held 28 March to 16 April in Pegeia, Cyprus; eight players, double round-robin. Vaishali Rameshbabu won with 8.5/14 to earn a Women's World Championship match against Ju Wenjun.
Women's Charter
The Women's Charter 1961 is the principal Singapore statute governing non-Muslim marriage, divorce, maintenance, and family protection; passed in 1961, it introduced monogamous marriage and remains the core of Singapore family law.
Women's Chess World Cup
FIDE Women's World Cup, knockout chess tournament for female players in the Women's World Championship cycle; 103 players in 2025 in Batumi, won by Divya Deshmukh over Koneru, with three Candidates qualification places.
Women's Clásico
The Women's Clásico is the fixture between FC Barcelona Femení and Real Madrid Femenino, first played on October 4, 2020, with Barcelona winning 27 of the first 28 meetings.
Women's College World Series
Women's College World Series (WCWS): the eight-team final of the NCAA Division I softball championship, held at Devon Park in Oklahoma City with double-elimination play and a best-of-three final; Texas won the 2025 and 2026 titles.
Women's colleges in the United States
Women's colleges in the United States, historically women's colleges, are higher education institutions founded to educate women. From Vassar (1865) to 31 remaining colleges in 2022, with declining enrollment, coeducation waves, and evolving transgender admission policies.
Women's cricket at the 2023 SEA Games
Women's cricket at the 2023 SEA Games (32nd SEA Games, Phnom Penh): 50-over, T20, T10, and six-a-side women's tournaments at AZ Group Cricket Oval; Thailand won the 50-over and T20 golds, Indonesia the six-a-side.