1) Reverse Crunch - knees bent, hands placed beside your hips flat on the floor, bring your knees towards your chin while exhaling. Your hips should come off the floor and slowly lower your feet to just above floor level. Do 15-20 reps.
2) Side (Plank) Bridge - lie on your side so that your body is rigid and straight. Lift and hold yourself up so that the only contact points on the floor are your hand and the near side of your foot. Hold this position for 20-30 seconds. Can be done with forearm touching floor also.
3) Front Bridge - Lie face down so that your body is rigid and straight. Lift and hold yourself so that the only contact points on the floor are both hands and both sets of toes. Can be done with both forearms touching floor also. Hold this position for 20-30 seconds.
4) Split Jump - Stand in a lunge position with one leg half way in front of the other, arms at your sides. Bend at the knees until your back leg almost touches the floor, then swing your arms forward and jump as high as you can. While in the air, switch leg positions so that you can land softly with the other leg in front. Repeat for 8 to 12 reps.
5) Push-ups; or if you are a beginner try the kneeling push-up (push up position but with your knees on the floor)
Bodyweight exercises for women can be adjusted as the fitness level improves. As your body fat decreases and strength improves, adjust the exercises to make it more challenging. For example, you can change the kneeling push-up to the same push-up from your toes. Or if you want to make it more difficult, why not adjust the position of your hands to continuously advance your muscle strength.
Regardless what you are training for, bodyweight exercises are very effective to burn body fat - either as an addition to your regular workout or even as a workout all by itself.
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