Twenty-four-year-old Iranian activist Yasaman Aryani has been unjustly imprisoned since April simply for removing her hijab in public. She now faces a 16 year sentence.
On March 8th, 2019, International Women’s Day, 24-year-old Yasaman Aryani, her mother, and another woman walked into a ...read more
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"They talk like we have a migration crisis, but for me, we actually have a responsibility crisis."
Muzna Dureid is a major multi-hyphenate. She is a Syrian activist and women’s rights defender, the creator of campaigns such as Women Refugees Not Captives, the Indigenous – Refugees movement, and a ...read more
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Activist, grad student and former tailor, Louise McGowan, grew up in Belfast towards the end of the Troubles. Living in Northern Ireland throughout the peace process inspired a keen interest in human rights, justice and equality that ultimately ended her career as a tailor. Sick of working for rich ...read more
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"I am invested in centering African women and the liberation of Africa as a continent, and I want to focus on creating a space for young feminists to be heard, seen and understood."
Judicaelle Irakoze has called herself “ungovernable,” “disruptive” and an “Afro-political ...read more
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Journalist, activist and student Shroq Al-Qaesemi has never stood on the sidelines. She started recording and photographing the war in Yemen using just her phone. Forced to leave the country, she remains as active as ever to advocate for a Yemeni peace process that includes women. Shroq is a ...read more
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence starts today! As the global climate strikes have demonstrated, 2019 has been the year of youth movements. Over the next two weeks we are profiling 16 resourceful, rebellious, and completely remarkable young women activists speaking truth to power and ...read more
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Photo by JEEHYUN KWON.
“What I do is deeply meaningful. The small people, the little people, hand in hand, pooling our efforts – we changed history!”
Wang Xuan began her career as an English teacher and linguist, but her life’s work has been the heroic crusade that exposed a World War II war ...read more
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"I have also learned that the word impossible is a lie. Nothing is impossible if you are driven by love and invest yourself fully. Hate will never have the last word. Not as long as we practice love."
Marguerite "Maggy" Barankitse is an acclaimed activist from Burundi and founder of Maison Shalom, ...read more
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It’s rare that policy analysts—wielding only data and research—become as influential or as beloved as Kate McInturff.
But Kate had the rare ability to crunch numbers, and then translate her findings into crystal-clear analysis that made you understand the big picture—and want to take action to ...read more
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“We have to stop putting youth alone into forums with other youth who already know what the issues are and agree with one another. We have to put youth into spaces with people who disagree with them, even if it’s not a topic that’s related to young people, because all topics are related to young ...read more
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“We care about Yemen. So, we empower Yemeni women. And they empower Yemen.”
For Hana Saleh, a nurse in the capital city of Sanaa, the 2011 peaceful revolution in Yemen was a turning point in her life. She spent months with other youth leaders and protesters, in what would come ...read more
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“I really think that women have the capacity, the will and the wisdom to come up with ideas that are different from men.”
Aiyoung Choi was born in what is today North Korea, moved to Seoul in today’s South Korea, and grew up in China, Taiwan and Japan before moving to the ...read more
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