"I enjoy challenging unjust laws, especially where this makes significant and positive changes in people's lives.”
Kaajal is a human rights lawyer. She is the Executive director of the South African Litigation Center, a regional non-governmental body that uses public interest ...read more
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“Feminism, for me, is this comprehensive form of struggling against oppression and building up a world where we are all equal as human beings with the same value, the same importance and the same presence in this world.”
Human rights activist. Charo is an Afro-Colombian human rights defender ...read more
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“Too often we see support going to the same people —instead of to women on the ground who are doing the real work.”
Researcher and social entrepreneur. Kholoud is a researcher and consultant at CanDo International, a non-profit social enterprise empowering local humanitarians ...read more
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“The only compensation any activist should expect is posterity. Fight for others because others fought for you.”
Social activist and blogger. Farida has been a fearless advocate for democracy and human rights in Togo since she was a teenager. Through over 300 articles written ...read more
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence starts Saturday! Over the next two weeks we will be profiling extraordinary women activists working for bold action around the world!
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"Women have borne the burden of the war, they have fought throughout their lives, and they have held the social fabric together. They must have a say in designing the new future for Sri Lanka."
Nimalka Fernando is a lawyer and social activist. She is the president of the International Movement ...read more
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“For every 5% increase of women’s political representation in parliament, their country is five times less likely to engage in conflict when faced with international crisis. I am driven because I really want our world to be better, and for humanity to evolve.”
Tanya Henderson is the Founder and ...read more
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Editor's note: Our interview with Ms. Zapata has been divided into two parts. The first focuses on the work she does to abolish FGM and can be found here. The second looks more broadly at her role as a leader for women in her community.
Solani Zapata acts on the Risaralda Indigenous Regional ...read more
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Editor's note: Our interview of Solani Zapata has been divided into two parts. The first focuses on the work she does to abolish FGM. The second looks more broadly at her role as a leader for women in her community and can be found here.
The Emberá are an indigenous group in Colombia and Panama ...read more
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“In Somalia, I want to see peace. I want to see justice. I want to see a rule of law and good policy for women and their rights. I want protection for women to be taken seriously, and I want to see this in my lifetime.”
Fartuun Adan grew up in Somalia and lived there through the war until 1999 ...read more
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“I hope to make people remember all that the forest has given us, and that it is our responsibility to protect it.”
Mariamah “Mayi” Achmad, based in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, is the Palung Foundation’s Coordinator for Environment Awareness Education, and runs the organization Sekolah Lahan ...read more
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“Who inspires me? All the unknown female journalists working inside Syria right now that no one knows about.”
Milia Eidmouni is a freelance journalist who left Damascus for Jordan in 2013 due to political pressure. Together with her colleague Rula Asad, she founded the Syrian Female Journalists ...read more
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