100 Women
Status	Active
Frequency	Annually
Years active	11 in 2023
Inaugurated	22 October 2013 (2013-10-22)
Most recent	November 2023 (2023-11)
Website	100 Women

100 Women is a BBC multi-format series established in 2013. The annual series examines the role of women in the 21st century and has included events in London^[1] and Mexico.^[2][3] Announcement of the list is the start of an international "BBC's women season", lasting three weeks including broadcast, online reports, debates and journalism on the topic of women.^[4] Women around the world are encouraged to participate via Twitter and comment on the list, as well as on the interviews and debates that follow release of the list.^[5]

History edit

After the 2012 Delhi gang rape, then BBC Controller Liliane Landor,^[6] BBC editor Fiona Crack^[7] and other journalists, were inspired to create a series focusing on the issues and achievements of women in society today.^[8] They felt that many of the issues women faced were not getting in-depth coverage, and in March 2013 a "flood of feedback from female listeners" was received by the BBC to the effect that the corporation should provide more "content from and about women."^[9]

The BBC launched this series in 2013 to address the under-representation of women in the media.^[8][10] Women to participate in the first programme were chosen by survey in 26 different language services.^[9] Programming ran over the course of a month, culminating in a conference held on 25 October, in which 100 women from across the world discussed issues they shared. A wide range of topics were debated covering employment challenges, feminism, motherhood, and religion,^[11] to examine both the cultural and social challenges women faced in living their lives.^[12]

The series has since covered many topics, including education, healthcare, equal pay, genital mutilation, domestic violence, and sexual abuse^[13] and seeks to provide women with a platform to discuss how to improve the world and eliminate sexism.^[14] Women included on the list are from around the globe, and involved in diverse fields of endeavour.^[15] Women who are already famous are included, as well as people who are less known.^[16][17]

Laureates edit

2023 edit

The 2023 list was released on 21 November and it included 21 women involved with climate change. The laureates included the Indian cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur, Aitana Bonmatí, Michelle Obama, Amal Clooney, Timnit Gebru, Trần Gấm and Huda Kattan. The list was subdivided into four categories: Culture & Education, Entertainment & Sport, Politics & Advocacy and Science, Health & Tech, with 28 of the laureates dubbed climate pioneers (shown as green rows below).^[18]

Politics & Advocacy edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Maryam Al-Khawaja	Bahrain (also a citizen of  Denmark)	Human rights campaigner, board member of Civicus and the International Service for Human Rights
	Shamsa Araweelo	Somalia (also a citizen of the  UK)	Anti-FGM campaigner
	Yasmina Benslimane	Morocco	Founder of Politics4Her and gender equality campaigner
	Yael Braudo-Bahat	Israel	Peace activist and co-director at Women Wage Peace
	Alicia Cahuiya	Ecuador	Indigenous rights activist
	Amal Clooney	Lebanon (also a citizen of the  UK)	Human rights lawyer
	Dehenna Davison	UK	Member of Parliament
	Christiana Figueres	Costa Rica	Diplomat and climate policy negotiator with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
	Bella Galhos	East Timor	Political activist and LGBTQ+ rights advocate
	Rina Gonoi[19]	Japan	Former military officer and anti-sexual harassment activist
	Sonia Guajajara	Brazil	State minister for native peoples and indigenous rights campaigner
	Renita Holmes	USA	Housing rights campaigner
	Nataša Kandić	Serbia	Lawyer and human rights activist. Founder of the Humanitarian Law Center
	Rukshana Kapali	Nepal	Housing rights campaigner and transgender human rights activist
	Sofia Kosachyova	Russia	Firefighter
	Monica McWilliams	UK	Former politician and peace negotiator during the Good Friday Agreement talks. Co-founder of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
	Najla Mohamed-Lamin	Western Sahara	Women's rights and climate activist in the Saharawi refugee camps
	Ulanda Mtamba	Malawi	Campaigner against child marriage
	Tamar Museridze	Georgia	Investigative journalist
	Neema Namadamu	Democratic Republic of Congo	Disability rights campaigner
	Michelle Obama	USA	Attorney, author and campaigner
	Sepideh Rashnu[20]	Iran	Writer and artist
	Bernadette Smith	Canada	Advocate for families of missing indigenous women and girls. Co-founder of Drag the Red
	Iryna Stavchuk	Ukraine	Climate policy adviser at the European Climate Foundation
	Gloria Steinem	USA	Feminist leader and co-founder of Ms. magazine
	Summia Tora	Afghanistan	Refugee rights campaigner
	Xu Zaozao	China	Egg freezing campaigner. Advocate for single women's reproductive rights and bodily autonomy

Entertainment & Sport edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Aitana Bonmatí	Spain	Footballer, winner of the Ballon d'Or and former UEFA player of the year
	Antinisca Cenci	Italy	Equestrian vaulter
	Andreza Delgado	Brazil	Curator and cultural manager. Co-founder of PerifaCon
	Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi	Indonesia	Speed climber
	America Ferrera	USA	Actor and Latino rights advocate
	Anne Grall	France	Comedian
	Georgia Harrison	UK	TV personality. Anti-revenge porn campaigner
	Harmanpreet Kaur	India	Cricketer
	Dayeon Lee	South Korea	Climate change campaigner for Kpop4Planet
	Justina Miles	USA	Deaf performer
	Dia Mirza	India	Actor. Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme and a board member of the Sanctuary Nature Foundation
	Zandile Ndhlovu	South Africa	Freediving instructor
	Alice Oseman	UK	Award-winning author, illustrator and screenwriter
	Paramida	Germany	DJ and music producer
	Camila Pirelli	Paraguay	Olympic heptathlete and EcoAthlete Champion
	Aziza Sbaity	Lebanon	Sprinter
	Khine Hnin Wai	Myanmar	Actor and activist
	Bianca Williams	UK	Athlete

Culture & Education edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Afroze-Numa	Pakistan	Shepherdess
	Hosai Ahmadzai	Afghanistan	TV presenter on Shamshad TV
	Esi Buobasa	Ghana	Fishmonger
	Chila Kumari Burman	UK	Artist
	Paulina Chiziane	Mozambique	Writer. Winner of the Camões Prize
	Susanne Etti	Australia	Sustainable tourism expert
	Licia Fertz	Italy	Anti-ageism, feminism and LGBTQ+ activist
	Jannatul Ferdous	Bangladesh	Burns survivor, film-maker, writer and disability rights campaigner
	Natalia Idrisova	Tajikistan	Green energy consultant
	Vee Kativhu	Zimbabwe (also a citizen of the  UK)	Content creator and YouTuber
	Huda Kattan	USA	Founder of Huda Beauty
	Sophia Kianni	USA	Student and social entrepreneur
	Arati Kumar-Rao	India	Photographer
	Louise Mabulo	Philippines	Farmer and entrepreneur. Recognised by the United Nations Environment Programme as a Young Champion of the Earth
	Marijeta Mojašević	Montenegro	Disability rights activist
	Sarah Ott	USA	School teacher and climate change ambassador with the National Center for Science Education
	Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo[21]	UK (citizen of  India)	Bhikṣuṇī buddhist nun
	Lala Pasquinelli	Argentina	Artist, lawyer, poet, lesbian and feminist activist
	Jess Pepper	UK	Founder of Climate Café and fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
	Matcha Phorn-in	Thailand	Campaigner for indigenous and LGBTQ+ rights
	Carolina Díaz Pimentel	Peru	Journalist specialising in neurodivergence and mental health coverage
	Shairbu Sagynbaeva	Kyrgyzstan	Co-founder of For Life sewing shop
	Daria Serenko	Russia	Poet, writer and political activist. Member of Feminist Anti-War resistance
	Kera Sherwood-O'Regan	New Zealand	Indigenous rights and disability advocate
	Sagarika Sriram	United Arab Emirates	Educator and climate adviser
	Clara Elizabeth Fragoso Ugarte	Mexico	Truck driver
	Oksana Zabuzhko	Ukraine	Writer

Science, Health & Tech edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Basima Abdulrahman	Iraq	Green building entrepreneur
	Bayang	China	Diarist and sustainability advocate
	Amina Al-Bish	Syria	Volunteer rescue worker with the Syria Civil Defence
	Rumaitha Al Busaidi	Oman	Scientist
	Sara Al-Saqqa	Palestine	General surgeon
	Susan Chomba	Kenya	Scientist and director at the World Resources Institute
	Leanne Cullen-Unsworth	UK	Marine scientist
	Canan Dagdeviren[22][23]	Turkey	Scientist and inventor
	Izabela Dłużyk	Poland	Sound recordist
	Marcela Fernández	Colombia	Expedition guide
	Anamaría Font Villarroel	Venezuela	Particle physicist
	Trần Gấm	Vietnam	Biogas business owner
	Timnit Gebru	Ethiopia (citizen of  USA)	AI expert
	Claudia Goldin	USA	Economist and recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics
	Anna Huttunen	Finland	Carbon impact tech expert
	Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka	Uganda	Veterinarian and conservationist. Founder of Conservation Through Public Health. Recognised by the United Nations Environment Programme as a Champion of the Earth in 2021
	Sonia Kastner	USA	Wildfire detection tech developer
	Astrid Linder	Sweden	Professor of traffic safety
	Neha Mankani	Pakistan	Midwife
	Wanjira Mathai	Kenya	Environmental adviser. Former leader of the Green Belt Movement. Managing director for Africa & Global Partnerships at the World Resources Institute and adviser to the Clean Cooking Alliance and the European Climate Foundation
	Isabel Farías Meyer	Chile	Journalist and early menopause campaigner
	Natalie Psaila	Malta	Medical doctor
	Olena Rozvadovska	Ukraine	Children's rights advocate
	Sumini	Indonesia	Forest manager
	Fabiola Trejo	Mexico	Social psychologist
	Jennifer Uchendu	Nigeria	Mental health advocate. Founder of SustyVibes
	Qiyun Woo	Singapore	Storyteller and environmentalist
	Elham Youssefian	Iran (citizen of  USA)	Human rights lawyer, adviser on climate and adviser on disability to the International Disability Alliance

2022 edit

The list for 2022 was released on 6 December. Women included this year were Olena Zelenska of Ukraine, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, the singer Billie Eilish, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Selma Blair, Lina Abu Akleh, Alla Pugacheva, Elnaz Rekabi and Yulimar Rojas. The list was subdivided into four categories: Culture & Sport, Activism & Advocacy, Politics & Education and Health & Science.^[24]

Politics & Education edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Maeen Al-Obaidi	Yemen	Lawyer and mediator
	Fatima Amiri	Afghanistan	Student
	Nathalie Becquart	France (also a citizen of the  Vatican City)	Nun in the Congregation of Xavières and first ever female Undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops.
	Taisia Bekbulatova	Russia	Journalist. Founder of the independent media outlet Holod
	Kristina Berdynskykh	Ukraine	Journalist
	María Fernanda Castro Maya	Mexico	Disability rights advocate
	Chanel[25] Contos	Australia	Sexual consent activist
	Eva Copa	Bolivia	Politician and mayor of El Alto of Aymara descent
	Joy Ezeilo	Nigeria	Law professor and former United Nations special rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons
	Ibijoke Faborode	Nigeria	Founder of ElectHER
	Erika Hilton	Brazil	Politician and campaigner for black and LGBT rights. The first black trans woman ever elected to a seat in the National Congress of Brazil
	Park Ji-hyun	South Korea	Political reformer
	Zahra Joya	Afghanistan	Journalist and founder of Rukhshana Media
	Ursula von der Leyen	Germany	First ever female President of the European Commission
	Naomi Long	Northern Ireland (uses a  UK passport)	Politician and former Lord Mayor of Belfast
	Ayesha Malik	Pakistan	First female judge on the Supreme Court of Pakistan
	Zara Mohammadi	Iran	Kurdish language educator
	Mia Mottley	Barbados	First female Prime Minister of Barbados
	Sepideh Qoliyan	Iran	Political campaigner and workers’ rights advocate
	Roza Salih	Iraq (active in  Scotland,  UK)	Politician and member of activist group the Glasgow Girls
	Simone Tebet	Brazil	Member of the Brazilian Federal Senate
	Kisanet Tedros	Eritrea	Educational entrepreneur and Tigrinyan digital content creator
	Cheng Yen	Taiwan	Buddhist philanthropist, founder of the Tzu Chi humanitarian organisation
	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe	Iran (also a citizen of the  UK)	Charity worker
	Olena Zelenska	Ukraine	Incumbent First Lady, architect and screenwriter

Culture & Sport edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Dima Aktaa	Syria	Refugee and parathlete
	Zar Amir Ebrahimi	Iran	Actor and founder of Alambic Productions
	Selma Blair	USA	Actor and multiple sclerosis awareness campaigner
	Ona Carbonell	Spain	Olympic medal winning synchronised swimmer
	Sarah Chan	South Sudan	NBA scout and former professional basketball player. Advocate for education and sports
	Priyanka Chopra	India	Actor and producer. UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, campaigning for children's rights and education for girls
	Billie Eilish	USA	Singer and songwriter
	Ons Jabeur	Tunisia	Tennis player
	Sneha Jawale	India	Social worker
	Reema Juffali	Saudi Arabia	Racing driver and founder of Theeba Motorsport
	Kadri Keung	Hong Kong	Fashion designer
	Mie Kyung (Miky) Lee	South Korea	Producer, architect of KCON music festival and vice-chair of CJ ENM
	Laura McAllister	Wales UK	Professor and former footballer. LGBTQ+ sports ambassador
	Milli	Thailand	Rap artist
	Rita Moreno	Puerto Rico USA	EGOT winning actor
	Salima Rhadia Mukansanga	Rwanda	Football referee
	Alla Pugacheva	Russia	Musician
	Elnaz Rekabi	Iran	Climber, appeared at the Asian Championships without a hijab in violation of Iranian law and was arrested as her action was interpreted by the Iranian government as a silent protest against the law in the context of feminist protesters in Iran at the time
	Yulimar Rojas	Venezuela	Olympic medal winning triple jumper and LGBTQ+ rights advocate
	Sally Scales	Australia	Pitjantjatjaran artist
	Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah	Ghana	Writer and feminist activist
	Geetanjali Shree	India	Author and winner of the International Booker Prize
	Alexandra Skochilenko	Russia	Artist, imprisoned by the Russian government for protesting against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
	Velia Vidal	Colombia	Writer and El Chocó cultural and education campaigner
	Esraa Warda	Algeria USA	Dancer and proponent of raï,a grassroots genre historically associated with social protest

Activism & Advocacy edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Lina Abu Akleh	Palestine	Human rights advocate
	Velmariri Bambari	Indonesia	Activist and women's rights campaigner
	Tarana Burke	USA	Activist. Started the MeToo movement.
	Sanjida Islam Choya	Bangladesh	Student
	Heidi Crowter	UK	Disability rights campaigner with an emphasis on Down syndrome
	Sandya Eknelygoda	Sri Lanka	Human rights activist
	Gohar Eshghi	Iran	Civil activist and Iranian Complainant Mother
	Ceci Flores	Mexico	Activist and member of the Madres Buscadoras de Sonora collective
	Geraldina Guerra Garcés	Ecuador	Women's rights and anti-femicide activist
	Moud Goba	UK	Refugee and LGBTQ+ rights activist. Founding member of UK Black Pride
	Women cutting their hair	Iran	Group protesting against Iranian laws against women, (especially the law mandating that women wear a hijab at all times) and against its restrictive laws and theocratic government in general
	Gehad Hamdy	Egypt	Dentist and humanitarian
	Judith Heumann	USA	Disability rights advocate
	Jebina Yasmin Islam	UK	Campaigner for women's safety
	Layli (pseudonym)	Iran	Protester
	Hadizatou Mani	Niger	Anti-slavery campaigner
	Oleksandra Matviichuk	Ukraine	Human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist at the Center for Civil Liberties. Helps Ukraine document proof of Russian atrocities resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
	Narges Mohammadi	Iran	Journalist and human rights campaigner. Vice-president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center
	Tamana Zaryab Paryani	Afghanistan	Human rights activist
	Alice Pataxó	Brazil	Indigenous rights activist and climate campaigner
	Roya Piraei	Iran	Kurdish rights activist
	Yuliia Sachuk	Ukraine	Disability rights advocate
	Suvada Selimović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Peace campaigner
	Efrat Tilma	Israel	Transgender volunteer and LGBTQ+ activist
	Zhou Xiaoxuan	China	Feminist activist

Health & Science edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Aye Nyein Thu	Myanmar	Medical doctor
	Sirisha Bandla	India	Aeronautical engineer
	Victoria Baptiste	USA	Nurse and vaccine educator. WHO Goodwill Ambassador for cervical cancer elimination
	Niloufar Bayani	Iran	Ecologist and programme manager at the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation
	Sandy Cabrera Arteaga	Honduras	Sexual and reproductive rights advocate
	Samrawit Fikru	Ethiopia	Tech entrepreneur
	Wegahta Gebreyohannes Abera	Ethiopia	Humanitarian aid worker
	Dilek Gürsoy	Germany	Heart surgeon
	Sofía Heinonen	Argentina	Conservationist
	Kimiko Hirata	Japan	Climate change activist. Recipient of Goldman Environmental Prize
	Judy Kihumba	Kenya	Sign language interpreter
	Marie Christina Kolo	Madagascar	Climate entrepreneur and ecofeminist
	Iryna Kondratova	Ukraine	Paediatrician at the Kharkiv Regional Perinatal Centre
	Asonele Kotu	South Africa	Tech entrepreneur
	Erika Liriano	Dominican Republic	Cocoa entrepreneur.
	Naja Lyberth	Greenland	Psychologist and trauma therapist
	Nigar Marf	Iraq	Nurse
	Monica Musonda	Zambia	Businesswoman and nutrition advocate
	Ifeoma Ozoma	USA	Public policy and tech specialist
	Yuliia Paievska	Ukraine	Paramedic and founder of Taira's Angels
	Jane Rigby	USA	Astronomer and astrophysicist. Advocate for equity and inclusion in STEM
	Ainura Sagyn	Kyrgyzstan	Computer engineer and ecofeminist
	Monica Simpson	USA	Reproductive justice activist. Executive director of SisterSong
	Maryna Viazovska	Ukraine	Mathematician. Winner of the Fields Medal
	Yana Zinkevych	Ukraine	Politician, front-line medical volunteer and military veteran

2021 edit

The 2021 list was published on 7 December with special focus on Afghanistan. The year's keyword is reset, covering women who have contributed to "playing their part to reinvent our society, our culture and our world". The list was subdivided into four categories: Culture & Education, Entertainment & Sport, Politics & Activism and Science & Health, with half the total laureates being Afghan.^[26]

Not everyone's real name was used for their safety; pseudonymised laureates are marked in the table below with an asterisk.

Culture & Education edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Lima Aafshid	Afghanistan	Poet and writer
	Oluyemi Adetiba-Orija[27]	Nigeria	Lawyer and founder of the all-women law firm Headfort Foundation
	Rada Akbar	Afghanistan	Artist
	Catherine Corless	Ireland	Local historian
	Pashtana Durrani	Afghanistan	Teacher, founder and executive director of Learn Afghanistan
	Saeeda Etebari	Afghanistan	Jewellery designer
	Sahar Fetrat	Afghanistan	Feminist activist, writer and film-maker
	Melinda French Gates	United States	Philanthropist and businesswoman
	Saghi Ghahraman	Iran	Poet and co-founder the Iranian Queer Organization
	Angela Ghayour	Afghanistan	Teacher and founder of The Herat Online School
	Najlla Habibyar	Afghanistan	Entrepreneur
	Shamsia Hassani	Afghanistan	Street artist
	Mugdha Kalra	India	Autism-rights activist and co-founder of Not That Different
	Freshta Karim	Afghanistan	Children's-rights activist and founder of Charmaghz mobile library
	Aliya Kazimy	Afghanistan	Educator
	Baroness Helena Kennedy QC	United Kingdom	Director, International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute
	Iman Le Caire	Egypt	Contemporary dancer, choreographer and LGBTQ+ activist. Founder, Trans Asylias
	Depelsha Thomas McGruder	United States	Founder of Moms of Black Boys United, COO of the Ford Foundation
	Fahima Mirzaie	Afghanistan	Whirling-dervish dancer
	Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie[27]	Nigeria	Writer
	Lynn Ngugi[27]	Kenya	Journalist
	Rehana Popal	Afghanistan	Barrister
	*Rohila	Afghanistan	Schoolgirl
	Alba Rueda	Argentina	Trans activist
	Elif Shafak	France	Novelist and advocate for women's and LGBTQ+ rights
	Anisa Shaheed	Afghanistan	Journalist
	Mina Smallman	United Kingdom	Priest and educator
	Barbara Smolińska	Poland	Founder of Reborn Sugar Babies
	Adelaide Lala Tam	China	Artist and food designer
	Vera Wang	United States	Fashion designer
	Malala Yousafzai	Pakistan	Nobel Peace Prize laureate, co-founder of the Malala Fund and girls’ education activist

Entertainment & Sport edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Halima Aden	Kenya	Humanitarian and former model. UNICEF ambassador for children's rights.
	Leena Alam	Afghanistan	Actor and human-rights activist
	Sevda Altunoluk	Turkey	Professional goalball player and Paralympic champion
	Nilofar Bayat	Afghanistan	Wheelchair basketball player and advocate for women with disabilities
	Carolina García	Argentina	Director, Netflix
	Ghawgha Taban	Afghanistan	Musician
	Chloé Lopes Gomes	France	Ballet dancer
	Tanya Muzinda[28]	Zimbabwe	Motocross champion
	*Razma	Afghanistan	Musician
	Roya Sadat	Afghanistan	Film-maker
	Shogufa Safi	Afghanistan	Orchestra conductor
	*Sahar	Afghanistan	Footballer
	Fatima Sultani	Afghanistan	Mountaineer and martial arts expert
	Nanfu Wang	China	Film-maker
	Ming-Na Wen	Macau ( China)	Actor
	Rebel Wilson	Australia	Actress, writer and producer

Politics & Activism edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Muqadasa Ahmadzai	Afghanistan	Social and political activist. Recipient of N-Peace award
	Abia Akram	Pakistan	Disability rights activist
	Dr Alema	Afghanistan	Philosopher, campaigner and women's-rights advocate
	Wahida Amiri	Afghanistan	Librarian and protester
	Natasha Asghar	United Kingdom	Member of the Welsh Senedd
	Marcelina Bautista	Mexico	Activist and union leader
	Crystal Bayat	Afghanistan	Social activist and human-rights advocate
	Razia Barakzai	Afghanistan	Protester
	Najla El Mangoush	United Kingdom  Libya	Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs
	Shila Ensandost	Afghanistan	Teacher and women's rights advocate
	Fatima Gailani	Afghanistan	Peace negotiator
	Momena Ibrahimi	Afghanistan	Policewoman
	Hoda Khamosh	Iran	Period campaigner, poet and journalist
	Elisa Loncón Antileo	Chile	President, Constitutional Convention
	*Maral	Afghanistan	Campaigner
	*Masouma	Afghanistan	Public prosecutor
	Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa	Samoa	Prime minister of the Independent State of Samoa
	Salima Mazari	Iran	Politician and former governor of Charkint district
	Amanda Nguyen	United States	Social entrepreneur, civil-rights activist and founder of Rise
	Basira Paigham	Afghanistan	Gender-equality and gender-minorities activist
	Monica Paulus	Papua New Guinea	Campaigner against sorcery accusation-related violence
	Manjula Pradeep	India	Lawyer and human-rights activist. Executive director of the Navsarjan Trust
	Halima Sadaf Karimi	Afghanistan	Campaigner for women's rights, politician and former MP
	Soma Sara	United Kingdom	Founder of Everyone's Invited
	Mahbouba Seraj	Afghanistan	Women's and children's rights activist. Founder, Afghan Women's Network
	*Ein Soe May	Myanmar	Pro-democracy activist
	Piper Stege Nelson	United States	Women's-rights activist and Public Strategies Officer at The Safe Alliance
	Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng[29]	Myanmar	Catholic nun
	Emma Theofelus	Namibia	Politician
	Benafsha Yaqoobi	Afghanistan	Disabled rights advocate
	Zala Zazai	Afghanistan	Policewoman

Science & Health edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Mónica Araya	Costa Rica	Emissions-free transportation advocate
	Zuhal Atmar	Afghanistan	Entrepreneur and founder of Gul-e-Mursal recycling
	Jos Boys	United Kingdom	Architect
	Faiza Darkhani	Afghanistan	Environmentalist and women's rights advocate
	Azmina Dhrodia	Canada	Safety policy lead at Bumble
	Jamila Gordon	Somalia	Chief Executive and founder of Lumachain
	Laila Haidari	Pakistan	Women's rights advocate and founder of Mother Camp, drug rehabilitation centre
	Zarlasht Halaimzai	Afghanistan	Co-founder and chief executive of Refugee Trauma Initiative
	Nasrin Husseini	Afghanistan	Veterinarian
	Amena Karimyan	Afghanistan	Astronomer
	Mia Krisna Pratiwi	Indonesia	Environmentalist and eco-activist
	Heidi Larson	United States	Anthropologist and Director of The Vaccine Confidence Project. Recipient of the Edinburgh Medal
	Sevidzem Ernestine Leikeki	Cameroon	Climate activist
	*Mahera	Afghanistan	Medical doctor
	Mulu Mesfin	Ethiopia	Nurse
	Mohadese Mirzaee	Afghanistan	Pilot
	Tlaleng Mofokeng	South Africa	Universal health access advocate and United Nations special rapporteur on the right to health
	Natalia Pasternak Taschner	Brazil	Microbiologist and science writer
	*Ruksana	Afghanistan	Surgeon
	Sara Wahedi	Afghanistan	Chief executive of Ehtesab
	Roshanak Wardak	Afghanistan	Gynaecologist and former Member of Parliament
	Yuma	Turkmenistan	Psychotherapist and LGBTQ+ activist

2020 edit

The 2020 list was described as "different" before it was scheduled to be announced on 24 November 2020,^[30] but it was released the day before. One name on the list was left blank as a tribute to the countless women around the world who had made sacrifices to help others. The list was subdivided into four categories: Knowledge, Leadership, Creativity and Identity.^[31]

Knowledge edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Rina Akter	Bangladesh	Bangladeshi sex worker turned humanitarian
	Sarah Al-Amiri	UAE	Chair, UAE Space Agency
	Adriana Albini	Italy	Pathologist and veteran fencer
	Nisreen Alwan	Iraq  United Kingdom	Health and wellbeing of women through public health
	Elizabeth Anionwu	United Kingdom	Sickle cell and thalassaemia nurse specialist
	Diana Barran	United Kingdom	Minister for Civil Society and founder of SafeLives, a national charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse
	Macinley Butson	Australia	Inventor
	Fang Fang	China	Writer
	Somaya Faruqi	Afghanistan	Robotics team leader
	Lauren Gardner	USA	Epidemiologist
	Iman Ghaleb Al-Hamli	Yemen	Manager of a women-run microgrid
	Sarah Gilbert	United Kingdom	Scientist who developed one of the COVID-19 vaccines
	Rebeca Gyumi	Tanzania	Lawyer and founder of girls' rights organization Msichana Initiative
	Jemimah Kariuki	Kenya	Doctor and creator of the free Wheels for Life ambulance service
	Safaa Kumari	Syria	Plant virologist
	Ishtar Lakhani	South Africa	Feminist activist
	Lucy Monaghan	United Kingdom	Campaigner against sexual violence
	Douce Namwezi N'Ibamba	DRC	Social entrepreneur, journalist and activist
	Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu	Uganda	Mental health programme developer
	Vernetta M Nay Moberly	United States	Iñupiaq environmental activist
	Sania Nishtar[33]	Pakistan	Global health leader
	Lorna Prendergast	Australia	Dementia researcher
	Susana Raffalli	Venezuela	Delivering nutrition to the malnourished
	Sapana Roka Magar[34]	Nepal	Crematorium technician
	Pardis Sabeti	Iran	Computational geneticist
	Febfi Setyawati	Indonesia	Activist, founder of Untukteman.id
	Ruth Shady	Peru	Archaeologist
	Kathy Sullivan	United States	Scientist and astronaut
	Rima Sultana Rimu	Bangladesh	Teacher and humanitarian activist working with Rohingya refugees
	Anastasia Volkova	Ukraine	Agricultural innovator. Founder of FluroSat
	Siouxsie Wiles[35]	UK	Scientist and public health communicator
	Yee-Sin Leo	Singapore	Doctor and research leader

Leadership edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Loza Abera Geinore	Ethiopia	Association footballer
	Christina Adane	Netherlands	Campaigner against injustices of food system (free school meals)
	Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr	Sierra Leone	Mayor of Freetown
	Ubah Ali	Somaliland	Advocate against female genital mutilation
	Nadeen Ashraf	Egypt	Advocate against sexual harassment
	Bilkis Dadi	India	Protest leader
	Evelina Cabrera	Argentina	Football coach and manager.
	Carolina Castro	Argentina	Advocate for gender equality
	Agnes Chow	Hong Kong	Pro-democracy activist
	Naomi Dickson	UK	Advocate for Jewish women and children suffering from domestic abuse
	Ilwad Elman	Somalia	Peace activist
	Jeong Eun-kyeong	South Korea	Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency commissioner, led COVID-19 response
	Maggie Gobran	Egypt	Coptic nun and child welfare advocate
	Deta Hedman	Jamaica	Darts champion
	Manasi Joshi	India	Para-badminton champion
	Salsabila Khairunnisa	Indonesia	Environmental campaigner and School Strike for Climate leader
	Claudia López Hernández	Colombia	Mayor of Bogotá
	Sanna Marin	Finland	Prime Minister of Finland
	Vanessa Nakate	Uganda	Climate activist
	Nemonte Nenquimo	Ecuador	Waorani activist
	Phyllis Omido	Kenya	Environmental activist. Winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize
	Ridhima Pandey	India	Climate activist
	Oksana Pushkina	Russia	Politician, member of the State Duma
	Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul	Thailand	Student activist
	Nasrin Sotoudeh	Iran	Lawyer and human rights activist
	Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya	Belarus	Exiled Belarus politician
	Arussi Unda	Mexico	Campaigner against femicide
	Aisha Yesufu[36]	Nigeria	Activist, co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign
	Gulnaz Zhuzbaeva	Kyrgyzstan	Disability activist

Creativity edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Houda Abouz[37]	Morocco	Rapper, women's rights and gender equality advocate
	Waad al-Kateab	Syria	Activist, journalist and filmmaker
	Tsitsi Dangarembga	Zimbabwe	Novelist and filmmaker
	Karen Dolva	Norway	Chief executive and co-founder of No Isolation
	Jane Fonda	United States	Actor and social activist
	Kiran Gandhi	United States	Singer, musician, and gender liberation activist
	Miho Imada	Japan	Master sake brewer
	Isaivani	India	Gaana singer and political campaigner
	Nadine Kaadan	France	Children's author and illustrator
	Mulenga Kapwepwe	Zambia	Artist and co-founder of the Zambian Women's History Museum
	Jackie Kay	United Kingdom	Playwright, novelist and national poet of Scotland
	Mahira Khan[33]	Pakistan	Actor and activist and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
	Angélique Kidjo	Benin	Musician and UNICEF ambassador
	Chu Kim Duc	Vietnam	Architect and child welfare activist
	Bulelwa Mkutukana[38]	South Africa	Singer songwriter
	Nandar	Myanmar	Feminist activist
	Ana Tijoux	France	Chilean hip hop protester
	Yulia Tsvetkova	Russia	Activist, political prisoner
	Kotchakorn Voraakhom	Thailand	Landscape architect
	Elin Williams	United Kingdom	Disability rights activist
	Michelle Yeoh	Malaysia	Actor and UN goodwill ambassador

Identity edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Muyesser Abdul'ehed (AKA Hendan)	China	Uyghur writer and language activist
	Erica Baker	Germany	Software engineer
	Cindy Bishop	Thailand	UN goodwill ambassador and model
	Wendy Beatriz Caishpal Jaco	El Salvador	Advocate for the rights of disabled people
	Patrisse Cullors	USA	Human rights activist. Co-founder and executive director of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation
	Shani Dhanda	UK	Disability activist
	Eileen Flynn	Ireland	Senator and social activist
	Alicia Garza	USA	Human rights activist. Co-creator of Black Lives Matter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network
	Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim[36]	Nigeria	LGBTQ film director and activist
	Gülsüm Kav	Turkey	Doctor, activist, co-founder of We Will Stop Femicide
	Josina Machel	Mozambique	Human rights activist
	Hayat Mirshad	Lebanon	Feminist activist, journalist, co-founder of Fe-Male collective
	Laleh Osmany	Afghanistan	Women's rights activist and founder of #WhereIsMyName campaign
	Cibele Racy	Brazil	Teacher, racial equality activist
	Lea T	Brazil	Transgender rights advocate and model
	Ayu (Opal) Tometi	USA	Human rights activist. Co-founder of Black Lives Matter
	Alice Wong	United States	Disability rights activist. Founder of the Disability Visibility Project

2019 edit

The 2019 list was announced on 16 October 2019. The list of candidates was chosen from those nominated by the BBC's different language teams using the 2020 theme which was "The Female Future". The list was subdivided into six categories: Earth, Knowledge, Leadership, Creativity, Sport and Identity.^[39]

Earth edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Judith Bakirya	Uganda	Organic farmer and women's rights activist
	Ella Daish	United Kingdom	Environmentalist and anti-plastic campaigner
	Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman	United States	Urban anthropologist and co-founder of The Women Led Cities Initiative
	Gada Kadoda	Sudan	Founder of the Sudanese Knowledge Society and trainer of community engineers
	Jamie Margolin	United States	Climate change activist and co-founder of Zero Hour movement
	Francia Márquez	Colombia	Afro-Colombian environmentalist and leader of a 10-day, 350-mile women's march. Winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize
	Trang Nguyen	Vietnam	Wildlife conservationist and founder of WildAct
	Autumn Peltier	Canada	Clean water advocate
	Swietenia Puspa Lestari	Indonesia	Founder of the Divers Clean Action Foundation and anti-straw campaigner
	Charlene Ren	China	Clean water advocate, creator of MyH2O
	Najat Saliba	Lebanon	Air pollution researcher and chemistry professor
	Vandana Shiva	India	Environmental leader and winner of the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize
	Greta Thunberg	Sweden	Climate change activist
	Marilyn Waring	New Zealand	Feminist economist and environmental activist

Knowledge edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	MiMi Aung	United States	NASA project manager and engineer
	Raya Bidshahri	Iran	Educator and founder of Awecademy
	Katie Bouman	United States	Processed first-ever image of a black hole
	Lisa Campo-Engelstein	United States	Bioethicist and fertility and contraceptive researcher
	Rana el Kaliouby	Egypt	Artificial emotional intelligence pioneer. Founder of Affectiva
	Amy Karle	United States	Bioartist and 3D-designer
	Fei-Fei Li	United States	Pioneer of artificial intelligence who encourages women and minorities to build AI.
	Julie Makani	Tanzania	Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease
	Sarah Martins Da Silva	United Kingdom	Consultant gynaecologist, obstetrician and fertility researcher
	Susmita Mohanty	India	Spaceship designer, entrepreneur and passionate climate action advocate
	Benedicte Mundele	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Fresh food entrepreneur and founder of Surprise Tropical
	Zehra Sayers	Turkey	Biophysicist and chair of the SESAME project.
	Hayfa Sdiri	Tunisia	Entrepreneur and UN gender equality campaigner
	Noor Shaker	Syria	Artificial intelligence innovator
	Bonita Sharma[40]	Nepal	Founder of The Social Changemakers and Innovators
	Veronique Thouvenot	Chile	Leader of the Zero Mothers Die initiative
	Paola Villarreal	Mexico	Computer programmer who developed Data for Justice
	Amy Webb	United States	Futurist

Leadership edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Alanoud Alsharekh	Kuwait	Women's rights activist. Winner of National Order of Merit
	Tabata Amaral	Brazil	Politician working for education, women's rights, political innovation and sustainable futures
	Dhammananda Bhikkhuni	Thailand	First female Thai Buddhist monk (bhikkhuni) and abbess of Songdhammakalyan Monastery
	Mabel Bianco	Argentina	Feminist medical doctor and women's rights activist. President of the Foundation for Studies and Research on Women (FEIM)
	Maria Fernanda Espinosa	Ecuador	Fourth female president of the UN General Assembly
	Sister Gerard Fernandez	Singapore	Roman Catholic nun and death row counsellor
	Zarifa Ghafari	Afghanistan	One of Afghanistan's first female mayors; clean city advocate
	Jalila Haider	Pakistan	Human rights lawyer and women's rights advocate
	Asmaa James	Sierra Leone	Journalist and women's rights activist
	Ahlam Khudr	Sudan	Human rights protest leader
	Aïssata Lam	Mauritania	Microfinance expert and women's rights advocate
	Soo Jung Lee	South Korea	Forensic psychologist and advocate for anti-stalking bill
	Gina Martin	United Kingdom	Campaigner to make upskirting illegal in England and Wales
	Van Thi Nguyen	Vietnam	Co-founder of the Will to Live Center
	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	United States	Youngest woman elected to Congress
	Onjali Q. Raúf	United Kingdom	Writer and founder of Making Herstory
	Maria Ressa	Philippines	Journalist and founder of Rappler, a website exposing fake news
	Lyubov Sobol	Russia	Lawyer and anti-corruption activist
	Samah Subay	Yemen	Lawyer supporting families whose children have 'disappeared'

Creativity edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Precious Adams	United States	Ballet dancer
	Manal Al Dowayan	Saudi Arabia	Saudi photographer and artist
	Marwa Al-Sabouni	Syria	Architect who runs only Arabic website for architectural news. Winner of the Prince Claus award
	Yalitza Aparicio	Mexico	Actress and human rights activist
	Dayna Ash	Lebanon	Poet and cultural activist
	Ayah Bdeir	Lebanon  Canada	Founder of littleBits and STEM advocate
	Scarlett Curtis	United Kingdom	Co-founder of The Pink Protest
	Luchita Hurtado	Venezuela	Artist and environmental advocate
	Aranya Johar	India	Beat poet who writes about gender equality, mental health and body positivity
	Erika Lust	Sweden	Erotic film director, screenwriter and producer
	Lauren Mahon	United Kingdom	Cancer survivor and podcaster
	Lisa Mandemaker	Netherlands	Designer of prototype artificial womb
	Raja Meziane	Algeria	Anti-government songs about social injustice, alleged corruption and inequality
	Ashcharya Peiris	Sri Lanka	Blind fashion designer and motivational speaker
	Danit Peleg	Israel	Fashion designer of 3D-printed clothing
	Kalista Sy	Senegal	Screenwriter of television series Mistress of a Married Man
	Ida Vitale	Uruguay	Poet, and fifth woman to win Cervantes Prize for lifetime writing achievement

Sport edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Jasmin Akter	Bangladesh  United Kingdom	Rohingya refugee and cricketer
	Kimia Alizadeh	Iran	First female Iranian Olympic medallist
	Dina Asher-Smith	United Kingdom	Fastest woman in British history
	Salwa Eid Naser	Nigeria  Bahrain	400m world champion runner
	Bethany Firth	United Kingdom	Paralympic champion swimmer
	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	100m world sprint champion
	Tayla Harris	Australia	Australian rules footballer and boxer
	Huang Wensi	China	Professional boxer
	Fiona Kolbinger	Germany	First woman cyclist to win the Transcontinental Race
	Hiyori Kon	Japan	Sumo wrestler
	Farida Osman	Egypt	First woman in Egypt to win a swimming medal
	Megan Rapinoe	United States	World Cup winner and advocate for equality in football (soccer)
	Jawahir Roble	Somalia  United Kingdom	UK's first Muslim, black, female, hijab-wearing referee[clarification needed]

Identity edit

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Parveena Ahanger	India	Human rights activist
	Piera Aiello	Italy	Anti-mafia politician
	Rida Al Tubuly	Libya	Peace campaigner
	Nisha Ayub	Malaysia	Transgender activist
	Sinéad Burke	Ireland	Disability activist
	Sharan Dhaliwal	United Kingdom	Writer and advocate for mental and sexual health for young South Asians, and LGBTQ rights
	Lucinda Evans	South Africa	Women's rights activist and founder of Philisa Abafazi Bethu (Heal our Women)
	Owl Fisher[41]	Iceland	Transgender activist, journalist and writer
	Hollie	United States	Sex trafficking survivor
	Yumi Ishikawa	Japan	Gender discrimination campaigner and founder of KuToo movement
	Subhalakshmi Nandi	India	Gender equity researcher and campaigner
	Natasha Noel	India	Body positivity influencer and Yogini
	Djamila Ribeiro	Brazil	Writer and Afro-Brazilian women's rights advocate
	Nanjira Sambuli	Kenya	World Wide Web Foundation digital equality expert
	Pragati Singh	India	Doctor running Indian Aces, an online community for asexual people
	Bella Thorne	United States	Actress and director
	Purity Wako	Uganda	Life coach empowering women
	Sara Wesslin	Finland	Skolt Sami journalist who lobbied for government funding for Sami language teaching
	Gina Zurlo	United States	Expert in religion statistics

2018 edit

The 2018 list was announced in November 2018. The list included the 27th Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Stacey Cunningham who runs the New York Stock Exchange and Shaparak Shajarizadeh^[42] who challenged the Iranian law that requires women to wear the Hijab.^[43][44][45]

Image	Name	Country of birth	Description
	Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin[46]	Nigeria	Social impact entrepreneur
	Esra'a Al Shafei	Bahrain	Leads not-for-profit Majal.org
	Svetlana Alekseeva	Russia	Model and burns survivor
	Lizt Alfonso	Cuba	Director and choreographer, Cuba
	Nimco Ali	United Kingdom Somaliland	Wrier and FGM activist
	Isabel Allende	Peru	Author
	Boushra Yahya Almutawakel	Yemen	Artist, photographer and activist
	Alina Anisimova	Kyrgyzstan	Student programmer at Kyrgyz Girls' Space School
	Frances Arnold	United States	Nobel Prize winning chemical engineer
	Uma Devi Badi	Nepal	Leader of the Badi movement and member of the Provincial Assembly in Nepal
	Judith Balcazar	United Kingdom	Fashion designer and co-founder of Giggle Knickers (underwear for women with urinary incontinence)
	Cindy Arlette Contreras Bautista	Peru	Lawyer who works against domestic violence as the face of the NiUnaMenos (Not One [woman] Less)
	Leyla Belyanova	Uzbekistan	Academic and ecologist, seeking to protect Uzbekistan's birdlife and mountain ecosystems
	Analia Bortz	Argentina	Doctor, rabbi and bioethicist treating women with fertility problems
	Fealofani Bruun	Samoa	Traditional Polynesian navigator and qualified yachtmaster
	Raneen Bukhari	Saudi Arabia	Curator, gallery manager, and business developer
	Joy Buolamwini	Canada	Artificial intelligence artist and researcher
	Barbara Burton	United Kingdom	Founder and CEO of BehindBras, a charity that supports women prison leavers
	Tamara Cheremnova	Russia	Author, living with cerebral palsy
	Chelsea Clinton	United States	Writer and organiser, Vice-chair of the Clinton Foundation
	Stacey Cunningham	United States	NYSE President
	Jenny Davidson (businesswoman)	United States	CEO of Stand Up Placer
	Asha de Vos	Sri Lanka	Marine biologist
	Gabriella Di Laccio	Brazil	Soprano and founder of DONNE: Women in Music
	Xiomara Diaz	Nicaragua	Entrepreneur, restaurant owner and charity founder
	Noma Dumezweni	United Kingdom  Eswatini	Actor
	Chidera Eggerue[46]	United Kingdom	"The Slumflower" blogger
	Shrouk El-Attar	Egypt	Electronic design engineer
	Nicole Evans	United Kingdom	Online retail sales facilitator and supporter of women who are experiencing Early menopause
	Raghda Ezzeldin	Egypt	Free diver
	Mitra Farazandeh	Iran	Artist advocate for people with physical disabilities
	Mamitu Gashe	Ethiopia	Senior nurse aide and fistula surgeon
	Meena Gayen	India	Business owner and road builder
	G.E.M. (Gloria Tang Tsz-kei) [citation needed]	People's Republic of China  Hong Kong	Singer-songwriter
	Fabiola Gianotti	Italy	Particle physicist and director general of CERN
	Julia Gillard	Australia	27th Prime Minister of Australia
	Elena Gorolová	Czech Republic	Social worker, campaigning against forced sterilisation
	Randi Heesoo Griffin	United States	Olympic ice hockey player and data scientist, advocate for equal pay for women in ice hockey
	Janet Harbick	Canada	Altruistic surrogate
	Jessica Hayes	United States	Theology teacher and consecrated virgin
	Thando Hopa	South Africa	Model, lawyer and diversity and inclusion advocate
	Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim	Chad	Environmentalist and advocate for indigenous people and women
	Reyhan Jamalova	Azerbaijan	Entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Rainenergy, company that collects energy from rainwater
	Jameela Jamil	United Kingdom	British actor who founded @i-weigh
	Liz Johnson	United Kingdom	Paralympian gold medal swimmer and entrepreneur, with a recruitment agency aiming to close the disability employment gap
	Lao Khang	Laos	Rugby player and coach
	Joey Mead King	Philippines	Model and television presenter
	Krishna Kumari[47]	Pakistan	Women's rights campaigner elected to Pakistan Senate
	Marie Laguerre	France	Civil engineer and architecture student, who has developed platform where women can share stories of street harassment
	Veasna Chea Leth	Cambodia	Lawyer, first woman to study law in Cambodia
	Ana Graciela Sagastume López	El Salvador	Women and Femicide Special Prosecutor
	Maria Corina Machado	Venezuela	Political leader who has campaigned to safeguard democratic processes in Venezuela
	Nanaia Mahuta	New Zealand	Minister of Maori development, first female parliamentarian to wear a Maori face tattoo
	Sakdiyah Ma'ruf	Indonesia	Indonesia's first female Muslim stand-up comedian
	Nujeen Mustafa	Syria	Syrian refugee, activist, and a campaigner on behalf of refugees with disabilities
	Lisa McGee	United Kingdom	Northern Irish playwright and the writer and creator of Derry Girls
	Kirsty McGurrell	United Kingdom	Charity co-ordinator of 4Louis, providing memory boxes for bereaved parents of stillborn babies
	Becki Meakin	United Kingdom	General manager of Shaping Our Lives, advocate for people with disabilities
	Ruth Medufia	Ghana	Female welder acting as role model for young women in the construction industry
	Larisa Mikhaltsova	Ukraine	Accordion music teacher who became a model at age 63
	Amina J. Mohammed[46]	Nigeria	Deputy secretary general, United Nations
	Yanar Mohammed	Iraq	President of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI)
	Joseline Esteffania Velasquez Morales	Guatemala	Student and NGO co-ordinator, campaigning to end forced marriages
	Robin Morgan	United States	Author and activist, founder of The Sisterhood is Global Institute and the Women's Media Center
	Dima Nashawi	Syria	Artist, clown and visual storyteller, who collects and reflects tales from Syria
	Helena Ndume	Namibia	Ophthalmologist who has performed sight-restoring surgeries upon 35,000 Namibians, free of charge
	Kelly O'Dwyer	Australia	Minister for jobs and industrial relations, and minister for women in the Australian parliament
	Yuki Okoda	Japan	Astronomer, first person to discover a new star that could shed light on the origins of the Solar System
	Olivette Otele	Cameroon	Professor of History at Bath Spa University, England
	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo	Mexico	Mayor of Mexico City and Nobel Peace Prize-winning physicist
	Park Soo-yeon	South Korea	Digital campaigner against sex crimes
	Ophelia Pastrana	Colombia	Comedian and media personality
	Viji Palithodi	India	Activist who founded the Penkootam women's union in Kerala
	Brigitte Sossou Perenyi	Ghana	Documentary producer and former Trokosi
	Vicky Phelan	Ireland	Exposed the Irish Cervical Check Screening scandal
	Rahibai Soma Popere	India	Farmer and founder of Seed Bank, India collecting indigenous seeds
	Valentina Quintero [es]	Venezuela	Journalist promoting tourism and the environment through television programs
	Sam Ross	United Kingdom	Catering assistant and advocate for people with Down syndrome
	Fatma Samoura	Senegal	Secretary General of FIFA
	Juliet Sargeant	Tanzania	Garden designer
	Sima Sarkar	Bangladesh	Full-time mother of 18-year-old disabled child
	Shaparak Shajarizadeh	Iran	Activist against compulsory hijab rule, now in exile
	Haven Shepherd	Vietnam	Suicide bomb survivor and Paralympic hopeful
	Nenney Shushaidah Binti Shamsuddin	Malaysia	Female Syariah judge
	Hayat Sindi	Saudi Arabia	Biotechnologist, Unesco Goodwill Ambassador for science and founder of the i2 Institute for imagination and ingenuity
	Jacqueline Straub	Germany	Theologian, journalist and author seeking to become a Catholic priest
	Donna Strickland	Canada	Professor of Physics, University of Waterloo, Canada and winner of Nobel Prize in Physics, 2018
	Kanpassorn Suriyasangpetch	Thailand	Dentist, mental health advocate and app developer
	Setsuko Takamizawa	Japan	Learning English to help tourists at Tokyo's 2020 Olympic Games
	Nargis Taraki	Afghanistan	NGO legal adviser who campaigns for female empowerment
	Ellen Tejle	Sweden	Campaigner for awareness of women's representation in film
	Helen Taylor Thompson	United Kingdom	AIDs Hospice founder
	Bola Tinubu[46]	Nigeria	Lawyer who established the first free children's helpline in Nigeria
	Errollyn Wallen	United Kingdom  Belize	Opera composer and Ivor Novello Award winner
	Safiya Wazir	Afghanistan	Community activist and U.S. politician
	Gladys West	United States	Mathematician, instrumental in developing GPS
	Luo Yang	People's Republic of China	Art photography series on Chinese girls since 2007
	Maral Yazarloo-Pattrick	Iran	Fashion designer and motorcyclist
	Tashi Zangmo	Bhutan	Executive director for the Bhutan Nuns Foundation
	Jing Zhao	People's Republic of China	Entrepreneur running online sex education network