1. 12 women (and one
man) who've inspired
change for women
around the world.
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2. Fahma Mohamed is
spearheading a national
campaign against female genital
mutilation.
Gareth Iwan Jones

3. Former freedom
fighter Graça
Machel is an
international
advocate for
women and
children’s
rights.
Zahur Ramji / Mediapix / World Economic Forum

4. Dr. Nafis Sadik led the 1994
International Conference on
Population and Development,
a defining moment for
women’s health and rights.
UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe

5. Grace Kodindo is an obstetrician-gynaecologist
from Chad who campaigns for reproductive
health care as a basic human right.

6. Melinda Gates has
lent her voice to
the push to provide
birth control for an
additional 120
million women in
some of the
world’s poorest
countries.
Russell Watkins / Department for International Development

7. Meaza Ashenafi is
a women’s rights
campaigner from
Addis Ababa.
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8. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and authors,
Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn have shed
light on injustice and human rights abuses.
The Aspen Institute

9. Afsana Babli is a grassroots politician in
Bangladesh campaigning and raising money
for better maternal health in her community.

10. DFID - UK Department for International Development
First Lady of
Burkina Faso
Chantal Compaoré
is a staunch
advocate for
women’s rights
and empowerment
as well as health,
education and
child protection.

11. Afghan
Minister of
Health Dr.
Soraya Dalil is
fighting for
women’s rights
and health in
the country

12. Anna Macauley
(Mama G) has
been taking
family planning
to women in
rural Sierra
Leone for more
than 20 years.

13. Esther Worae runs a
project in Accra
helping improve the
lives of vulnerable
female market
workers.