Denise Soesilo
German hockey player and environmental health activist
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Frances Rix Ames
South African neurologist, psychiatrist and human rights activist
Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo
Activist who accused South African president Jacob Zuma of rape
Rosalynn Carter
Rosalynn Carter, wife of the thirty-ninth U.S. president, Jimmy Carter, forged a career in public service as one of the nation’s foremost advocates for mental health.
Bernard Ncube
South African nun and activist
Christine Costner Sizemore
Mental health advocate on whom the Three Faces of Eve, both a best-selling book and a major motion picture, is based
Aïssata Issoufou Mahamadou
She is thought to be one of the first Nigerien women to pursue a career in the sciences and headed the mineralogy division of SOMAIR, the national mining company of Niger. She is the first wife of former President Mahamadou Issoufou (‘First Lady’ 2011-21) and has used her influence to improve access to health care in her country.
Dr Stella Nyanzi
Ugandan medical anthropologist who has written about sexuality, HIV/AIDS and women’s health. She is also a political activist who campaigns for women and girls rights, as well as the rights of LGBTQIA+ people.
Esther Franks
The first female ophthalmologist in South Africa.
Lesley Lawson
South African photographer and activist