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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

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

Dr Maura Lynch

Irish missionary nun and surgeon active in Angola and Uganda

Cordelia O’Neill

Cleveland, Ohio elementary school principal

Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

As South Africa’s Minister of Health from 1999 to 2008, her refusal to support the use of antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV led to the deaths of over 300,000 infected South Africans.