Yumi Ishikawa
Japanese feminist known for the #KuToo movement, standing up against the high heel policy in Japan and discriminatory practices in the workplace and the rest of the corporate world.
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Leila Ahmed
Egyptian scholar, writer and women’s rights activist
Maria Lacerda de Moura
Brazilian feminist and pacifist
Maria da Penha
Brazilian survivor of domestic violence who campaigned for legal changes that established stricter sentences for physical offenders, promotd rehabilitation programs for perpetrators, and offered 24-hour police stations and shelters for abused women.
Narges Mohammadi
Nobel-winning Iranian human rights activist and writer
Nezihe Muhiddin
Trailblazing Turkish women’s rights activist, journalist, writer and political leader
Donaldina Cameron
New Zealand-American social reformer who worked to protect Chinese women and girls from trafficking
Fawzia Koofi
Fawzia Koofi is an Afghan politician, a human rights advocate, a writer, and a women’s rights activist.
Guo Jianmei
Chinese lawyer, human rights advocate and women’s rights activist
He-Yin Zhen
Chinese feminist and anarchist