Michela Murgia
Italian feminist writer and activist for the rights of women, the LGBTQIA+ community, and immigrants
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Nadia Murad
Nobel-winning Iraqi human rights activist and survivor of ISIS
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
Heidy Quah
Heidy Quah created Refuge for the Refugees, a non-profit organization, in 2012 to provide services and networks that would allow refugees to advocate for their own rights.
Helen Zia
American anti-racism, women’s rights and LGBTQIA+ rights activist
Emma Revie
British food bank leader
Karen Nussbaum
Founded the 9to5 organization to fight for working women’s rights. They successfully fought for the 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, and many more national policies that prohibit workplace discrimination and harassment.
Jahanara Imam
Bangladeshi writer and political activist known for her work to bring war criminals to trial during the Bangladesh Liberation War.