Panamanian feminist, lawyer, judge, and activist Clara González became the first Panamanian woman to earn her Bachelor of Law Degree in 1922, the same year she established the Partido Nacional Feminista (PNF, National Feminist Party) to campaign for women’s rights and suffrage.
Filipina chemical engineer whose love for the Baguio region, tribal cultures and its biodiversity led to her becoming curator of the Baguio museum and becoming one of the ‘3 Witches of Baguio’ campaigning to save urban treescapes.
South African educator and anti-apartheid activist
South African educator and community activist
South African labor rights, anti-apartheid and women’s rights activist
South African anti-apartheid activist
South African curator and advocate for the arts
South African politician
South African labor rights activist
The first president of the African National Congress Women’s League in South Africa and a leader of many mass women’s demonstrations