Nadia Murad
Nobel-winning Iraqi human rights activist and survivor of ISIS
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Narges Mohammadi
Nobel-winning Iranian human rights activist and writer
Nezihe Muhiddin
Trailblazing Turkish women’s rights activist, journalist, writer and political leader
Paz Márquez-Benítez
Living amid the Philippines’ American colonial period, Paz Márquez-Benítez wrote her way into history as a prominent short-story author, educator, and editor.
Fawzia Koofi
Fawzia Koofi is an Afghan politician, a human rights advocate, a writer, and a women’s rights activist.
Helen Zia
American anti-racism, women’s rights and LGBTQIA+ rights activist
Indira Goswami
Goswami pioneered feminist Assamese literature by raising awareness of issues faced by the marginalized.
Jahanara Imam
Bangladeshi writer and political activist known for her work to bring war criminals to trial during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Na Hyesŏk
Korean activist, poet, journalist and painter
Rosario Castellanos
One of Mexico’s leading literary voices in the twentieth century