Rajes Pillay
South African anti-apartheid activist
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Poomoney Moodley
Indian-South African political activist
Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan
Indian politician
Sucheta Kripalani
Indian politician
Urvashi Vaid
Indian-American lawyer and activist noted for her LGBTQ+ activism and leadership of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force during the AIDS crisis.
Dr Rukmini Devi Arundale
Indian dancer, activist and politician
Reshma Saujani
With the help of Saujani’s program, Girls Who Code, the amount of girls in the technology field has drastically increased.
Sampriti Bhattacharyya
Indian-American engineer and businesswoman
Savitribai Phule
Indian educator, social reformer, and poet, widely considered the first female teacher of modern India.
Naaz Joshi
Naaz Joshi is India’s first transgender model and an international beauty queen, as well as a transgender rights activist