Chai Ling
Most noted for her leadership in the Tiananmen Square protests and her organizations that aid women and students, Chai Ling’s work has helped and inspired people all around the world.
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Charithra Chandran
Indian-British actor, producer and activist
Alexandra Asmasoebrata
Indonesia’s first female race car driver
Amrita Sher-Gil
Amrita Sher-Gil was an Indian-Hungarian painter and is considered one of the most important painters of modern India
Anandibai Joshi
Indian woman who earned her medical degree in the U.S. in the 1880s
Anasuya Sarabhai
Indian activist for the rights of textile workers
Anna Chandy
In 1959, Anna Chandy changed history by becoming the first female high court judge of India as well as the whole of the (then) British commonwealth.
Phyllis Naidoo
South African lawyer, writer and anti-apartheid activist
Pregs Govender
Having overcome the oppressive political and social climate that once undermined her as an Indian woman living in apartheid South Africa, Govender continues to fight against racism, gender inequality and classism.
Shanthivathie Naidoo
South African anti-apartheid activist