Guo Jianmei
Chinese lawyer, human rights advocate and women’s rights activist
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He-Yin Zhen
Chinese feminist and anarchist
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
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.
Jin Xing
Transgender Chinese dancer, choreographer television host
Kanitha Wichiencharoen
Khunying Kanitha Wichiencharoen was a women’s rights activist and lawyer who later became a Mae Chee (female monastic in Thailand).
Lai Maizi
Chinese feminist and LGBTQIA+ rights activist
Ruby Hirose
Biochemist whose research propelled the development of a vaccine for infantile paralysis, also known as polio, and advanced treatment for other diseases.