12 women (and 1 man) working toward gender equality

13
12 women (and one man) who've inspired change for women around the world. #shebuilds @devex #makewomenmatter @mariestopes

description

 

Transcript of 12 women (and 1 man) working toward gender equality

Page 1: 12 women (and 1 man) working toward gender equality

12 women (and one man) who've inspired change for women around the world.

#shebuilds @devex #makewomenmatter @mariestopes

Page 2: 12 women (and 1 man) working toward gender equality

Fahma Mohamed is spearheading a national campaign against female genital mutilation.

Gareth Iwan Jones

Page 3: 12 women (and 1 man) working toward gender equality

Former freedom fighter Graça Machel is an international advocate for women and children’s rights.

Zahur Ramji / Mediapix / World Economic Forum

Page 4: 12 women (and 1 man) working toward gender equality

Dr. Nafis Sadik led the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, a defining moment for women’s health and rights.

UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe

Page 5: 12 women (and 1 man) working toward gender equality

Grace Kodindo is an obstetrician-gynaecologist from Chad who campaigns for reproductive health care as a basic human right.

Page 6: 12 women (and 1 man) working toward gender equality

Melinda Gates has lent her voice to the push to provide birth control for an additional 120 million women in some of the world’s poorest countries.

Russell Watkins / Department for International Development

Page 7: 12 women (and 1 man) working toward gender equality

Meaza Ashenafi is a women’s rights campaigner from Addis Ababa.

NEED INFO

Page 8: 12 women (and 1 man) working toward gender equality

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and authors, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn have shed light on injustice and human rights abuses.

The Aspen Institute

Page 9: 12 women (and 1 man) working toward gender equality

Afsana Babli is a grassroots politician in Bangladesh campaigning and raising money for better maternal health in her community.

Page 10: 12 women (and 1 man) working toward gender equality

DFID - UK Department for International Development

First Lady of Burkina Faso Chantal Compaoré is a staunch advocate for women’s rights and empowerment as well as health, education and child protection.

Page 11: 12 women (and 1 man) working toward gender equality

Afghan Minister of Health Dr. Soraya Dalil is fighting for women’s rights and health in the country

Page 12: 12 women (and 1 man) working toward gender equality

Anna Macauley (Mama G) has been taking family planning to women in rural Sierra Leone for more than 20 years.

Page 13: 12 women (and 1 man) working toward gender equality

Esther Worae runs a project in Accra helping improve the lives of vulnerable female market workers.