Meet The Shero: Dr Kakenya Ntaiya
In Maasai culture, every Girl is to be engaged at the age of five, circumcised as a teenager, and immediately married off to her most prospective suitor. This tradition has…
Meet Khadija Okunnu-Lamidi
“My standing before you today is to prove the resilience of our youth, our belief in, and our hope in Nigeria. Today, we face acute problems, of hunger, poverty, fear,…
Active citizen or social activist: Aisha Yesufu
She is a businesswoman. Mother. Wife. Activist: Aisha Yesufu Aisha Yesufu is a successful businesswoman, prominent activist, and social critic. She first came to national prominence during Bring Back Our…
Aisha Kabu Damboa: The young Matriarch of Maiduguri
Being a woman in Nigeria is no child’s play. It comes with a pre-installed package of ‘blatant discrimination, social, religious and economic inequality, misogyny, sexual and gender-based violence. Being a…
The Woman Who Rules Malawi
Theresa Kachindamoto, the senior chief in the Dedza District of Central Malawi, wields power over close to 900,000 people… And she’snot afraid to use her authority to help women and…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: US Congress Woman
Less than a year ago, most people did not know who Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was. Now, she is being celebrated all over the world as the youngest woman ever to be…
Ayanna Pressly: US Congress Woman
I’m not going to pretend that representation doesn’t matter.It matters because it informs the issues that are spotlighted and emphasized, and it leads to more innovative and enduring solutions. That’s…
Deb Haaland: US Congress Woman
It’s not that native women haven’t tried. Ada Deer tried. Kalyn Free tried. Denise Juneau tried a couple years ago, I’m not exceptional. I didn’t grow up with privilege. I almost feel like my winning is…
Ilham Omar: US Congress Woman
I would have loved to have heard a story like mine. I could have used it as an inspiration to get by. The lesson is to be hopeful, to dream…
Rashida Tlaib: US Muslim Congress Woman
In Washington, I’ll fight back against the Trump agenda that puts corporate profits and serving the rich over the needs of the rest of us. Rashida Tlaib is an American…
Vernoica Michelle Bachelet Jeria
Is the first and only female President of Chile from 2006-2010; and again from 2014-2018. She was born on September 29, 1951 to a Father who is a General in…
Dr. Denis Mukwege- Peace Nobel Laureate
Yes. Even men can be sheroes. Even though they are heroes, but as without a she there would not be a He; We shall call them sheroes as well. And…
Yezidi's Nadia Murad participates to the Lower Saxony Landtag in Hanover, northern Germany on May 31, 2016.
Murad was taken from her home village of Kocho near Iraq's northern town of Sinjar in August 2014 and brought to IS-controlled Mosul, where she endured months of sexual abuse by Islamic State militants before escaping. / AFP / dpa / Julian Stratenschulte / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE/AFP/Getty Images)
NADIA MURAD
Born in 1993 to a family of farmers from the ethno-religious minority Yazidi in the village of Kojo in Sinjar District, Iraq, Nadia was captured in August 2014, at the…
Hyjiah Mariam Conde
Yes, she is only 12, practically still a pre-teen. But she is mentally a matured adult full of dreams to bring to reality, ambitions to pursue and goals to reach.…
Maria Zileni Zaloumis
Also known as the Zed farmer is a 34 year old Zambian farmer whose net worth is believed to be $2 million dollars. She is the CEO/Founder: Tuzini Farms Ltd,…
The Pink SHEroes
Not all heroes wear capes, at least not the Gulabi gang; they wear sarees. They women vigilante group in India who are identified by their pink saris and bamboo sticks!…
Musimbi Kanyoro
'Being successful should not only be measured by how much you make. Perhaps, one of the most important yardsticks for success should be improving the quality of lives of people…
Winnie Harlow: From Cow to Top Model
The story of top model Winnie Harlow is an inspiring as well as uplifting one. She was born Chantelle Brown-Young on July 27, 1994 in Toronto, Canada and is a…
