From Brutal Assault to Global Icon: The Story of Mukhtar Mai.
In 2002, Mukhtar Mai, a young woman from rural Pakistan, survived a brutal honor-based gang rape that shocked the nation. Mukhtar Mai was brutally gang-raped on the orders of her…
Jennifer Geerlings-Simons: Leadership, Career, and Women & Girls Empowerment
Jennifer Geerlings-Simons is a Surinamese physician and politician who has played a central role in the country’s public life for nearly three decades. Her career spans medicine, long-term parliamentary leadership,…
Yuliia Svyrydenko: Education, Leadership, and Empowerment in a Nation Under Pressure
Leadership in times of crisis is rarely shaped overnight. In the case of Yuliia Svyrydenko, Ukraine’s Prime Minister, it is the outcome of years of education, steady public service, and…
Zainab Alkali: Northern Nigeria’s Literary Beacon of Storytelling
When a woman picks up a pen, she is not just writing, she is reclaiming space. Zainab Alkali stands as one of Northern Nigeria’s most influential literary voices, a novelist,…
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
In a world where leadership was long defined by men, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir rose to rewrite history with quiet strength and unshakable conviction. As the first woman in the world to…
A Throne Deserving of a Queen – Jamila Abubakar Malafa
This is a story of resilience, strength, and perseverance. Jamila Abubakar Malafa was born in the village of Whona in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. She began…
Justice Hadiza Hamisu Ali-Jos
Integrity in a World of Influence In a system often tested by power and corruption, Justice Hadiza Hamisu Ali-Jos stands out as a woman of rare integrity and courage.…
Republic of Singapore President Halimah Yacob witnesses the program proper during her visit to the Philippine Eagle Center in Davao City on September 11, 2019. ROBINSON NIÑAL JR./PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
Halimah Yacob: A Legacy of Resilience, Leadership & Women’s Empowerment
Born in Singapore on 14th August 1954, Halimah Yacob’s journey is a testament to how strength is forged through hardship. She lost her father at just 8 years old, and…
Meaza Ashenafi Mengistu
This is not just a story, it’s a message to every girl who has ever been told “You can’t.” Meaza Ashenafi, Ethiopia’s first female Chief Justice, transformed law and…
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…
