Celebrate Women's Activism

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Malala Yousafzai

Congratulations peace prize winner, Malala Yousafzai on Oxford University graduation!

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. ...

Opal Tometi

Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter, Opal Tometi

Opal Tometi is one of the most influential human rights defenders of our time. Informed by her Nigerian-American identity and decades of experience, her commitment to justice transcends borders. For decades, the award-winning advocate, strategist and writer has used her voice to ensure that race, immigration, and gender justice remain at the forefront......

Ida B. Wells

Journalist and Civil Rights Icon

Ida B. Wells, American investigative journalist, educator, and one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, awarded Posthumous Pulitzer for ‘Outstanding and Courageous Reporting’. ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Award-winning Investigative Reporter

Nikole Hannah-Jones was awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for The 1619 Project, The New York Times Magazine’s groundbreaking exploration of the legacy of Black Americans starting with the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in 1619....

Celebrate Women's Activism

Malala Yousafzai

Congratulations peace prize winner, Malala Yousafzai on Oxford University graduation!

Opal Tometi

Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter, Opal Tometi

Ida B. Wells

Journalist and Civil Rights Icon

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Award-winning Investigative Reporter

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Fatma Samoura

Brigitte Sossou Perenyi

Helena Ndume

Ruth Medufia

Nanaia Mahuta

Marie Laguerre

Liz Johnson

Thando Hopa

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