She founded Tostan, which works against female genital cutting and child marriage in Africa while building sustainable communities and promoting…
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At age 12 she set up classes to educate Pakistani girls in Karachi’s poorest neighborhood; now she runs the Dream Model Street School for…
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Despite death threats she crusades against honor killing and for the rights of women in Pakistan through her organization, Sughar.
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Dona Anna Marcondes Faria is a leader in Brazil’s favela community. She is the founder of the Community Center of St. Lidia (CEACA), offering…
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Maria da Penha's husband twice tried to kill her: once by shooting her and leaving her paralyzed for life, and then by attempting to electrocute…
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Raquel Barros Da Silva is Founder and President of Brazil's New Moon Institute, an institution dedicated to working with mothers and pregnant women…
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Negotiated with her father and village elders to allow her to attend school and went on to graduate with a Ph.D. in education and start an all-girls…
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