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As well as being the Queen of Jordan, Al Abdullah is the chair of the Royal Commission on Human Rights and the Global Ambassador for Women for Women International.
Satpute is an advocator for human rights who is working to help prevent deaths of low-income women in India due to childbirth.
From Cambodia, Mam is an anti-sex trafficking campaigner and founder of AFESIP, an organization that rescues women from brothels and helps them recover.
Valenti is the writer and founder of Feministing.com, said by the Guardian to have “dragged feminism into the 20th century”.
Thompson is best known as a British actress, comedian, and screenwriter but is also the chair for an organization that works to fight exploitation of workers and human trafficking, the Helen Bamber Foundation.
Patel is one of the founders of an organization for Black and Asian feminism, the Southall Black Sisters.
Salbi is an Iraqi American who is the CEO and founder of Women for Women International, an organization that helps rebuild the lives of female victims of war.
Jolie is an American actress and director who as the Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees promotes humanitarian causes, including helping women refugees everywhere.
Hussein is a Sudanese writer and a campaigner for women’s rights who went on trial after being arrested for wearing pants.
Sanghera directs a charity that aids victims of “honour” violence and forced marriage called Karma Nirvana.
Cook is the cofounder of Adelante Mujeres, a non-profit organization based in Forest Grove, Oregon that helps low-income Latina women to learn English, earn their GED, gain job skills, and much more.
Walker is an American poet, writer, and activist best known for her novel The Color Purple. She has also written countless essays and fiction on race and gender that have promoted awareness about women’s roles in society.