Rajani Thiranagama
Sri Lankan Tamil human rights activist, feminist, and academic, best known for her work in exposing human rights abuses during the Sri Lankan Civil War.
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Anita Roddick
As well as founder of the Body Shop, she was also an energetic human rights, social justice and environmental campaigner; she became a well-known and admired woman all around the world.
Inez McCormack
Irish human rights activist and trade unionist
Laila Soueif
Laila Soueif is an Egyptian mathematician who became a professor of mathematics at Cairo University. She is an activist for human rights and has been involved in many demonstrations including calling for academic freedom at Cairo University.
Alice Erh-Soon Tay
Among the highlights of Tay’s distinguished career as an academic lawyer at the University of Sydney was her appointment as president of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC), a position she occupied from 1998 to 2003.
Eleanor Roosevelt
A shy, insecure child, Eleanor Roosevelt would grow up to become one of the most important and beloved First Ladies, authors, reformers, and female leaders of the 20th century.
Barbara Jordan
While the world watched during the Impeachment hearings of President Richard Nixon, Barbara Jordan boldly took center stage. As a lawyer, a congresswoman, and a scholar, Jordan used her public speaking skills to fight for civil and human rights. In 1972, Jordan became the first African American woman to be elected to Congress from the South since 1898.
Eulalie Nibizi
Eulalie Nibizi is a Burundian trade unionist and human rights activist.
Hanan Ashrawi
Hanan Daoud Mikhael Ashrawi is a Palestinian politician, activist and scholar who served as a member of the Leadership Committee and as an official spokesperson of the Palestinian delegation to the Middle East peace process, starting with the Madrid Peace Conference of 1991.
Mastoureh Afshar
Mastoureh Afshar was an Iranian intellectual, feminist, and leading figure in Iran’s women’s rights movement.