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Paigham was recognized by the BBC as one of the 100 most influential women of the year; at the time, she was living in an Irish refugee camp. [1][4][5] Paigham was a keynote speaker at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom's 2022 Born With Pride Conference. In 2023, she was made a UN Rights and Religion Fellow of Outright International.
Lynn Yaeger is an American journalist who works as contributing fashion editor to Vogue and Vogue.com. [2][3] She worked for The Village Voice for thirty years and was known for her fashion column "Elements of Style" which was renamed "Frock Star" in 2007.
Razia Barakzai. Razia Barakzai (born 1995) is an Afghan women's rights activist. She was named one of the BBC's 100 Women in 2021 for leading the first women's protests against the Taliban in August 2021, [1] following their takeover of Afghanistan earlier that month. [2][3]
Tamara Lynn Sytch (born December 7, 1972), commonly known by her ring name Sunny, is an American former professional wrestling personality. Sytch was introduced to the professional industry by her longtime boyfriend Chris Candido , and debuted in the Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) territory in the early 1990s.
Sahar Fetrat Sahar Fetrat is an Afghan activist, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker. [1] Sahar was born in Afghanistan and lived in Iran and Pakistan as a young refugee during the first Taliban regime.
Fatima Gailani (Pashto: فاطمه گیلانی; born in Kabul in 1954) [ 1 ] is an Afghan political leader and women's rights activist, who previously served as president of the Afghan Red Crescent Society. She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2021. [ 2 ]
Amanda Ngoc Nguyễn[5] (born October 10, 1991) [6][7] is a social entrepreneur, civil rights activist, and the chief executive officer and founder of Rise, a non-governmental civil rights organization. [6] Nguyen drafted the Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act, a bill that passed unanimously through the United States Congress. [8][9][10] Nguyen has also been credited with kickstarting the ...
Le Caire was a dancer and choreographer at the Cairo Opera House when she had to flee Egypt to avoid being persecuted for belonging to the LGBT community. In 2008, she fled to the United States, where she was granted political asylum. [1] She lives in New York City and works there as an artist, dancer and actress.