Por Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Meet women at the forefront in the defence of human rights and equality around the world.

Women

 Justyna Wydrzyńska

Activist and advocate for abortion rights in Poland. She was recently convicted for helping a woman to carry out and abortion during the pandemic.

Ana Gálvez

Engineer, PhD in Energy and Environment, and woman at the forefront committed to gender equality in STEM professions and sustainable development.

Andrea Torres Bautista

Prominent layer and the deputy director of a Foundation that chases enforced disappearances in Colombia

Angelique Ngoma

Since 1996, Gabon has been a witness and protagonist of the incorporation into women ' s policy and the fight against hunger and malnutrition.

Bernadette Lahai

Sierra Leonean politician and pan-African parliamentarian, leads FAO initiatives on sustainable agriculture and gender equality.

Elena Larrinaga

Human rights and democratisation defender in Cuba from her exile in Spain.

Esther Gómez Cordero

Esther Gomez is a University Professor and influencer on health and nursing issues through her project My Favorite Nurse.

Gabriela Cuevas

Senator and Mexican Deputy throughout 4 legislatures, she has been the second woman president and the youngest of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

Guadalupe Valdez

Dominican economist and politician, protagonist in the birth and development of the Parliamentary Fronts against Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Hodan Sulaman

Hodan Sulaman is an activist against female genital mutilation. Spanish intercultural mediator of Somali origin. For 20 years, Hodan Sulaman has been...