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Asian Women as Changemakers
Asia has given the world some of its most powerful and remarkable women. And yet, most of us only know a fraction of their stories. Let’s change that!
This Japanese-Canadian educator, during WWII, recruited 120 teachers and built a school system inside the Japanese internment camps in Canada to educate 3,000 displaced children. She later helped lobby the government for redress. She received the Order of Canada.
This activist from Pakistan was shot by the Taliban at age 15 for advocating girls’ education. She later became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She continues to be a global ambassador for girls' rights.
This South Korean sculptor, working alongside her husband Kim Eun-sung, created the Statue of Peace in 2011. This statue, depicting a seated girl next to an empty chair, contributed to a global movement for the recognition of victims of Japanese military sexual slavery.
Who is She?
Who is She?
Who is She?
This pharmaceutical chemist from China won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2015. She discovered artemisinin, a treatment that has saved millions from malaria across the world. Her discovery is recognized as a breakthrough in twentieth-century tropical medicine.
This women’s rights activist from Iraq founded the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq. She started a system that shelters girls and women fleeing violence and honour killings, serving more than 800 between 2003 and 2019.
This Chinese nurse worked alongside American missionary Minnie Vautrin during the 1937 Nanking Massacre, helping shelter over 10,000 women and children at Ginling College. She secretly kept a diary during the massacre, documenting in Chinese the atrocities she witnessed. Her diary is an important historical record of the Nanking Massacre.
Who is She?
Who is She?
Who is She?
This Indian-American astronaut has spent 608 days in space and holds the record for the most spacewalk time by a woman. Most surprisingly, she was the first person to run a marathon in space!
This Burmese activist spent seven years as a political prisoner before founding the Women’s Peace Network to advocate for Rohingya rights and reconciliation.
This Chinese-American author brought the 1937 Nanking Massacre to international attention with her 1997 book The Rape of Nanking, despite facing threats and harassment for writing it.
Who is She?
Who is She?
Who is She?