What trailblazing woman are you?

Rigoberta Menchú Tum is a K'iche' political and human rights activist from Guatemala. The 1992 Nobel Peace Prize recipient has dedicated her life to pursuing justice for indigenous groups who suffered human rights violations during the Guatemalan Civil War (1960-1996). She stands as a vivid symbol of peace and reconciliation across ethnic, cultural and social dividing lines across the world, and is a voice for the indigenous peoples who have been victims to genocides, repression and discrimination.

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Jaha Dukureh is a women's right activist from The Gambia. She was subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) as a young baby and again at the age of 15, and now works to end FGM as the founder of Safe Hands for Girls. Her advocacy and work helped bring about the ban of FGM in the Gambia in 2015.

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Reena Kaushal is an athlete and instructor from India, who was the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole. She went on a 40-day journey, carrying hundreds of pounds no her back, finally reaching the South Pole on December 30th, 2009.

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Wangari Maathai was an Kenyan environmental political activist, author and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Noted as the founder of the Green Belt Movement, as well as the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree and the first-ever female professor in her home country of Kenya, Maathai strongly promoted sustainable development, democracy, and peace.

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