[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":953},["ShallowReactive",2],{"hub-cause-index":3,"hub-cause-womens-leadership":734},[4,10,16,22,27,33,38,45,51,55,60,65,69,74,77,81,86,92,98,103,107,112,115,121,125,128,131,136,141,146,150,154,158,162,166,169,174,179,184,187,192,194,196,199,203,207,210,214,218,221,225,228,232,237,242,247,250,252,255,258,261,264,269,271,278,280,284,287,292,295,297,300,303,306,309,314,318,324,327,331,335,338,340,344,347,351,354,357,361,365,367,369,371,376,378,381,383,386,390,392,394,396,400,402,405,408,412,415,418,422,426,429,433,436,438,440,443,449,452,456,458,460,462,467,473,475,477,480,482,486,491,495,497,499,504,507,511,515,517,519,523,526,529,536,543,548,550,555,558,564,566,568,570,574,579,581,583,587,589,592,594,599,605,607,613,615,622,627,634,640,642,646,649,655,659,661,665,668,672,674,676,681,684,686,689,691,693,698,701,706,709,711,715,717,722,724,727],{"causes":5},[6,7,8,9],"Diaspora affairs","Accountability","Women in politics","Media",{"causes":11},[12,13,14,15],"Political leadership","Cultural preservation","Sovereignty & independence","Women's leadership",{"causes":17},[18,19,20,21],"Education","Pan-Africanism","Women's rights","Cultural identity",{"causes":23},[24,20,25,26],"Anti-apartheid","Political freedom","Democracy",{"causes":28},[29,30,31,32],"Climate justice","Environmental activism","Youth leadership","Lake Chad crisis",{"causes":34},[35,36,37,18],"Technology","Computer Science","Women in STEM",{"causes":39},[40,41,42,43,44],"Girls' education","Merit over ethnicity","Women in science","Peace and reconciliation","Protection of civilians",{"causes":46},[47,48,49,50],"Representation","HIV awareness","Women's visibility","Beauty & fashion",{"causes":52},[20,53,18,54],"Health","Advocacy",{"causes":56},[57,7,58,59],"Human rights","Women's activism","Anti-police brutality",{"causes":61},[62,63,15,64],"Anti-apartheid activism","Healthcare rights","Political rights",{"causes":66},[67,68,14],"Anti-colonial activism","Spiritual leadership",{"causes":70},[71,72,19,73],"Literature","Feminism","African identity",{"causes":75},[76,12,20,30],"Science",{"causes":78},[53,79,80,42],"Public health","Medical heroism",{"causes":82},[83,84,85,15],"Sustainable development","Global governance","Climate policy",{"causes":87},[88,89,90,91],"Military leadership","Political power","Women's sovereignty","Trade expansion",{"causes":93},[94,95,96,97],"Sahrawi self-determination","Nonviolent resistance","Human rights documentation","Political prisoners' rights",{"causes":99},[100,101,102],"Pan-African independence","Women's political power","Equal access to medicine",{"causes":104},[40,105,106],"Artistic freedom","African culture on the world stage",{"causes":108},[20,109,62,110,111],"Judicial reform","Women's economic empowerment","Constitutional development",{"causes":113},[64,114,63,67],"Women's suffrage",{"causes":116},[20,117,118,119,120],"Development and poverty reduction","HIV/AIDS response","Rule of law","African representation in global governance",{"causes":122},[26,25,123,124],"Youth activism","Arab Spring",{"causes":126},[71,20,127,21],"Freedom of expression",{"causes":129},[57,119,130,15],"Civil society",{"causes":132},[133,76,134,135],"Agriculture","Women in academia","Food security",{"causes":137},[138,139,26,140],"Anti-apartheid resistance","Women's political leadership","Arts & culture",{"causes":142},[71,143,144,145],"Racial justice","Women's identity","Exile and belonging",{"causes":147},[13,127,148,149],"Women's health education","Defiance of social convention",{"causes":151},[152,101,153],"Independence","Grassroots organizing",{"causes":155},[156,20,157,7],"Journalism","Peace",{"causes":159},[160,49,161,47],"Sports","Athletics",{"causes":163},[164,165,20,18],"History","Gender studies",{"causes":167},[21,24,20,168],"Music",{"causes":170},[171,18,172,173],"Women's rights in literature","Immigrant experience","Social justice",{"causes":175},[176,177,79,178,139],"National independence","Women's equality in liberation movements","Pan-African women's solidarity",{"causes":180},[181,57,182,183],"Sport & empowerment","Bodily autonomy","Gender equality",{"causes":185},[13,186,19],"Cultural diplomacy",{"causes":188},[189,190,64,191],"Women's education","Anti-pass law resistance","Religious & social welfare",{"causes":193},[72,71,183,73],{"causes":195},[160,49,161,47],{"causes":197},[64,114,18,198],"Anti-colonialism",{"causes":200},[76,201,37,202],"Geophysics","Natural resources",{"causes":204},[205,20,206,19],"Anti-colonial resistance","Scholarship & literature",{"causes":208},[181,183,209],"Peace & reconciliation",{"causes":211},[212,213,18,57],"Gender-based violence","Children's rights",{"causes":215},[88,198,216,217],"Berber sovereignty","Women's power",{"causes":219},[67,220,57,20],"Nationalist politics",{"causes":222},[79,223,224,15],"Anti-corruption & transparency","Consumer protection",{"causes":226},[114,227,25],"Women's education and literacy",{"causes":229},[138,64,230,231],"International solidarity","ANC activism",{"causes":233},[234,42,235,236],"Healthcare","Child health","Ophthalmology",{"causes":238},[239,240,241],"Maternal health","Ending female genital mutilation","Training midwives",{"causes":243},[244,245,19,246],"Theatre","Children's education","African literature",{"causes":248},[139,64,249],"Economic reform",{"causes":251},[12,57,15,186],{"causes":253},[12,26,254,20],"Post-conflict reconstruction",{"causes":256},[138,20,257,18],"Community organising",{"causes":259},[12,14,260],"Religious leadership",{"causes":262},[249,20,18,263],"Grassroots organising",{"causes":265},[266,267,268],"Ndebele art and cultural heritage","Women in the arts","Teaching tradition to new generations",{"causes":270},[18,260,13],{"causes":272},[273,274,275,276,277],"Environmental conservation","Ending the charcoal trade","Renewable energy","Pastoralist livelihoods","Women in peacebuilding",{"causes":279},[62,57,20,173],{"causes":281},[282,57,119,283],"International justice","War crimes accountability",{"causes":285},[18,286,134],"Library Science",{"causes":288},[289,290,291,13],"Women's representation in literature","Publishing & education","Post-war reconstruction",{"causes":293},[294,20,18,47],"Legal rights",{"causes":296},[249,15,18,173],{"causes":298},[76,299,37,18],"Physics",{"causes":301},[140,49,302,47],"Nollywood",{"causes":304},[64,67,189,305],"Labour rights",{"causes":307},[114,64,189,308],"Northern Nigeria women's rights",{"causes":310},[311,312,313,49],"Film","Arts and culture","African storytelling",{"causes":315},[20,183,316,40,317],"Pan-African integration","Democratic governance",{"causes":319},[320,321,322,323,198],"Malagasy independence","Amnesty for political prisoners","Women's political participation","Malagasy culture and language",{"causes":325},[213,18,20,326],"Peace & humanitarian work",{"causes":328},[18,329,134,330],"Mathematics","Leadership",{"causes":332},[15,183,333,334,110],"Local governance","Urban development",{"causes":336},[337,7,15,130],"Governance",{"causes":339},[26,15,57,130],{"causes":341},[89,342,343,15],"Trade","Architecture",{"causes":345},[57,20,119,346],"Anti-death penalty",{"causes":348},[349,20,350],"Healthcare for the displaced","Peace and clan reconciliation",{"causes":352},[138,57,353,119],"Parliamentary opposition",{"causes":355},[20,176,18,356],"Feminist organising",{"causes":358},[322,359,26,360],"Diplomacy","Development",{"causes":362},[363,110,364],"Environmental sustainability","Plastic waste reduction",{"causes":366},[294,18,134,330],{"causes":368},[20,67,62,18,19],{"causes":370},[140,18,244,49],{"causes":372},[373,374,375],"Freedom from slavery","Dignity of trafficking survivors","Faith and service",{"causes":377},[67,20,183,18],{"causes":379},[12,20,26,380],"Economic development",{"causes":382},[212,57,209,20],{"causes":384},[14,385,205],"Diplomacy & military strategy",{"causes":387},[388,15,389,337],"Economic policy","Finance",{"causes":391},[68,67,14,13],{"causes":393},[26,64,57,119],{"causes":395},[12,18,14,15],{"causes":397},[140,13,398,399],"Women's recognition","Traditional craft",{"causes":401},[205,14,68],{"causes":403},[404,20,254,64],"Peace activism",{"causes":406},[138,139,407,305],"Pass laws",{"causes":409},[71,410,140,411],"Women's voices","Publishing",{"causes":413},[380,15,337,414],"Public finance",{"causes":416},[311,47,417,20],"Anti-colorism",{"causes":419},[322,420,198,189,421],"Press freedom","African feminist literature",{"causes":423},[139,424,189,425],"Mende unity","Diplomatic mediation",{"causes":427},[18,428,134,330],"Chemistry",{"causes":430},[431,119,432,15],"Women in the judiciary","Protection of civilians in conflict",{"causes":434},[24,18,79,435],"Democratic reform",{"causes":437},[385,15,14],{"causes":439},[322,263,67,220],{"causes":441},[171,18,442,173],"Polygamy & marriage law",{"causes":444},[445,446,447,448],"Women's welfare","Rural development","First Lady legacy","Beauty and culture",{"causes":450},[213,173,451,15],"Legal reform",{"causes":453},[454,455,109],"Women's legal rights","Ending marriage by abduction",{"causes":457},[67,14,13],{"causes":459},[140,49,302,47],{"causes":461},[62,186,19,20],{"causes":463},[138,464,127,465,466],"Black women's voices in publishing","Black-owned publishing","Documenting township life",{"causes":468},[469,470,471,472],"Sacrifice","Community protection","Women's courage","Yoruba heritage",{"causes":474},[205,14,15],{"causes":476},[67,206,20,18],{"causes":478},[138,479,57,25],"Literature & free expression",{"causes":481},[189,206,260,13],{"causes":483},[322,26,484,485],"Social development","First ladies' activism",{"causes":487},[488,489,490],"Women in sport","Olympic leadership","Youth empowerment through sport",{"causes":492},[72,20,493,494,25],"Anti-FGM","Secularism",{"causes":496},[205,12,14,15],{"causes":498},[67,14,68],{"causes":500},[501,502,503],"National liberation and independence","Women in political leadership","Peace, stability and clean government",{"causes":505},[140,506,302,49],"Health awareness",{"causes":508},[249,509,15,510],"Transparency & anti-corruption","Global trade & development",{"causes":512},[513,514,13,18],"Art","Women empowerment",{"causes":516},[62,63,139,19],{"causes":518},[14,205,12,385],{"causes":520},[18,521,522,380],"Anti-corruption","Good governance",{"causes":524},[72,525,20,71],"Anti-racism",{"causes":527},[311,528,20,313],"Humanitarian work",{"causes":530},[531,532,533,534,535],"Women's economic independence","Indigenous African commerce","Women's political authority","Market regulation","Dispute resolution",{"causes":537},[538,539,540,541,542],"Women's empowerment","HIV/AIDS awareness","National unity","Niger Delta environmental justice","Artists' rights",{"causes":544},[20,545,546,105,547],"Against forced marriage","Against polygamy","Economic empowerment of women",{"causes":549},[20,12,183,18],{"causes":551},[552,553,15,554],"Truth & reconciliation","Trauma & healing","Psychology & social justice",{"causes":556},[89,90,88,557],"Cultural legacy",{"causes":559},[560,561,562,563,531],"Women's safety","Ending FGM","Ending forced marriage","Shelter for survivors of violence",{"causes":565},[140,49,302,47],{"causes":567},[67,322,64,14],{"causes":569},[57,26,15],{"causes":571},[138,572,64,573],"Journalism & free press","Academic freedom",{"causes":575},[43,576,322,577,578],"Disarmament","Democratic elections","Refugee resettlement",{"causes":580},[140,49,168,47],{"causes":582},[359,15,404,12],{"causes":584},[205,20,585,586],"Refugee support","Independence struggle",{"causes":588},[12,26,79,20],{"causes":590},[21,18,591,19],"Resilience",{"causes":593},[205,385,68,14],{"causes":595},[596,597,598],"Genocide remembrance","Literature as testimony","Dignity of refugees and women",{"causes":600},[601,42,602,603,604],"African food security","Bioscience capacity in Africa","Sustainable pest management","Smallholder farmers",{"causes":606},[140,49,302,47],{"causes":608},[609,322,610,611,612],"Women's access to education","Social welfare","Educational equity","Disability rights",{"causes":614},[12,79,20,26],{"causes":616},[617,618,619,620,621],"Women in sacred music","Preservation of mbira tradition","Cultural resistance","Zimbabwean liberation","Mentoring female musicians",{"causes":623},[234,624,625,626],"Pharmaceuticals","Women in business","Entrepreneurship",{"causes":628},[629,630,631,632,633],"Abolition of the death penalty","Prisoners' rights","Legal education for the incarcerated","Fair sentencing","Rehabilitation of ex-prisoners",{"causes":635},[636,637,638,639,573],"African feminism","Decolonisation of law","LGBTQ+ rights","Ending sexual harassment",{"causes":641},[139,209,249,26],{"causes":643},[644,645,40],"Women's health","Family planning",{"causes":647},[14,205,12,648],"Military strategy",{"causes":650},[42,651,652,653,654],"Affordable cancer treatment","Nanotechnology in Africa","Clean water","Mentorship of African researchers",{"causes":656},[157,488,657,658],"Refugee rights","Youth empowerment",{"causes":660},[213,183,18,20],{"causes":662},[330,663,664],"Nation-building","Indigenous heritage",{"causes":666},[140,49,667,47],"Afrobeats",{"causes":669},[133,670,134,671],"Economics","Public service",{"causes":673},[206,127,20,173],{"causes":675},[21,15,19,168],{"causes":677},[678,679,680],"Equal citizenship for women","Human rights and access to justice","Indigenous land rights",{"causes":682},[683,173,183],"Environmental rights",{"causes":685},[57,119,64,20],{"causes":687},[24,688,25,15],"Human rights law",{"causes":690},[67,20,64,57],{"causes":692},[683,26,20,521],{"causes":694},[18,695,696,697],"African scholarship","Women in research","Gender equity",{"causes":699},[493,20,57,700],"UN advocacy",{"causes":702},[703,704,20,705],"Global health","Inequality","HIV/AIDS",{"causes":707},[62,64,708,15],"Black liberation",{"causes":710},[67,14,12],{"causes":712},[234,20,713,714],"Community development","Family legacy",{"causes":716},[15,385,13],{"causes":718},[719,539,720,538,721],"Malaria eradication","Children's welfare","Adult literacy",{"causes":723},[388,15,337,360],{"causes":725},[57,20,726,337],"Conflict & sexual violence",{"causes":728},[729,730,731,732,733],"Black LGBTQIA+ visibility","Ending hate crimes","Trans rights","Queer archives","Reclaiming Black identity",[735,745,755,765,772,780,788,795,802,809,816,825,832,842,850,858,866,872,880,888,894,900,908,916,924,931,938,946],{"name":736,"slug":737,"image":738,"country":739,"born":740,"died":741,"era":742,"summary":743,"causes":744},"Abla Pokou","abla-pokou","/women/placeholder.svg","Côte d'Ivoire",1700,1760,"Pre-Colonial","Ashanti princess who led a breakaway people west across the Comoé River during an 18th-century succession war and founded the Baoulé, today one of Côte d'Ivoire's largest nations. Her legend of a mother's terrible sacrifice at the river is one of West Africa's most retold origin stories.",[12,13,14,15],{"name":746,"slug":747,"image":748,"country":749,"born":750,"died":751,"era":752,"summary":753,"causes":754},"Albertina Sisulu","albertina-sisulu","/women/albertina-sisulu.jpg","South Africa",1918,2011,"Modern","South African anti-apartheid activist and nurse who kept the resistance alive while her husband Walter Sisulu was imprisoned for 26 years alongside Nelson Mandela. She was banned, arrested, and surveilled for decades, and never stopped.",[62,63,15,64],{"name":756,"slug":757,"image":758,"country":759,"born":760,"died":761,"era":762,"summary":763,"causes":764},"Amina J. Mohammed","amina-j-mohammed","/women/amina-j-mohammed.jpg","Nigeria",1961,null,"Contemporary","Nigerian diplomat and UN Deputy Secretary-General since 2017. Formerly Nigeria's Minister of Environment. One of the chief architects of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the global framework guiding international development until 2030. The highest-ranking Nigerian in the history of the United Nations.",[83,84,85,15],{"name":766,"slug":767,"image":768,"country":759,"born":769,"died":761,"era":752,"summary":770,"causes":771},"Ayo Obe","ayo-obe","/women/ayo-obe.png",1955,"Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist; former President of the Civil Liberties Organisation. Advocate for rule of law, democracy, and civil liberties; prominent voice in Nigerian civil society.",[57,119,130,15],{"name":773,"slug":774,"image":775,"country":759,"born":776,"died":777,"era":752,"summary":778,"causes":779},"Dora Akunyili","dora-akunyili","/women/dora-akunyili.jpg",1954,2014,"NAFDAC Director-General who cut counterfeit drugs in Nigeria from roughly 70% to under 20%. Survived assassination attempts; later Minister of Information.",[79,223,224,15],{"name":781,"slug":782,"image":783,"country":784,"born":785,"died":761,"era":752,"summary":786,"causes":787},"Elizabeth of Toro","elizabeth-of-toro","/women/elizabeth-of-toro.jpg","Uganda",1936,"Ugandan princess of Toro who became East Africa's first female barrister and one of the first Black supermodels, then served as Idi Amin's foreign minister until she defied him and had to flee for her life. She rebuilt herself as a respected ambassador.",[12,57,15,186],{"name":789,"slug":790,"image":791,"country":759,"born":792,"died":761,"era":762,"summary":793,"causes":794},"Folorunṣo Alakija","folorunso-alakija","/women/folorunso-alakija.jpg",1951,"Nigerian businesswoman, philanthropist, and one of Africa's wealthiest women, who built a fashion empire before entering the oil industry, and now dedicates her wealth to education and poverty alleviation through the Rose of Sharon Foundation.",[249,15,18,173],{"name":796,"slug":797,"image":798,"country":784,"born":799,"died":761,"era":762,"summary":800,"causes":801},"Grace Mary Mugasa","grace-mary-mugasa","/women/grace-mary-mugasa.jpg",1968,"Ugandan politician and the first woman to serve as Mayor of Hoima, who guided the oil-rich municipality through its elevation to city status and later became a State Minister while championing gender equality and clean urban environments.",[15,183,333,334,110],{"name":803,"slug":804,"image":805,"country":759,"born":806,"died":761,"era":752,"summary":807,"causes":808},"Hadiza Bala Usman","hadiza-bala-usman","/women/hadiza-bala-usman.jpg",1976,"Nigerian activist and public servant; co-founder of Bring Back Our Girls and former MD of Nigerian Ports Authority. Advocate for accountability, transparency, and women in leadership.",[337,7,15,130],{"name":810,"slug":811,"image":812,"country":759,"born":813,"died":761,"era":752,"summary":814,"causes":815},"Hafsat Abiola","hafsat-abiola","/women/hafsat-abiola.jpg",1974,"Human rights and democracy activist who founded the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND) in honour of her mother. Advocates for women's political leadership and civil society.",[26,15,57,130],{"name":817,"slug":818,"image":819,"country":820,"born":821,"died":822,"era":742,"summary":823,"causes":824},"Hatshepsut","hatshepsut","/women/hatshepsut.jpg","Egypt",1507,1458,"Ancient Egyptian pharaoh who ruled one of the most powerful empires in the world for over 20 years, around 3,500 years ago. She launched great trade expeditions, built some of Egypt's most magnificent monuments, and was so threatening to those who came after her that they tried to erase her from history entirely. They failed.",[89,342,343,15],{"name":826,"slug":827,"image":828,"country":759,"born":829,"died":761,"era":752,"summary":830,"causes":831},"Kemi Adeosun","kemi-adeosun","/women/kemi-adeosun.jpg",1967,"Nigerian accountant and former Minister of Finance. First female Minister of Finance in Nigeria's recent history; advocate for fiscal reform and women in finance.",[388,15,389,337],{"name":833,"slug":834,"image":835,"country":836,"born":837,"died":838,"era":839,"summary":840,"causes":841},"Labotsibeni Gwamile Mdluli","labotsibeni","/women/labotsibeni.jpg","Eswatini",1858,1925,"Colonial","The formidable queen regent known as Gwamile, 'the indomitable', who ruled Swaziland through its harshest colonial decades, financed early Black South African nationalism, and preserved the monarchy for her grandson Sobhuza II.",[12,18,14,15],{"name":843,"slug":844,"image":845,"country":846,"born":847,"died":761,"era":752,"summary":848,"causes":849},"Luisa Diogo","luisa-diogo","/women/luisa-diogo.jpg","Mozambique",1958,"Mozambique's first female Prime Minister (2004–2010). Economist who led post-war economic policy and debt relief; one of Africa's most prominent female heads of government.",[380,15,337,414],{"name":851,"slug":852,"image":853,"country":854,"born":855,"died":761,"era":762,"summary":856,"causes":857},"Mame Madior Boye","mame-madior-boye","/women/mame-madior-boye.jpg","Senegal",1940,"Career magistrate who broke Senegal's highest glass ceiling in 2001 as the country's first female Prime Minister, then carried her jurist's discipline to the African Union as envoy for the protection of civilians in armed conflict.",[431,119,432,15],{"name":859,"slug":860,"image":738,"country":861,"born":862,"died":863,"era":742,"summary":864,"causes":865},"Manthatisi","manthatisi","Lesotho",1781,1836,"Warrior queen and regent of the Batlokwa who led tens of thousands through the upheaval of the Difaqane, becoming the most feared military leader in the southern African interior. Legend turned her into a one-eyed giant; history records a shrewd ruler who once bluffed an entire army into retreat.",[385,15,14],{"name":867,"slug":868,"image":738,"country":759,"born":869,"died":761,"era":752,"summary":870,"causes":871},"Maryam Uwais","maryam-uwais",1959,"Nigerian lawyer and advocate; Special Adviser to the President on Social Investments. Leading voice for children's rights, legal reform, and social protection in Nigeria.",[213,173,451,15],{"name":873,"slug":874,"image":738,"country":875,"born":876,"died":877,"era":152,"summary":878,"causes":879},"Muthoni Kirima","muthoni-kirima","Kenya",1930,2023,"The only woman to reach the rank of Field Marshal in Kenya's Mau Mau uprising, who fought British colonial rule from the forests of Mount Kenya. She spent the rest of her life demanding that her country honour the freedom fighters it chose to forget.",[205,14,15],{"name":881,"slug":882,"image":883,"country":854,"born":884,"died":885,"era":839,"summary":886,"causes":887},"Ndaté Yalla Mbodj","ndate-yalla-mbodj","/women/ndate-yalla-mbodj.jpg",1810,1860,"The last great queen of Waalo in northern Senegal, who governed, taxed and went to war against French expansion in the 1850s. Defeated but never forgotten, she is one of Senegal's enduring symbols of resistance and female sovereignty.",[205,12,14,15],{"name":889,"slug":890,"image":891,"country":759,"born":776,"died":761,"era":752,"summary":892,"causes":893},"Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala","ngozi-okonjo-iweala","/women/ngozi-okonjo-iweala.jpg","Nigerian-American economist who became the first woman and first African Director-General of the WTO. Former Nigerian Finance Minister and World Bank Managing Director.",[249,509,15,510],{"name":895,"slug":896,"image":897,"country":749,"born":769,"died":761,"era":752,"summary":898,"causes":899},"Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela","pumla-gobodo-madikizela","/women/pumla-gobodo-madikizela.jpg","South African psychologist and author. Served on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; wrote A Human Being Died That Night on trauma and forgiveness; research professor.",[552,553,15,554],{"name":901,"slug":902,"image":738,"country":903,"born":904,"died":905,"era":762,"summary":906,"causes":907},"Rose Lokissim","rose-lokissim","Chad",1953,1986,"One of Chad's first female soldiers, who resisted the dictator Hissène Habré from inside his secret-police prisons, documenting atrocities until she was executed. Her defiance, recorded by her own torturers, later helped bring Habré to justice.",[57,26,15],{"name":909,"slug":910,"image":911,"country":912,"born":913,"died":761,"era":762,"summary":914,"causes":915},"Sahle-Work Zewde","sahle-work-zewde","/women/sahle-work-zewde.jpg","Ethiopia",1950,"Ethiopia's first female president, elected in 2018. A career UN diplomat who served as Director-General of UNON in Nairobi, she brought decades of international experience to a role that, while ceremonial, carries enormous symbolic weight.",[359,15,404,12],{"name":917,"slug":918,"image":919,"country":820,"born":920,"died":921,"era":752,"summary":922,"causes":923},"Umm Kulthum","umm-kulthum","/women/umm-kulthum.jpg",1898,1975,"Egyptian singer known as the Star of the East and the most famous Arab singer of the 20th century. Born around 1898 in a small Delta village, she rose to become a cultural icon whose concerts lasted four to six hours. Her funeral in 1975 drew four million mourners, a crowd larger than that for Nasser.",[21,15,19,168],{"name":925,"slug":926,"image":738,"country":749,"born":927,"died":928,"era":752,"summary":929,"causes":930},"Victoria Mxenge","victoria-mxenge",1942,1985,"South African lawyer and anti-apartheid activist who defended political prisoners during the apartheid era and was assassinated by apartheid government agents in 1985. Her husband had been murdered by the same forces four years earlier. She knew the danger and continued anyway.",[24,688,25,15],{"name":932,"slug":933,"image":934,"country":749,"born":785,"died":935,"era":752,"summary":936,"causes":937},"Winnie Madikizela-Mandela","winnie-madikizela-mandela","/women/winnie-madikizela-mandela.jpg",2018,"South African anti-apartheid activist who kept resistance alive inside the country while Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years. Known as the 'Mother of the Nation.'",[62,64,708,15],{"name":939,"slug":940,"image":941,"country":942,"born":943,"died":761,"era":742,"summary":944,"causes":945},"Yennenga","yennenga","/women/yennenga.jpg","Burkina Faso",1100,"Legendary warrior princess remembered as the mother of the Mossi people of Burkina Faso. A horsewoman and soldier who refused the life mapped out for her, she rode into the wilderness and into the founding story of a nation.",[15,385,13],{"name":947,"slug":948,"image":949,"country":759,"born":950,"died":761,"era":752,"summary":951,"causes":952},"Zainab Ahmed","zainab-ahmed","/women/zainab-ahmed.jpg",1960,"Nigerian economist and minister; served as Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning. One of Nigeria's most senior female cabinet members; advocate for fiscal reform and women in policy.",[388,15,337,360],1789050127570]