In the fight for human rights, women are increasingly at the forefront—even though they’re being threatened, arrested and attacked. Their governments call them dangerous. We call them heroes.

Justine Masika Bihamba fights rape in the Congo

Rebiya Kadeer raises awareness of the oppression Uighurs suffer under the Chinese government

Veronica Cruz Sanchez helps rape victims in Mexico access safe, legal abortions

Nawal El Saadawi publicizes the struggle of North African women against abuse under Islamic fundamentalists

Aminatou Haidar uses nonviolence to protest the human rights abuses of Moroccan forces in Western Sahara

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