Empowerment/Women's rights

Bunker Roy

Tiloniya, Rajasthan / India

I created the Barefoot College

Because more than one billion people lack access to electricity and almost as many have little to no schooling, Bunker decided to combine the two by helping those with few opportunities to become solar engineers and bring light to their villages. He’s a giant of social entrepreneurship!

Muru Arunachalam

I’m the first man to wear sanitary pads

Aaron Cohen

Je lutte à travers le monde entier contre le trafic d’êtres humains

Frances Alexander

J’ai créé un réseau d’hébergement et d’entraide pour les femmes qui voyagent dans le monde entier

Sampat Pal Devi

J’ai créé le gang des saris roses

SANJAY SACHDEV & HARSH MALHOTRA

We save lovers from death

Sandra Aguebor

I keep women off the streets by training them to be mechanics

Beverly Blum

I'm cooking with solar!

Denis Mukwege

I restore women who have been destroyed by rape

Bindeshwar Pathak

The untouchables I help are no longer destined to clean human excrement

Gazi Babaiarova

I fight against bride kidnapping

Access to water, energy and sanitationAnimal welfareDemocracy/Human rightsEmergency aidEmpowerment/Women's rightsEqual opportunities and social cohesionEmpowerment of the disabledInnovative pedagogyNorth-South/rural-urban solidarityProtection of minoritiesAssistance/Children's rights