This gallery includes portraits of inspiring women leaders I met while volunteering to help SayItForward.org at recent international conferences. SayItForward.org is an amazing web platform for women and girls to share their personal stories of self-empowerment. The love and grace that the women in these photos bring to the world every day, seeking solutions to some of our most difficult challenges, is truly inspiring and gives me hope for the future of humanity — something we can all use right now.
Oumie Sissokho / The Gambia
Mitra Kadarsih / Indonesia
Francisca Mandeya / Canada
Maxine Hardinge / Australia
Esenam Nyador / Ghana
Janne Iversen / Norway
Ruth Kilimo / Kenya
Sumaira Yousaf / Pakistan
Jama Jack / The Gambia
Joanne Rama / Aotearoa NZ
Andrea Jordon / Barbados & U.K.
Aleksandra Kuljanin / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Priyanka Idicula / India
Binat Sasson / Israel
Shirley Curtis / The Bahamas
Jigme Choden / Bhutan
Zinabua Girmay / Ethiopia
Dagmar Ruppert / Switzerland
Clara Methie / Zimbabwe
Yodit Kifle Smith / U.S.
Sharon D'Agostino / U.S.
Whitney Dowers / Canada
Elisa Gambino / U.S.
Senait Isaac / Canada
Mushairat Mamun / U.S.
Victoria Melhado Daley / Jamaica
Bhavya Nandini / India
Angel Kharya / India
Olaoluwa Abagun / Nigeria
Andrea Vazquez / Canada
Maureen Kanayo / Nigeria & U.S.
Franka Cadée / Netherlands
Peace Osamede Smith / Germany
Sara Forrest Jaimes / Mexico & U.S.
Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi / Nigeria
Maren Dietze / France & Canada
Delphine Silvermoon / U.S.
Tandin Pemo / Bhutan
Rebecca Smiddy / U.S.
Esther Mast / U.S.
Mildred John / Nigeria
Toni Gwynn-Jones / Australia
Debbie Hudson / Australia
Gabrielle Filiou-Chenier / Canada
Michiko Kashiba / Japan
Ekaete Asuquo / Nigeria
Gigja Sveinsdottir / Iceland
Valin Azooz / Iraq
Inma Esteban García / Spain
Shahnaz Shahid / Pakistan
Judy Ducatel / The Bahamas
Kinga Pemo / Bhutan
Laura Latina / Italy
Meseret Haileyesus / Canada
Linda Shewey / U.S.
Marissa Isabedra / Philippines
Mindy Ebrahimoff / Israel
Barbara Kirkland / U.S.
Deliwe Nyathikazi / South Africa
Heather Struckett / Canada
Noelia Greizerstein / Canada
