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.
Sharon D'Agostino / U.S.
Yodit Kifle Smith / U.S.
Oumie Sissokho / The Gambia
Esenam Nyador / Ghana
Valin Azooz / Iraq
Elisa Gambino / U.S.
Whitney Dowers / Canada
Senait Isaac / Canada
Janne Iversen / Norway
Victoria Melhado Daley / Jamaica
Bhavya Nandini / India
Francisca Mandeya / Canada
Mushairat Mamun / U.S.
Ruth Kilimo / Kenya
Angel Kharya / India
Olaoluwa Abagun / Nigeria
Mitra Kadarsih / Indonesia
Sumaira Yousaf / Pakistan
Jama Jack / The Gambia
Aleksandra Kuljanin / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Maureen Kanayo / Nigeria & U.S.
Andrea Vazquez / Canada
Franka Cadée / Netherlands
Andrea Jordon / Barbados & U.K.
Joanne Rama / Aotearoa NZ
Peace Osamede Smith / Germany
Sara Forrest Jaimes / Mexico & U.S.
Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi / Nigeria
Maren Dietze / France & Canada
Delphine Silvermoon / U.S.
Rebecca Smiddy / U.S.
Esther Mast / U.S.
Tandin Pemo / Bhutan
Toni Gwynn-Jones / Australia
Debbie Hudson / Australia
Gabrielle Filiou-Chenier / Canada
Mildred John / Nigeria
Michiko Kashiba / Japan
Priyanka Idicula / India
Binat Sasson / Israel
Clara Methie / Zimbabwe
Dagmar Ruppert / Switzerland
Ekaete Asuquo / Nigeria
Gigja Sveinsdottir / Iceland
Jigme Choden / Bhutan
Inma Esteban García / Spain
Shahnaz Shahid / Pakistan
Judy Ducatel / The Bahamas
Kinga Pemo / Bhutan
Laura Latina / Italy
Meseret Haileyesus / Canada
Linda Shewey / U.S.
Shirley Curtis / The Bahamas
Marissa Isabedra / Philippines
Mindy Ebrahimoff / Israel
Barbara Kirkland / U.S.
Deliwe Nyathikazi / South Africa
Heather Struckett / Canada
Noelia Greizerstein / Canada
Zinabua Girmay / Ethiopia
Maxine Hardinge / Australia
