Jackie Kay is the Chancellor of the University of Salford, Manchester. She is an award-winning writer of fiction, poetry and plays. Jackie was born in Edinburg in 1961, to a Scottish mother and a Nigeria father; she grew up in Glasgow with Helen and John Kay her adoptive parents. She studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama having initially harboured the ambition to be an actress. She proceeded to University of Stirling where she received a degree in English.

Mashuda Khatun Shefali is the Executive Director of Nari Uddug Kendra (NUK), otherwise known as the Centre for Women’s Initiative. NUK is a leading NGO in Bangladesh, established in 1991. It operates in the areas of human rights, personal and political empowerment of women and girls as well as promotion of gender equality and women sports related issues in Bangladesh.

By Boma Benjy – Iwuoha Norma Nashed is the founder and president of Restore A Child; a ministry for orphans, operating over 20 orphanages in across 15 countries. The ministry works with thousands of children living in poverty and empowering them through schools, agricultural development, orphanages and other venues to grow and become responsible and productive citizens who can make a change in their communities and promote peace and prosperity in the world. Norma has devoted her life and resources to caring for others and this is her story. Norma was born in Ramallah a Palestinian city located 10 km north of Jerusalem. Her parents moved to Amman, Jordan when she was an infant and there she was raised alongside her six siblings in very modest circumstances. The family lived together in a single room house with no electricity and an outdoor makeshift kitchen and though her father made a…

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An African news source announced the forming of all-black women’s pro cycling team to be part of the UCI Women’s WorldTour in 2017.

Yolanda Holder

The phrase woman of colour is a term used to describe a group of women who belong to a racial group, not categorized as white.

Muzvare-Princess Betty Makoni is the founder of the Girl Child network, a charity organization that takes care of victims of sex abuse.