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Gwen Jimmere is a gifted visionary on an unrelenting mission to challenge the narrative that “the struggle is real” when it comes to natural hair. As CEO of Naturalicious, she leads a 7-figure empire that creates high-performing, time-saving haircare products that have collectively saved over 70,000 women more than 1.2 million minutes on washday.
She’s cemented her place in history as the first African-American woman to hold a patent for natural haircare products, which can be found around the world in over 1200 retail stores, including ULTA, Whole Foods, and Sally Beauty.
Named, “the world’s leading authority on textured hair care”, she was named one of the 100 Most Influential African Americans in the U.S. along with the likes of Beyonce, Serena Williams, and LeBron James; as well as a Top 10 Business Woman in the U.S., a Crain’s 40 Under 40.
Hiba Shabroqu is the only Jordanian woman named in the telecommunications field who won a Stevie Award for Women in Business. Hiba was recognized for her work as a product marketing expert at Orange, one of the largest operators of mobile and internet services in Europe and Africa and a global leader in corporate telecommunication services.Hiba was one of four fellows who participated in The Global Summit in Jordan and the first Jordanian to attend the Women Ambassadors Forum.
Kate Ekanem is an Entrepreneur, a Writer and a Girl’s Right Activist. She started writing at the age of five. Her works have been published on Tru Applause Magazine, Pulse magazine, Huffing post, to mention but a few. She is a Delegate for Development Dialogue Nigeria, a US Carrington Youth Fellow, and a Queen Young Leaders awardee by her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of England.Kate is a Champion for Change at the Empower Women in alliance with the United Nations, a Ship the start-up Ambassador; Finland, Grubstreet Muse Literary Citizen Writer award winner, Boston, and a Deutsche Welle Global Media forum scholar, Germany.
Diipa Büller-Khosla is a Delhi-born who was studying to become a lawyer when blogging came along. While prepping for BPP Law School in London, Khosla decided to work at IM Agency, one of Europe’s first influencer agencies, in Amsterdam. Here, she ended up liaising for international bloggers like Chiara Ferragni and Aimee Song. It woke Khosla up to the power of social media, and the lack of Indian representation in the space. The decision to dive in (while simultaneously pursuing a degree) was promptly made. Since then, she has made headlines, magazine covers, red carpets and even won Influencer of the year. Diipa knows the importance of using social media as a transformative engine for change, thus founded her non-profit post for change. Her non-profit has partnered with UNICEF and within a few months reached over 100 million people!
Meet the new Miss America Camille Schrier crowned on December 19, 2019.
Camille is a student at Virginia Commonwealth who advocates for drug safety, and her love for science has driven her impact initiative about drug safety and abuse prevention emphasizing bringing the opioid crisis in the U.S. to an end.
Uzma Gul is from Pakistan with expertise in Legislation's and Policy Making. A Young Master Trainer trained by prestigious institutions nationally and internationally for Democratic Strengthening, Good Governance and Policy Making, working as Political Party Development Practitioner and Trainer especially focused on youth and women inclusive approaches.
Ms. Uzma is Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator for Training, Innovation and Development at Commonwealth’s Youth Peace Network, Global Citizen’s Youth Advocate for SDGs across the world, Global Shaper at World Economic Forum, a strong supporter of UNCSR Resolution 2250 also named in “50 Influential young females of Pakistan” in 2016, receiver of “Young Women Ambassador of Pakistan” from USA in 2016.
Nominee of "UN International Peace Prize 2017", honored to represent at "First ever Asia Pacific Regional Youth Policy Making" and "First Ever Asia Regions Evidence based Peace Policy" organized by UN and the Commonwealth. Ms. Uzma was also awarded a shield of Appreciation by Ministry of Youth Affairs, Government of Sindh, Pakistan on 8th March 2017 recognizing her marvelous efforts and struggles in field of social and political activism.
Melene Rossouw is the Founder of Women Lead Movement, an organization whose aim is to educate, empower and inspire women to lead social change in their communities through Human Rights and Leadership training curricula. Melene is an admitted Attorney by the High Court in South Africa; a 2018 Obama Foundation Leader: Africa; 2019 Mandela Washington Fellow and an internationally recognised Gender Rights activists by ONE Global Campaign. Melene also holds a Master of Laws (LL.M) degree from the University of the Western Cape, with a specialization in Public and Constitutional Law.
Ashley Smith is the founder of Into the heart. Ashley's truest desire is to connect with others in ways that are deep, meaningful and authentic as well as in ways that honor and serve all Life.
Meet Coral Movasseli, tech entrepreneur, leader and public speaker. Co-founded & successfully launched a digital mobile app using Agile Product Development & Design Thinking, to solve a problem for Toronto’s transit users. Coral now leades and grows a global non profit in Dublin, Girls in Tech. Coral lead the very first hackathon in Ireland.
Muzna is originally from Syria and currently lives in Canada. She studied Language and Conflict Resolution. As a Coordinator of Health Programs for Syrian refugees with Centre Social D’aide Aux Immigrants, she is responsible for working on advocacy, planning, and project management. As an advocate, she is proud to have participated in the first new feminist political movement in her country; be nominated as a member of the Groupe de Trente Leaders of Montreal by the Ministry of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion; and be invited to participate in the consultations of Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security from 2017-2022. Additionally, she also is the Founder and Coordinator of Women Refugees not Captives, a campaign that aims to end the practice of forced child marriage of Syrian women and girls in refugee camps, and a Liaison Officer with The White Helmets.
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