ChangerMaker.From Sudan to the Security Council: Sudanese woman lead drive for change. Alaa Salah (born 1996/1997) is a Sudanese student and anti-government protester. She gained world-wide media attention from a picture of her taken during the 2018/2019 Sudanese Revolution by Lana Haroun that went viral in April 2019. The image of Salah has been dubbed as "Woman in White" or "Lady Liberty" of Sudan. As a member of MANSAM, one of the main Sudanese women's networks who s
Born in Zambia and now based in New York, Moyo is an economist and author whose books tackle macroeconomic problems around aid, resources and geopolitics. Dr. Dambisa Moyo is a pre-eminent thinker, who influences key decision-makers in strategic investment and public policy. She is respected for her unique perspectives, her balance of contrarian thinking with measured judgment, and her ability to turn economic insight into investible ideas. An alumnus of the Time 100 list of
The complicated truth about food | Iben Krog Rasmussen Iben is one of four young women who founded Frej – Denmark’s first think tank on food. Iben has a Masters in political science and has been working in politics, been blogging for one of the biggest Danish newspapers, and is regularly on Danish radio and television. She grew up on a conventional commercial farm, is a member of the Danish Youth Climate Council, and collaborates with United Nation on the SDGs. Iben is a prof
THE POWER OF WORDS (FOR EQUALITY AND JUSTICE) | Emi Mahmoud Emi Mahmoud’s talk is a powerful combination of spoken word poetry along with insightful reflections on her childhood as a former refugee from Sudan growing up in Yemen and the United States. Her poems speak to the emotions that bind us all: fear, compassion, strength, vulnerability and ultimately love. (Recorded at TEDxKakumaCamp on June 9, 2018) Sudanese-American Slam Poet and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Emi Mahmoud