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Rina Akhter and Rima Sultana are two Bangladeshi women on the list who have led the way for change in this time of coronavirus epidemic and based on their different contributions in their respective fields.
Rina Akhter is at number 7 on the list. According to the BBC, Rina and her team have been providing rice, vegetables, eggs and meat every week to at least 400 sex workers in Dhaka who are in dire financial straits at the time of the coronavirus epidemic.
Rina herself was in this profession. “People look down on our profession, but we do it to buy food. I am trying to make sure that no one in the profession goes hungry and that their children don’t have to,” he told the BBC.
Another Bangladeshi woman on the list is Rima Sultana Remu. She is a teacher and a member of “Cox’s Bazar Women Leaders for Peace.” The program is part of the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders.
The goal of this Peace Builders Network is to empower women in troubled countries, bring them to leadership and make them ambassadors for peace.
Rima has done humanitarian work to address the Rohingya refugee crisis. She has worked to provide Rohingya refugees with adequate education based on their gender and age, as well as to bring Rohingya women and girls to education.
Rima has also worked to raise awareness of the UN Security Council’s recommendations on women, peace and security through radio and theater programs.
“I am determined to achieve gender equality in Bangladesh. I believe in the empowerment of women. We will succeed,” she told the BBC.
The BBC has paid tribute to the 100 women who fought in unusual circumstances in a world infected by the coronavirus. Those who are called ‘Ansang Hero’.
Others on the list include Sanna Marin, Head of Government of the Finnish Coalition of Finland, Sarah Gilbert, Head of the Corona Virus Vaccine Research Team at Oxford University, and climate worker and actress Jane Fonda.
Pakistani actress Mahira Khan and Sania Nishtar, Special Assistant to Pakistan’s Prime Minister for Poverty Alleviation, Bilkis Banu, who participated in the movement against Indian citizenship.
The Ethiopian soccer player Loza Abera Zenore, the Moroccan rapper Huda Abuj, three more Indians. Additionally, women from Afghanistan, Nepal, Thailand, Myanmar, and many other countries around the world have found a place on this list.
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