BBC’s list of the world’s most inspirational and influential women for 2016
The British broadcaster BBC has released its 100 women list to celebrate the world’s most inspirational and influential women from across the globe for 2016. Some of 2016’s big names are Alicia Keys, Katherine Johnson, former ‘human computer’ and research mathematician at Nasa, Marne Levine, COO of Instagram, Evelyn Miralles, Mexican investigative journalist Carmen Aristegui, Sunny Leone, Canadian actress of Indian origin, and NASA engineer Evelyn Miralles.
Russian Foreign Ministry’s sharp-tongued spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, has also made it to the list, along with outspoken French politician Rachida Dati.
BBC’s list of the world’s most inspirational and influential women for 2016
| Name | Country | About |
|---|---|---|
| Alicia Keys | US | Singer-songwriter |
| Aline Mukovi Neema | DR Congo | Student/activist |
| Amna Suleiman | Gaza | Teacher/bike protester |
| Amy Roko | Saudi Arabia | Comedian |
| Asel Sadyrova | Kyrgyzstan | Archer |
| Ashwaq Moharram | Yemen | Doctor |
| Babs Forman | UK | Make-up artist |
| Becci Wain | UK | Healthcare assistant |
| Carmen Aristegui | Mexico | Journalist |
| Carolina de Oliveira | Syria | Actor/mental health campaigner |
| Cat Hulbert | US | Professional gambler |
| Chan Yuen-ting | Hong Kong | Football manager |
| Chanira Bajracharya | Nepal | Business student/Former 'living goddess' |
| Churan Zheng | China | Events organiser/feminist campaigner |
| Cindy Meston | Canada | Professor of clinical psychology |
| Conchi Reyes Rios | Spain | Bullfighter |
| Corinne Maier | France | Writer/psychoanalyst |
| Dalia Sabri | Jordan | Music teacher |
| Denise Ho | Hong Kong | Singer/pro-democracy campaigner |
| Doaa el-Adl | Egypt | Cartoonist |
| Dwi Handa | Indonesia | Instagram star |
| Egge Kande | Senegal | Community leader |
| Ellinah Ntombi Wamukoya | Swaziland | Bishop |
| Erin McKenney | US | Student, creator of a science programme for young women |
| Erin Sweeny | Australia | Psychologist |
| Evelyn Miralles | Venezuela | Computer engineer |
| Funke-Bucknor Obruthe | Nigeria | Wedding planner |
| Gcina Mhlope | South Africa | Author/poet/playwright |
| Gouri Chindarkar | India | Computer engineering student |
| Heather Rabbatts | Jamaica | Lawyer/businesswoman |
| Heloise Letissier | France | Singer-songwriter |
| Ieshia Evans | US | Nurse |
| Isabella Springmuhl Tejada | Guatemala | Fashion designer, first fashion designer with Down's Syndrome to take part in London Fashion Week. |
| Iskra Lawrence | UK | Model |
| Jamilah Lemieux | US | Columnist and editor |
| Jane Elliott | US | Educator/activist/author |
| Janet Ni Shuilleabhain | Ireland | Activist |
| Jeanette Winterson | UK | Author |
| Judi Aubel | US | Social entrepreneur |
| June Eric-Udorie | Ireland | Writer/blogger |
| Karima Baloch | Pakistan | Political activist |
| Kartika Jahja | Indonesia | Singer/activist |
| Katherine Johnson | US | Former space scientist |
| Kathy Murray | US | Relationship coach |
| Khadijia Ismailova | Azerbaijan | Journalist |
| Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | Mountaineer |
| Liliane Landor | Lebanon | Journalist |
| Liv Little | UK | Magazine editor |
| Lois Strong | US | Cheerleader |
| Lubna Tahtamouni | Jordan | Biology professor |
| Lucy Finch | Malawi | Palliative care nurse |
| Mallika Srinivasan | India | CEO of farm equipment company, known as the 'Tractor Queen' of India |
| Mao Kobayashi | Japan | Newsreader, fighting stage 4 breast cancer |
| Mariana Costa | Peru | Businesswoman |
| Marne Levine | US | COO of Instagram |
| Marta Sanchez Soler | Mexico | Sociologist/activist |
| Marta Vieira da Silva | Brazil | Footballer |
| Mary | Kenya | Full-time mother, survivor of abduction and repeated rape by al-Shabab militants. |
| Mary Akrami | Afghanistan | Women's shelter director |
| Megan Beveridge | UK | Army piper |
| Mercedes Doretti | Argentina | Forensic anthropologist |
| Morena Herrera | El Salvador | Philosopher/human rights activist |
| Nadia Khiari | Tunisia | Cartoonist |
| Nadiya Hussain | UK | Baker |
| Naema Ahmed | Pakistan | E-commerce start-up manager |
| Nagira Sabashova | Kyrgyzstan | Wrestler |
| Natalia Ponce de Leon | Colombia | Human rights activist |
| Nay el-Rahi | Lebanon | Journalist/website founder |
| Neha Singh | India | Actor/Writer, founded a movement to encourage women to walk the streets in Mumbai to defy harassment. |
| Omotade Alalade | Nigeria | Infertility foundation creator |
| Ou Xiaobai | China | Relocation manager/app developer - Developing an app called iHomo with her partner Yi Zhi. |
| Pashtun Rahmat | Afghanistan | Police officer |
| Paula Hawkins | Zimbabwe | Novelist |
| Prathiba Parmar | Kenya | Film maker |
| Rachida Dati | France | Politician |
| Rakefet Russak-Aminoach | Israel | Bank CEO --- Youngest female CEO to ever head an Israeli bank |
| Rebecca Walker | US | Writer |
| Reham el-Hour | Morocco | Cartoonist |
| Renee Rabinowitz | Belgium | Retired professor/lawyer |
| Saalumarada Thimmakka | India | Environmentalist |
| Seyhan Arman | Turkey | Trans activist/actor |
| Sherin Khankan | Denmark | Imam --- Earlier this year opened Denmark's first women-led mosque, in a bid to challenge 'patriarchal structures'. |
| Shirin Gerami | Iran | Triathlete --- Iran's first ever female 'Ironwoman' triathlete, she competes in hijab, and has developed her own range of sportswear to inspire other Iranian women to get involved in sport too. |
| Shriti Vadera | Uganda | Banker |
| Sian Williams | UK | Rugby player |
| Simone Biles | US | Gymnast |
| Stephanie Harvey | Canada | E-Gamer |
| Stephanie Yim Bell | US | Wrestler |
| Sunny Leone | Canada | Actor, former porn star who entered mainstream acting in 2013 and has appeared in several Bollywood films. |
| Traci Houpapa | New Zealand | Company director |
| Um-Yehia | Syria | Nurse |
| Viktoria Modesta | Latvia | Bionic pop artist |
| Winnie Harlow | Canada | Model |
| Yasmine Mustafa | Kuwait | Entrepreneur ---- CEO of ROAR for Good, which makes self-defence wearable technology. |
| Yuliya Stepanova | Russia | Athlete --- Gathered undercover evidence of systemic state-sponsored doping in Russia and now lives in secret. |
| Zoleka Mandela | South Africa | Writer/campaigner |
| Zulaikha Patel | South Africa | Schoolgirl --- who became a symbol of the fight against the policy in a high school that forced black girls to straighten their hair |
| Tess Asplund | Colombia | Care worker/protester |
| Thuli Madonsela | South Africa | Advocate |
| Maria Zakharova | Russia | Foreign Ministry spokeswoman |
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