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In 1997, a Gambian woman started an environmental initiative
In 2011, Japanese tidying expert Marie Kondo's first book was published.
Mary Fisher set out to fight the prejudice faced by those with HIV and Aids
Nalini Malani made an artwork protesting against India's nuclear tests
In 2005, Dr Katalin Karik贸 published research that eventually won her the Nobel Prize
In 1974, a judge decided if three Portuguese women should be jailed for writing a book
In 1987, Waris Dirie had her first photo-shoot and became a supermodel sensation
For nearly 40 years, women in Brazil were banned from playing football
In 1956, US presidential candidates sent female representatives to the first debate on TV
The Brazilian singer who earned the title Queen of Samba
'Spray-on skin' was used to treat burns victims after bombings on the Indonesian island.
The story of the woman who became known as India鈥檚 first female bartender
The forgotten story of Winifred Atwell, the pianist from Trinidad who broke sales records
Hundreds of thousands of Asian women were forced into sex slavery in the 1930s and 1940s
She overcame poverty, health problems and racism to become one of Peru鈥檚 greatest singers
In 1973 a fashion show was held in France which the media dubbed the Battle of Versailles
Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat helped end segregation in the United States
In 2003, human rights lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim defended Amina Lawal from death by stoning
In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalise gay marriage
In the early 2000s, a woman known as 鈥楲ady Tarzan鈥� fought India鈥檚 so called timber mafia
The scientist produced an X-ray photograph in 1952, that helped show the structure of DNA
In 1974, actress Kieu Chinh found herself on a farm cleaning up after chicken
How Brownie Wise inspired an army of US housewives to sell Tupperware at parties
MoMA bought photos from an African-American woman for the first time in 1979.
