Empowerment/Women's rights

    Bindeshwar Pathak

    New Delhi / India
    The untouchables I help are no longer destined to clean human excrement

    This giant of social entrepreneurship has liberated a million untouchables who once worked to clean antiquated toilets with their bare hands. Dr. Pathak has replaced these toilets with an ultra-environmentally friendly open source model that the West would do well to implement.

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    Muru Arunachalam

    Muru Arunachalam

    I’m the first man to wear sanitary pads
    Aaron Cohen

    Aaron Cohen

    Je lutte à travers le monde entier contre le trafic d’êtres humains
    Frances Alexander

    Frances Alexander

    J’ai créé un réseau d’hébergement et d’entraide pour les femmes qui voyagent dans le monde entier
    Sampat Pal Devi

    Sampat Pal Devi

    J’ai créé le gang des saris roses
    SANJAY SACHDEV & HARSH MALHOTRA

    SANJAY SACHDEV & HARSH MALHOTRA

    We save lovers from death
    Bunker Roy

    Bunker Roy

    I created the Barefoot College
    Sandra Aguebor

    Sandra Aguebor

    I keep women off the streets by training them to be mechanics
    Beverly Blum

    Beverly Blum

    I'm cooking with solar!
    Denis Mukwege

    Denis Mukwege

    I restore women who have been destroyed by rape
    Gazi Babaiarova

    Gazi Babaiarova

    I fight against bride kidnapping

    Access to water, energy and sanitationAnimal welfareDemocracy/Human rightsEmergency aidEmpowerment/Women's rightsEqual opportunities and social cohesionEmpowerment of the disabledInnovative pedagogyNorth-South/rural-urban solidarityProtection of minoritiesAssistance/Children's rights