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In 2024 I completed a Round-the-World Challenge to write an article about a woman from every country in the world. It was featured in:
UN member & observer states
| Country
|
Biography
|
No.
|
| Afghanistan
|
Sharbat Gula, Laleh Osmany, Kalliope (queen), Muqadasa Ahmadzai
|
4
|
| Albania
|
Anila Paparisto, Shpresa Gjongecaj, Androniqi Zengo Antoniu, Sofia Zengo Papadhimitri
|
4
|
| Algeria
|
Tassadit Yacine, Nacéra Benseddik, 'Perpetua' of Hippo, Anapsychia, Elissa Rhaïs, Malika Hachid, Faiza Lalam
|
7
|
| Andorra
|
Vanessa Mendoza Cortés
|
1
|
| Angola
|
Celma Ribas, Luzia Inglês Van-Dúnem, Angela (enslaved woman)
|
3
|
| Antigua & Barbuda
|
Heather Doram
|
1
|
| Argentina
|
Carolina Castro
|
1
|
| Armenia
|
Hripsime Djanpoladjian, Zhanna Aghamiryan
|
2
|
| Australia
|
Jukuja Dolly Snell, Mondalmi, Alexandra Szalay, Ningura Napurrula, Nikita Ridgeway, Zohl de Ishtar, Julia Rapke
|
7
|
| Austria
|
Therese Mirani
|
1
|
| Azerbaijan
|
Gamar Sheyda
|
1
|
| The Bahamas
|
Wendy Craigg
|
1
|
| Bahrain
|
Yara Salman
|
1
|
| Bangladesh
|
Sarajubala Sen, Suhasini Das
|
2
|
| Barbados
|
Tonika Sealy-Thompson, Marsha K. Caddle, Ché Greenidge
|
2
|
| Belarus
|
Alena Aladava
|
1
|
| Belgium
|
Emma De Vigne
|
1
|
| Belize
|
Myrtle Palacio
|
1
|
| Benin
|
Mylène Flicka,
|
1
|
| Bhutan
|
Damchae Dem, Zimbiri
|
2
|
| Bolivia
|
Petronila Infantes, Rosmery Mollo
|
2
|
| Bosnia & Herzegovina
|
Branka Raunig, Mica Todorović, Nada Miletić, Jelena Silajdžić
|
4
|
| Botswana
|
Ntebogang Ratshosa
|
1
|
| Brazil
|
Rosa Egipcíaca
|
1
|
| Brunei
|
Pengiran Anak Hajah Besar, Haslina Taib
|
2
|
| Bulgaria
|
Miliana Kaimakamova, Yordanka Youroukova
|
2
|
| Burkina Faso
|
Sandra Pierrette Kanzie, Malika Ouattara, Philomaine Nanema
|
3
|
| Burundi
|
Jeanne Gapiya-Niyonzima
|
1
|
| Cambodia
|
Veasna Chea Leth
|
1
|
| Cameroon
|
Ginette Daleu, Ernestine Gwet Bell
|
2
|
| Canada
|
Mary Rambaran-Olm, Rosanne Casimir
|
1
|
| Cabo Verde
|
Dina Salústio
|
1
|
| Central African Republic
|
Gisèle Bedan, Sylvie Ngouadakpa
|
2
|
| Chad
|
Salma Khalil Alio, Zenab Issa Oki, Kalthouma Nguembang, Fatimé Dordji
|
4
|
| Chile
|
Judith Alpi
|
1
|
| China
|
Liang Jun (activist)
|
1
|
| Colombia
|
María Teresa Murillo
|
1
|
| Comoros
|
Hayda Nourdine Sidi, Rashid Mohamed Mbaraka Fatma
|
2
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of
|
Dena Mwana, Jolie Ngemi, Douce Namwezi N'Ibamba
|
3
|
| Congo, Republic of
|
Ngalifourou, Aleth Félix-Tchicaya, Annette Kouamba Matondo, Dominique Tchimbakala
|
4
|
| Costa Rica
|
Mónica Aguilar Bonilla, Ana Cardoso (enslaved woman)
|
2
|
| Croatia
|
Sibila Petlevski
|
1
|
| Cuba
|
Rosalía Abreu
|
1
|
| Cyprus
|
Stephanie Solomonides
|
1
|
| Czech Republic
|
Emanuela Nohejlová-Prátová, Zdenka Nemeškalová-Jiroudková
|
2
|
| Denmark
|
Ingeborg Hammer-Jensen
|
1
|
| Djibouti
|
Choukri Djibah, Khadija Abeba
|
2
|
| Dominica
|
Jerelle Joseph, Denise Charles
|
2
|
| Dominican Republic
|
Soraya Aracena
|
1
|
| East Timor
|
Brigida Antónia Correia
|
1
|
| Ecuador
|
María del Tránsito Sorroza
|
1
|
| Egypt
|
Rana al-Tonsi, Nadeen Ashraf, Aya Saeid Saber, Mervat Seif el-Din, Ola El Aguizy, Menka (queen)
|
6
|
| El Salvador
|
Antonia Navarro Huezo
|
1
|
| Equatorial Guinea
|
Trifonia Melibea Obono
|
1
|
| Eritrea
|
Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu
|
1
|
| Estonia
|
Marju Lepajõe, Anne Lill
|
2
|
| Eswatini
|
Sibongile Ndlela-Simelane
|
1
|
| Ethiopia
|
Gelanesh Haddis, Eténèsh Wassié, Demitu Hambisa Bonsa
|
3
|
| Fiji
|
Tarisi Vunidilo, Hilda Vukikomoala, Joana Monolagi, Sainimili Naivalu, Kalisito Biaukula
|
5
|
| Finland
|
Jaana Toivari-Viitala, Pigga Keskitalo, Miranda Vuolasranta, Hannele Yki-Järvinen
|
4
|
| France
|
Amanda (wife of Aper), Galla (wife of Eucherius), Louise Magadur
|
3
|
| Gabon
|
Pamela Badjogo, Simone Saint-Dénis
|
2
|
| Gambia
|
Fanta Singhateh, Fatou Khan,
|
2
|
| Georgia
|
Bela Chekurishvili
|
1
|
| Germany
|
Edith Schönert-Geiß, Henny Schermann, Mary Pünjer, Adasse (townswoman), Dorothea Menadier, Elsa Conrad, Mechtild Rössler, Vera Hatz, Philomena Franz
|
9
|
| Ghana
|
Konadu Yaadom
|
1
|
| Greece
|
Zoe Pikramenou, Sophia Antoniadis, Callon of Epidaurus
|
3
|
| Grenada
|
Monica Skeete
|
1
|
| Guatemala
|
Concepción Ramírez
|
1
|
| Guinea
|
Mafory Bangoura, Nabya Haidara, Felipa Maria Aranha, Hadja Idrissa Bah, Mama Kanny Diallo, Tigui Camara, Fatoumata Barry
|
7
|
| Guinea-Bissau
|
Nenè Nhaga Bissoli, Teodora Inácia Gomes, Patrícia Godinho Gomes, Augusta Henriques
|
4
|
| Guyana
|
Shana Yardan
|
1
|
| Haiti
|
Modeste Testas
|
1
|
| Honduras
|
Gladys Lanza
|
1
|
| Hungary
|
Klára Póczy
|
1
|
| Iceland
|
Ólafía Einarsdóttir
|
1
|
| India
|
Isaivani
|
1
|
| Indonesia
|
Salsabila Khairunnisa
|
1
|
| Iran
|
Taraneh Javanbakht, Mahlagha Mallah, Victoria Jamali, Khadijeh Afzal Vaziri, Napir-Asu, Malekeh Malekzadeh Bayani
|
6
|
| Iraq
|
Paulina Hassoun, Rabab Al-Kazimi
|
2
|
| Ireland
|
Christine E. Morris
|
1
|
| Israel
|
Judith Marquet-Krause
|
1
|
| Italy
|
Albina (religious patron), Paulina (wife of Pammachius), Acme (enslaved woman), Vitellia (daughter of emperor Vitellius), Pompeia Helena
|
5
|
| Ivory Coast
|
Timpoko Helène Kienon-Kabore, Laetitia Ky
|
2
|
| Jamaica
|
Antoinette Tidjani Alou
|
1
|
| Japan
|
Akiko Kiso, Sasaki Toyoju, Michiko Chiura, Kyoko Funahashi
|
4
|
| Jordan
|
Deema Hijjawi
|
1
|
| Kazakhstan
|
Maukhida Abdulkabirova
|
1
|
| Kenya
|
Wanjeri Nderu, Jemimah Kariuki, Emma Mbua, Rosemary Chepkorir Sang, Freda Nkirote
|
5
|
| Kiribati
|
Erika Taeang
|
1
|
| North Korea
|
Wang Su-bok
|
1
|
| South Korea
|
Im Seong-gu
|
1
|
| Kuwait
|
Hessa al-Rifa'i, Bibi Duaij Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Lulwah Al-Qatami
|
3
|
| Kyrgyzstan
|
Rakhat Achylova, Kakish Ryskulova, Gulsaira Momunova, Dina Maslova, Gulnaz Zhuzbaeva, Jiidesh İdirisova
|
6
|
| Laos
|
Silina Pha Aphay, Niane Sivongxay
|
2
|
| Latvia
|
Antonija Vilcāne
|
1
|
| Lebanon
|
Tara Khattar
|
1
|
| Lesotho
|
Mannete Ramaili, Nthabiseng Mokoena (archaeologist)
|
2
|
| Liberia
|
Antoinette Tubman, Roselyn Nugba-Ballah, Billema Kwillia
|
3
|
| Libya
|
Laila Neihoum, Khadījah Jahamī, Dania Ben Sassi, Carolina Nunes Vais, Hajer Sharief, Fadwa El Gallal, Mabrouka al-Tabiba
|
7
|
| Liechtenstein
|
Ida Ospelt-Amann
|
1
|
| Lithuania
|
Laima Vaitkunskienė
|
1
|
| Luxembourg
|
Lady of Schengen
|
1
|
| Madagascar
|
Berthe Rakotosamimanana, Raketaka, Fleurette Andriantsilavo, Chantal Radimilahy
|
4
|
| Malawi
|
Yolanda Kaunda
|
1
|
| Malaysia
|
Yangsze Choo
|
1
|
| Maldives
|
Zahiya Zareer
|
1
|
| Mali
|
Bintou Sanankoua
|
1
|
| Malta
|
Yana Psaila
|
1
|
| Marshall Islands
|
Kathryn Relang
|
1
|
| Mauritania
|
Aminetou Mint El-Moctar
|
1
|
| Mauritius
|
Eugénie Poujade
|
1
|
| Mexico
|
Raquel Torres Cerdán
|
1
|
| Micronesia
|
Shinobu M. Poll, Adelyn Noda
|
2
|
| Moldova
|
Claudia Cobizev, Valentina Bodrug-Lungu
|
2
|
| Monaco
|
Camille Gottlieb
|
1
|
| Mongolia
|
Sochigel
|
1
|
| Montenegro
|
Mileva Filipović
|
1
|
| Morocco
|
Amina, bint al-Hajj ʿAbd al-Latif
|
1
|
| Mozambique
|
Solange Macamo, Josina Z. Machel
|
2
|
| Myanmar
|
Chit Po
|
1
|
| Namibia
|
Tanyaradzwa Daringo
|
1
|
| Nauru
|
Maximina Uepa
|
1
|
| Nepal
|
Santoshi Shrestha
|
1
|
| Netherlands
|
Hortensia del Prado, Beatrice de Graaf, Gay van der Meer
|
3
|
| New Zealand
|
Ani Hona, India Logan-Riley
|
2
|
| Nicaragua
|
Petrona Hernández López
|
1
|
| Niger
|
Fatou Djibo
|
1
|
| Nigeria
|
Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim
|
1
|
| North Macedonia
|
Diophantus of Abae, Borka Dragojević-Josifovska
|
2
|
| Norway
|
Vibeke Roggen
|
1
|
| Oman
|
Hilda al-Hinai, Mouza Sulaiman Mohamed Al-Wardi, Maitha Al Mahrouqi, Maryam Al Zadjali
|
4
|
| Pakistan
|
Bina Shaheen Siddiqui
|
1
|
| Palau
|
Olympia E. Morei-Remengesau
|
1
|
| Palestine
|
Lina Abu Akleh, Lara Khaldi, Adila Laïdi-Hanieh
|
3
|
| Panama
|
Gladys de la Lastra, Noris Salazar Allen
|
2
|
| Papua New Guinea
|
Susan Karike, Julia Mage’au Gray, Yolarnie Amepou
|
3
|
| Paraguay
|
María Odulia Nicola Ruotti, Fátima Mereles, Ramona Martínez (nurse)
|
3
|
| Peru
|
Rebeca Carrión Cachot
|
1
|
| Philippines
|
Mercedes Delfinado
|
1
|
| Poland
|
Dorota Malarczyk
|
1
|
| Portugal
|
Snu Abecassis
|
1
|
| Qatar
|
Huda al-Naimi, Amna bint Abdulaziz bin Jassim Al Thani, Dana Al Fardan, Asma Al Thani, Noor Al Mazroei
|
5
|
| Romania
|
Ana Pacatiuș
|
1
|
| Russia
|
Elena Abramovna Davidovich
|
1
|
| Rwanda
|
Juliet Kabera
|
1
|
| St Kitts & Nevis
|
Shirley Skerrit-Andrew, Dawne Williams
|
2
|
| St Lucia
|
Leonne Theodore-John
|
1
|
| St Vincent & the Grenadines
|
Andrea Bowman
|
1
|
| Samoa
|
Margaret Satupai, Amao Leota Lu, Leilua Lino
|
3
|
| San Marino
|
Karen Pruccoli
|
1
|
| Sao Tome & Principe
|
Maria de Jesus Trovoada
|
1
|
| Saudi Arabia
|
Zahrah Al Ghamdi, Shadia Alem, Laila Alfaddagh, Haifa al-Mogrin, Lamia bint Majed Al Saud, Magda Abu Ras
|
6
|
| Senegal
|
Niama
|
1
|
| Serbia
|
Biljana Dojčinović, Vera Kurtić
|
2
|
| Seychelles
|
Ruby Malvina
|
1
|
| Sierra Leone
|
Matilda Lansana Minah
|
1
|
| Singapore
|
Kathy Feng-Yi Su, Teo Sim Hua
|
2
|
| Slovakia
|
Eva Kolníková
|
1
|
| Slovenia
|
Tatjana Bregant
|
1
|
| Solomon Islands
|
Pionie Boso, Doreen Kuper
|
2
|
| Somalia
|
Amran Mohamed Ahmed
|
1
|
| South Africa
|
Koleka Putuma, Aithne Rowse, Refilwe Ledwaba, Ishtar Lakhani, Helena M. L. Forbes
|
5
|
| South Sudan
|
Achol Jok Mach, Abiol Lual Deng, Mari Malek
|
2
|
| Spain
|
Therasia of Nola, Sara al-Qutiyya
|
2
|
| Sri Lanka
|
Eva Ranaweera, Sevvandi Jayakody, Srikanthalakshmi Arulanandam
|
3
|
| Sudan
|
Fatima Talib, Hawa Al-Tagtaga, Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, Nasra bint ʿAdlan
|
4
|
| Suriname
|
Audrey Christiaan
|
1
|
| Sweden
|
Cajsa S. Lund, Rosa Norström, Ulla Westermark
|
3
|
| Switzerland
|
Suzanne Frey-Kupper
|
1
|
| Syria
|
Dima Aktaa
|
1
|
| Tajikistan
|
Nigina Amonkulova
|
1
|
| Tanzania
|
Adelaida K. Semesi
|
1
|
| Thailand
|
Kansri Boonpragob
|
1
|
| Togo
|
Angèle Dola Akofa Aguigah, Adolé Isabelle Glitho-Akueson, Yézoumi Akogo
|
3
|
| Tonga
|
Seu'ula Johansson-Fua, Kolokesa Māhina-Tuai, Elizabeth Kite (activist), Titilupe Fanetupouvava'u Tuita-Tupou Tu'ivakano
|
4
|
| Trinidad & Tobago
|
Molly Gaskin
|
1
|
| Tunisia
|
Najma Kousri, Aïcha Snoussi, Aïcha Ben Abed, Afwa Thameur
|
4
|
| Turkey
|
Gülsüm Kav, Tomris Bakır
|
2
|
| Turkmenistan
|
Svetlana Myartseva
|
1
|
| Tuvalu
|
Moira Simmons-Avafoa, Miliama Simeona
|
2
|
| Uganda
|
Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu, Miriam Muwanga, Juliet Sekabunga Nalwanga
|
3
|
| Ukraine
|
Horpyna Vatchenko, Hanna Veres, Oksana Zhnikrup, Marianna Dushar, Maria Posobchuk
|
5
|
| United Arab Emirates
|
Suad Jawad, Noor Al Suwaidi, Shamma Al Bastaki, Hala Badri
|
4
|
| United Kingdom
|
Dawn Hadley, Rachel Tanner, Rose Ferraby, Ina Beasley, Stephanie Wynne-Jones, Michelle Alexander (archaeologist), Penny Bickle, Adela Marion Adam, Maria Millington Lathbury, Mary Pirie, Constance Sladen, Ethel Rudkin, Jean Le Patourel, Frances Burgess, Frances Elizabeth Tripp, Agnes Fry, Advolly Richmond, Mary Petherick, Catherine Downes, Margaret de Neville, Anna Gloyn, Marguerite Frobisher, Tanya Arnold, Lucy Pardee, Suzanna Taverne, Della Aleksander, Kully Thiarai
|
28
|
| United States
|
Julia Harwood Caverno, Abby Jane Morrell, Solange Ashby, Y. Sherry Sheng, Constance Weldon, Carole Dawn Reinhart, Nyasha Junior, Laura Sumner (numismatist), Virginia Prentiss, Julia Chinn, Colah B. Tawkin, Margaret Sordahl, Cheryl Day, Tina Passman, Louise Leung Larson, Premilla Nadasen, Sasha-Mae Eccleston, Dorothy B. Waage, Shayna Markowitz
|
18
|
| Uruguay
|
Blanca Luz Brum, Olga Piria, Eva Díaz Torres, Lucrecia Covelo, Victoria Calzada, Eleonora Catsigeras, Gloria Meneses
|
6
|
| Uzbekistan
|
Galina Pugachenkova, Vera Bulatova
|
2
|
| Vanuatu
|
Merilyn Tahi, Nadia Kanegai, Litiana Kalsrap
|
3
|
| Vatican City
|
Brenda Dolphin, Catia Summaria
|
2
|
| Venezuela
|
Livia Gouverneur
|
1
|
| Vietnam
|
Le Thi Tuyet Mai
|
1
|
| Yemen
|
Fatima al-Suqutriyya
|
1
|
| Zambia
|
Lily Monze
|
1
|
| Zimbabwe
|
Zodwa Nyoni, Panashe Chigumadzi
|
2
|
Partially recognised UN states
[edit]Autonomous regions, special administrative regions and disputed ethnic republics (probably not complete)
[edit]Overseas territories
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