Intl Women's Day 2022

🇫🇷 La Journée internationale des femmes

🇪🇸 Día Internacional de la Mujer

Día Internacional de la Mujer 2022

Alexia Putellas

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Xiye Bastida

Karen Vega

Mariana Costa

Xiye Bastida

Mexican-Chilean activist

Xiye Bastida is a Mexican-Chilean climate activist and member of the indigenous Mexican Otomi-Toltec nation. She is one of the major organizers of Fridays for Future New York City and has been a leading voice for indigenous and immigrant visibility in climate activism. - Wikipedia

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Alexia Putellas

Spanish footballer

Alexia Putellas Segura is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primera División club Barcelona, whom she captains, and the Spain national team. She is widely regarded as one of the best players in the world. - Wikipedia

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Karen Vega

Oaxacan model

At 18 years old, Karen Vega is off to a strong start with her career in fashion. The Mexican model, who is from Oaxaca, got her big break when she recently appeared in the pages of Vogue Mexico’s July issue, becoming the first Oaxacan model to do so in the publication’s history... The Mexican beauty plans to continue using her platform to provide much-needed representation for her culture in the high-fashion world. - Vogue

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

American politician and activist

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was born in the Bronx to a working-class family. Her mom is Puerto Rican and her dad is a Bronx native. In 2019, she made history by becoming the youngest woman and youngest Latina ever to serve in Congress.

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Mariana Costa

Peruvian, co-founder of Laboratoria

Mariana is a businesswoman known as the creator of Laboratoria. She was recognized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as one of the most innovative under 35 years old for her work bringing technology to low-income women. Mariana has been named recently by Google.org as one of its seven “Leaders to Watch” for 2022.

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La Journée internationale des femmes 2022

Zara Rutherford

Pauline Déroulède

Marie-Antoinette Katoto

Chloé Lopes Gomes

Farah Alibay

Zara Rutherford

Belgian-British aviator

Zara is a Belgian-British aviator. At age 19, she became the youngest female pilot to fly solo around the world and the first person to complete a circumnavigation in a microlight aircraft after a five-month journey which began in Kortrijk, Belgium, on 18 August 2021, and ended on 20 January 2022. - Wikipedia

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Marie-Antoinette Katoto

French footballer

Marie-Antoinette is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team.A youth academy graduate of Paris Saint-Germain, she became their all-time top scorer in February 2022 at the age of 23.- Wikipedia

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Pauline Déroulède

French professional tennis player

Pauline is a wheelchair tennis champion who began her journey after being a victim of a road accident and having her leg amputated back in 2018. Three years later, she is setting her sights on winning the Paris Paralympic Games in 2024!

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Chloé Lopes Gomes

French ballet dancer

Chloé is a French ballet dancer known for being the first female Black dancer in theStaatsballett Berlin. In 2020, she spoke out about the racism she faced within the prestigious ballet company and filed a lawsuit which she won.

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Farah Alibay

French-Canadian aerospace engineer

Daughter of immigrants from Madagascar, Farah was fascinated by space growing up, but didn't see anyone like her. This didn't stop her from pursuing a Bachelor's and Master's degrees in aerospace and aerothermal engineering. Since then, she has worked for NASA and worked on the InSight, Mars Cube One, and Mars 2020 missions - yes, she helped fly a helicopter on Mars!

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