Leslee was voted by the NY Times the No 2 Most Impactful Woman of 2015 (second to Hillary Clinton), and has been awarded the prestigious Swedish Anna Lindh Human Rights Prize (previously won by Madeleine Albright). She has also been named Safe’s Global Hero of 2015, Global Thinker by Foreign Policy, and the GlobalmindED award for Arts and Education in 2019.In 2019 Leslee was awarded the UN Women for Peace Activist Award at the United Nations, UN Association USA’s Global Citizen of 2019 and the Gandhi Foundation International PeaceRama Award.
-
Leslee Udwin
Human Rights Advocate and Filmmaker
Leslee was voted by the NY Times the No 2 Most Impactful Woman of 2015 (second to Hillary Clinton), and has been awarded the prestigious Swedish Anna Lindh Human Rights Prize (previously won by Madeleine Albright). She has also been...
-
Dr Kshama Metre
CORD
Dr. Kshama Metre, known affectionately by all of us as Doctor Didi, is a leading Indian rural development leader and paediatrician. She is the National Director of the Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development (CORD). CORD works deep within the most...
-
Ncazelo Ncube-Mlilo
Phola
Ncazelo Ncube-Mlilo is a visionary Zimbabwean psychologist and narrative therapist based in South Africa. Ncazelo’s inspirational journey led to the evolution of a leading highly regarded psychotherapeutic approach – The Tree of Life Narrative Therapy – ToL ( In collaboration...
-
Chitra Shah
Satya Special School
Chitra Shah, is the visionary and dynamic founder of Indian non-profit Satya Special School, the largest rehabilitation program for children with special needs in Pondicherry, India, servicing over 900 children. “I come from a privileged background,” Shah said. “When I...