'As Equals': 42 people defending women's and LGBTQ rights

"Las defensoras en Latinoamérica: 12 personas que protegen los derechos de las mujeres y LGTBQ+," CNN, 8 Marzo 2024

Activistas

Bianka Rodríguez
Florencia Guimarães García
Fernanda Falcão

Defensoras de ley

Paula Ávila Guillén
Sandra Mazo
Olimpia Coral Melo

Catalizadoras

Tarcila Rivera Zea
Anielle Franco
Julieta Martínez
Lolita Chávez
Teodora Vásquez
Leslie Collao

"The Defenders: 30 people protecting women's and LGBTQ+ rights," CNN, 8 March 2024

Activists

Hala Al-Karib
Fidan Ataselim
Nila Ibrahimi
Zhanar Sekerbayeva
Nisha Ayub
Clare Byarugaba

Academics

Mary McAuliffe
Judith Butler
Amel Grami

Advocates

Gissou Nia
Angela Mudukuti
Sibongile Ndashe
Malak El-Kashif
Monica Simpson
Griselda Mata
Riska Carolina
Estefania Vela Barba
Karuna Nundy
Rasha Younes

Catalysts

Erika Castellanos
Ferhan Güloğlu
Kinga Jelinska
Alexis McGill Johnson
Winnie Byanyima
Fadekemi Akinfaderin

Creatives

Emani Edwards
Hawon Jung
Faye Cura
Luciana Peker
Stephanie Musho

How CNN funds this series, 'As Equals'

FAQ:

"As Equals originally launched in 2018 with the assistance of a year-long Innovation in Development Reporting grant from the European Journalism Centre. The series kept going after 2019 thanks to commitment by CNN.

In October 2020, CNN announced that the series would expand with a new three-year grant of US $3.6m from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation."