From Women to the World

Letter to the Reader 'TO THE WOMAN THAT CHANGED ME, DIANE VON FURSTENBERG' June Sarpong OBE (UK) 'TO MY AUNT, RAMONA FIANI' Roula Azar Douglas (Lebanon/Canada) 'TO ZOHRA MOOSA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAMACASH' Hellen Lunkuse T. Waiswa (Uganda) 'TO MY SISTER IN HUMANITY, ANGELINA JOLIE' Basma Alawee (Iraq/USA) 'TO MY DAUGHTER, LARA KARMEL' Annabel Karmel MBE (UK) 'TO MARGARET GARNER, THE WOMAN WHO MURDERED HER DAUGHTER' Muna AbuSulayman (Saudi Arabia) 'A POEM TO MY MOTHER, AS A METAPHOR FOR ALL WOMEN IN MY FAMILY' Yasmin AlMassri (Lebanon) 'TO ATHENA, AS THE YOUNGER ANOUSHEH' Anousheh Ansari (Iran/USA) 'TO MY DAUGHTER, 'Ashtar Mouallem' Iman Aoun (Palestine) 'TO MY MOTHER, AUDREY SMITH' Emma Bache (UK) 'TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST CELLISTS JACQUELINE DU PRÉ' Silvia Chiesa (Italy) 'TO MY DAUGHTER, SOFIA BABAI' Shelmina Abji (USA/Tanzania) 'TO MY YOUNGER SELF, HOPE' Basma Al Said (Oman) 'TO ALL FEMALE ATHLETES OF THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS' Mary Davis (USA/Ireland) 'TO SENATOR HAIFA HAJJAR NAJJAR' Deema Bibi (Jordan) 'TO MY DAUGHTER, SOFIA BELTRAME' Paola Diana (Italy) 'TO MY GRANDMOTHERS HER MAJESTY QUEEN ZEIN AL-SHARAF TALAL OF JORDAN AND BEGUM SHAISTA SUHRAWARDY IKRAMULLAH' HRH Sumaya Bint El Hassan (Jordan) 'TO THE HOMELESS WOMAN' Grazia Giuliani (Italy/UK) 'TO MURDERED JOURNALIST, ANNA LINDH' Miriam Gonzalez - Durantez (Spain/UK) 'TO JACINDA ARDERN, PM OF NEW ZEALAND' Elif Shafak (Turkey/UK) 'TO MY SISTER, MANTALENA KAILI' Eva Kaili MEP (Greece) 'TO THE WOMEN WHO SHAPED ME, AMONG THEM ANNIE LENOX AND CAROLE CADWALLADR' Livia Firth (UK/Italy) 'TO MY UNBORN GRANDDAUGHTER' Attiya Mahmood (Pakistan) 'TO SHYAMA PERERA' Dame Martina Milburn DCVO CBE (UK) 'TO ALL YOUNG WOMEN' Christina Nielsen (Denmark) 'TO MY SISTERS AROUND THE WORLD' Femi Oke (UK) 'TO MY MOTHER, RHODA SPIELMAN TZEMACH' Gayle Tzemach-Lemmon (USA) 'TO THE ANONYMOUS WOMAN' Mariane Pearl (France) 'TO MY WIFE, HANAN KATTAN' Shamim Sarif (UK/Canada) 'TO GERALDINE, INSPIRED BY MOLLY YARD AND GLORIA STEINEM'

Elizabeth Filippouli is a journalist, activist and social entrepreneur. She is Founder of Global Thinkers Forum (GTF) an independent civil society agency incubated at the University of Oxford, working to promote values-based decision making and supporting women and youth. The organisation launched Athena40 - a family of diverse initiatives that advance women's leadership by creating opportunities for women to be recognized for their work and connecting them with peers from around the world. Elizabeth has worked as investigative journalist and news anchor with the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, CNN International and Al Jazeera English. She serves on the Global Advisory Board of the Prince's Trust International.