- Franny Armstrong
Filmmaker behind The Age of Stupid, environmental activist and founder of the 10:10 campaign - Helen Bamber
Founder of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, the Helen Bamber Foundation and campaigner for human rights. - Camila Batmanghelidjh
The founder of Kid's Company, which offers practical, emotional and educational support to vulnerable inner-city children - Shami Chakrabarti
Director of Liberty, barrister and former lawyer for the Home Office - Margaret Chan
Director of the World Health Organisation, battling international viruses, and championing improvements in all of our most pressing diseases - Sampat Pal Devi
Leader of the Gulabi Gang in northern India, an all-women vigilante force - Shirin Ebadi
Iran's first female judge, founder of the Human Rights Defenders Centre and the first Muslim woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize - Aparajita Gogoi
Coordinator of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood in India - Lubna Hussein
Sudanese writer and women's rights campaigner, who asked to go to trial after being arrested for wearing trousers - Malalai Joya
Afghan politician and human rights campaigner who has shown phenomenal courage - Wangari Maathai
The Kenyan environmental and political activist who won a Nobel Peace prize for her work with the Green Belt Movement - Graca Machel
Former Mozambican education minister and advocate for the rights of southern African women and children - Somaly Mam
Cambodian anti-sex trafficking campaigner and founder of AFESIP, rescuing women from brothels and supporting their recovery - Fatema Mernissi
Professor of sociology at Mohammed V University in Rabat - Pragna Patel
Founding member of Southall Black Sisters, a landmark organisation in the history of black and Asian feminism