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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

The South African politician is the executive director of UN Women, where her focus has been on highlighting the rights and activism of rural women. She also founded the HeforShe campaign, which aims to mobilise a million men and boys to support gender parity. Mlambo-Ngcuka served as deputy president of South Africa from 2005 to 2008, the first woman to hold the position, and was actively involved in the struggle to end apartheid.

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