BBC: Shamsia Hassani among the 100 women of 2021

The BBC has published its list of the hundred most outstanding women around the world in this 2021. Women who have played an important role in their society, culture and country of origin.

Among them is Shamsia Hassani, Afghanistan’s first street artist whose works have given and give voice to all Afghan women and have gone viral on social media since the return of the Taliban. “Bringing color to a city devastated by conflict, Shamsia Hassani is Afghanistan’s first female graffiti artist and street artist. She uses Kabul’s abandoned or damaged buildings for her murals depicting confident, powerful and ambitious women,” so reads the BBC website. “Born in Iran to Afghan parents, Hassani studied visual arts in Kabul, taught at Kabul University, and has created murals in at least fifteen countries [...] Despite the Taliban invasion, Hassani continues to post her art on social media.”

Then among the 100 women chosen by the BBC are Malala Yousafzai, the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize, FiamÄ“ Naomi Mata’afa, the first woman prime minister of Samoa, Professor Heidi J Larson, who heads the Vaccine Confidence Project, and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Many Afghan women are also on the list, half, some of them under pseudonyms and without photos for their own safety. The return of the Taliban in August 2021 has changed the lives of millions of Afghans: girls have been banned from receiving secondary education, the Ministry of Women’s Affairs has been dissolved, and in many cases women can no longer return to work. This year’s list recognizes the extent of their courage. Among the 50 Afghan women appear poets, artists, activists, actresses, teachers, and entrepreneurs.

Gathered by category, out of one hundred women thirty-one belong to the world of culture and education, sixteen toentertainment and sports, thirty-one to politics and activism, and twenty-two to the world of science and health.

BBC: Shamsia Hassani among the 100 women of 2021

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