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Parveen Abrar
Lorraine Adams
Lorena Aguilar
Jane Akre
Habiba Al Marashi
Khawla Al Muhannadi
Yosepha Alomang
Mary Kalin Arroyo
Kaisha Atakhanova
Oral Ataniyazova
Srilatha Batliwala
Rashida Bee
Medea Benjamin
Sandra Bessudo
H. R. H. Princess Basma bint Ali of Jordan
Viveka Bohn
Julia Bonds
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Noora Buhijji
Julia Butterfly Hill
Esther Camac
Joji Cariño
Chantal Line Carpentier
Ursula Carrascal
Aurora Castillo
Kamla Chowdhry
Christine Churcher
Helen Clark
Thais Coral
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger
Rosa Cotta
Angela Cropper
Severn Cullis-Suzuki
Stephanie Danielle Roth
Irene Dankelman
Tuenjai Deetes
Champa Devi Shukla
Jocelyn Dow
Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Sylvia Earle
Nadia Ebeid
Massoumeh Ebtekar
Karen Eckert
Anne H. Ehrlich
Barbara Frazer
Sharon Fuller
Denise Alves Fungaro
Biruté Galdikas
Maneka Gandhi
Molly Gaskin
Kristalina Georgieva
Fernanda Giannasi
Lois Gibbs
Janet Gibson
Elisea Bebett Gillera Gozun
Jane Goodall
A. Joy Grant
Betsy Gross
Libia Grueso
Lara Hansen
Jessica Hatfield
Chan Eng Heng
Michiko Ishimure
Laila Iskander Kamel
Margaret Jacobsohn
Sarah James
Sheila Jasanoff
Christine Jean
Fatima Jibrell
Kory Johnson
Yolanda Kakabadse
Eileen Kampakuta Brown
Norma Kassi
Tokiko Kato
Jacqui Katona
Aila Keto
Anita Kigonya
Lucy Killea
Christine Kim
Barbara Kingsolver
Sandra Knapp
Maritta Koch-Weser
Georgette Koko
Rachel Kyte
Jean La Rose
Susan Lakhan
Virginia Lavallee-Picard
Corinne Lepage
Anne Lonsdale
Jadwiga Lopata
Jane Lubchenco
Dr Anna Lyth
Wangari Maathai
Rejoice Mabudafhasi
Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol
Yvonne Margarula
Julia Marton-Leffvre
Elizabeth May
Colleen McCrory
Jacqueline McGlade
Shirley McGreal
Olya Melen
Rigoberta Menchu Tum
Andjelka Mihajlov
Vera Mischenko
Luisa Molina
Li Moxuan
Lucy Mulenkei
Tangon Munjaiton
Rahat Najam
Sunita Narain
Cristina Narbona
Nell Newman
Mei Ng
Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan
Lebohang Nts’inyi
Chief Bisi Ogunleye
T.K Omana
Narmin Othman
Jeunesse Park
Camille Parmesan
Medha Patkar
Sonia Regina de Brito Pereira
P.J. (Pam) Puntenney
Yi Qian
Dai Qing
Angela Reid
Margie Eugene Richard
Alison Richard
Ulrike Roehr
Tiahoga Ruge
Sukulu Rupeni
Gita Sen
Daphne Sheldrick
Vandana Shiva
Safina Z. Siddiqi
Marina Silva
Albena Simeonova
Lena Sommestad
Tatiana F Stepanenko
Terri Swearingen
JoAnn Tall
Prue Taylor
Anitra Thorhaug
Anna Tibaijuka
Barbara Unmuessig
Ma. Monica Penelope R. Velasco
Lily Venizelos
Hillary Viders
Dominique Voynet
Eileen Wani Wingfield
Martha Watkins Gilkes
Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Barbara Young
June Zeitlin

Parveen Abrar
Lorraine Adams
Lorena Aguilar
Jane Akre
Habiba Al Marashi
Khawla Al Muhannadi
Yosepha Alomang
Mary Kalin Arroyo
Kaisha Atakhanova
Oral Ataniyazova
Srilatha Batliwala
Rashida Bee
Medea Benjamin
Sandra Bessudo
H. R. H. Princess Basma bint Ali of Jordan
Viveka Bohn
Julia Bonds
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Noora Buhijji
Julia Butterfly Hill
Esther Camac
Joji Cariño
Chantal Line Carpentier
Ursula Carrascal
Aurora Castillo
Kamla Chowdhry
Christine Churcher
Helen Clark
Thais Coral
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger
Rosa Cotta
Angela Cropper
Severn Cullis-Suzuki
Stephanie Danielle Roth
Irene Dankelman
Tuenjai Deetes
Champa Devi Shukla
Jocelyn Dow
Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Sylvia Earle
Nadia Ebeid
Massoumeh Ebtekar
Karen Eckert
Anne H. Ehrlich
Barbara Frazer
Sharon Fuller
Denise Alves Fungaro
Biruté Galdikas
Maneka Gandhi
Molly Gaskin
Kristalina Georgieva
Fernanda Giannasi
Lois Gibbs
Janet Gibson
Elisea Bebett Gillera Gozun
Jane Goodall
A. Joy Grant
Betsy Gross
Libia Grueso
Lara Hansen
Jessica Hatfield
Chan Eng Heng
Michiko Ishimure
Laila Iskander Kamel
Margaret Jacobsohn
Sarah James
Sheila Jasanoff
Christine Jean
Fatima Jibrell
Kory Johnson
Yolanda Kakabadse
Eileen Kampakuta Brown
Norma Kassi
Tokiko Kato
Jacqui Katona
Aila Keto
Anita Kigonya
Lucy Killea
Christine Kim
Barbara Kingsolver
Sandra Knapp
Maritta Koch-Weser
Georgette Koko
Rachel Kyte
Jean La Rose
Susan Lakhan
Virginia Lavallee-Picard
Corinne Lepage
Anne Lonsdale
Jadwiga Lopata
Jane Lubchenco
Dr Anna Lyth
Wangari Maathai
Rejoice Mabudafhasi
Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol
Yvonne Margarula
Julia Marton-Leffvre
Elizabeth May
Colleen McCrory
Jacqueline McGlade
Shirley McGreal
Olya Melen
Rigoberta Menchu Tum
Andjelka Mihajlov
Vera Mischenko
Luisa Molina
Li Moxuan
Lucy Mulenkei
Tangon Munjaiton
Rahat Najam
Sunita Narain
Cristina Narbona
Nell Newman
Mei Ng
Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan
Lebohang Nts’inyi
Chief Bisi Ogunleye
T.K Omana
Narmin Othman
Jeunesse Park
Camille Parmesan
Medha Patkar
Sonia Regina de Brito Pereira
P.J. (Pam) Puntenney
Yi Qian
Dai Qing
Angela Reid
Margie Eugene Richard
Alison Richard
Ulrike Roehr
Tiahoga Ruge
Sukulu Rupeni
Gita Sen
Daphne Sheldrick
Vandana Shiva
Safina Z. Siddiqi
Marina Silva
Albena Simeonova
Lena Sommestad
Tatiana F Stepanenko
Terri Swearingen
JoAnn Tall
Prue Taylor
Anitra Thorhaug
Anna Tibaijuka
Barbara Unmuessig
Ma. Monica Penelope R. Velasco
Lily Venizelos
Hillary Viders
Dominique Voynet
Eileen Wani Wingfield
Martha Watkins Gilkes
Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Barbara Young
June Zeitlin

Women comprise more than half the world's population. Too often in the front line in terms of poverty, sustaining communities and managing the earth's biodiversity and natural resources, women are also uniquely vulnerable to environment-related health issues. Despite their role and their know-how, women's contribution is often undervalued and ignored.

This website introduces a database of influential women in the field of the environment who UNEP believes should be honoured and whose work should be recognized.

UNEP invites individuals and organizations to add to this list by nominating women who they feel have made a significant and recognized contribution, nationally, regionally or globally, to the field of the environment. more...

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