Maria Ressa
<p>Maria Ressa co-founded Rappler, the top digital-only news site that is leading the fight for press freedom in the Philippines. </p><p>As Rappler's CEO, Maria has endured constant political harassment and arrests by the Duterte government, forced to post bail eleven times to stay free. Rappler's battle for truth and democracy is the subject of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival documentary,<em> A Thousand Cuts. </em>For her courage and journalistic integrity, Maria has received numerous accolades.
Leymah Gbowee
<p>A key actor in the Liberian peace movement in the early 2000s, Leymah Gbowee has established herself as an international symbol of peaceful conflict resolution and the power of women as leaders and agents of change.