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For the last eight years, pop singer Annie Lennox has devoted the majority of her time to her SING campaign, raising awareness and money to combat HIV/AIDS.
She shares the experiences that have inspired her, from working with Nelson Mandela to meeting a little African girl in a desperate situation.
Tags activism entertainment feminism health inspiration music success
2013-01-08
Posted in TED Talks (Individual)
Sunitha Krishnan is galvanizing India’s battle against sexual slavery by uniting government, corporations and NGOs to end human trafficking.
Each year, some two million women and children, many younger than 10 years old, are bought and sold around the globe.
Tags feminism health human rights inspiration sexuality success Women's Rights
2012-09-08
Posted in TED Talks (Individual)
Poet Suheir Hammad performs two spine-tingling spoken-word pieces: "What I Will" and "break (clustered)" -- meditations on war and peace, on women and power.
Wait for the astonishing line: "Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded."
2012-09-08
Posted in TED Talks (Individual)
In war we often see only the frontline stories of soldiers and combat.
AT TEDGlobal 2010, Zainab Salbi tells powerful "backline" stories of women who keep everyday life going during conflicts, and calls for women to have a place at the negotiating table once fighting is over.
An amazing talk by an amazing woman...
Tags conflict feminism goals happiness health inspiration love peace success war Women's Rights
2012-09-08
Posted in TED Talks (Individual)