Badass Women You Should Know About In 2021

Here are all the badass women you should know about in 2021:

1. Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala became the first woman director general of the World Trade Organization

2. Miss Universe Myanmar, Thuzar Wint Lwin, used the beauty pageant to call on the world to speak out against the military coup in her country

3. Dutch runner Sifan Hassan fell down on the final lap of her race at the Olympics but still managed to win the race

4. Xiomara Castro was elected as Honduras’ first woman president, defeating the long-standing conservative party

5. Women in Afghanistan bravely protested for their rights after the Taliban took control of the country

6. Ukranian women flight attendants at SkyUp airlines successfully campaigned for the company to update its uniform

7. 100 Egyptian women were sworn in as the country’s first women judges

8. Chinese director Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color to win the Oscar for Best Director

9. Magdalena Andersson was elected as Sweden’s first woman prime minister

10. Uzbekistan mom gymnast Oksana Chusovitina competed in her 8th and final Olympics and received a standing ovation

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