Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician and attorney who has been the 49th and current vice president of the United States since 2021 under President Joe Biden. She is the first female U.S. vice president,making her the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history. She is also the first African American and the first Asian American vice president. A member of the Democratic Party,she was the party's nominee in the 2024 presidential election,becoming the second woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party. From 2017 to 2021,she represented California in the U.S. Senate,and was Attorney General of California from 2011 to 2017. From 2004 to 2011,she served as District Attorney of San Francisco.
Linor Abargil is an Israeli attorney,actress,model and beauty queen who won the Miss World 1998,shortly after being raped. Since then,she has become a global advocate in the fight against sexual violence. She was crowned by her predecessor Miss World 1997,Diana Hayden.
Unity Dow is a Motswana lawyer,author,human rights activist and Member of parliament for Kgatleng West since November 2024. She formerly served as a judge on the High Court of Botswana and in various Botswana government ministries. Born in Botswana to a seamstress and a farmer,who insisted on their children obtaining an education,Dow grew up in a traditional rural village before modernisation. She earned a law degree in 1983 from the University of Botswana and Swaziland,though her studies were completed in Swaziland and University of Edinburgh,Scotland,as Botswana had no law school at the time. After her graduation,Dow opened the first all-woman law firm in Botswana and in 1997 became the first woman to be appointed as a judge to the country's High Court.
Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor is a South African politician,educator and academic who served as the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation until 2024. She also served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the African National Congress (ANC) from 1994 to 2024.
Phandu Tombola Chaka Skelemani is a Motswana politician who is the former speaker of the National Assembly of Botswana having served from 2018 to 2024. He served in the government of Botswana as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2014. A member of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP),Skelemani was a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Botswana,a position he vacated following the defeat of the Botswana Democratic Party in November 2024,and a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Botswana,and he served as Attorney-General of Botswana from 1992 to 2003.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender,and queer (LGBTQ) people in Botswana face legal issues not experienced by non-LGBTQ citizens. Both female and male same-sex sexual acts have been legal in Botswana since 11 June 2019 after a unanimous ruling by the High Court of Botswana. Despite an appeal by the government,the ruling was upheld by the Botswana Court of Appeal on 29 November 2021.
Lesego Ethel Motsumi was a Botswanan politician. She was elected to the National Assembly in 1999. She became Assistant Minister of Labour and Home Affairs from 2002 to 2003. She then became Minister of Health until November 2004,when she became the Minister of Works and Transport. In the 2008 cabinet reshuffle,held upon the appointment of then president Ian Khama,Motsumi reverted to her old post as Minister of Health,serving until 2009. She served as Minister of Presidential Affairs Governance and Public Administration from 2009 to 2011,also serving as acting Minister of Defence and Security from 2010 to 2011. From 2011 to 2019,she served as Botswana's High Commissioner to India.
Megan Lynne Talde Young-Daez is a Filipino actress and beauty queen,who won Miss World Philippines 2013 title and was later crowned Miss World 2013. She is the first delegate from the Philippines to win the title of Miss World.
Phelekezela Mphoko was a Zimbabwean politician,diplomat,businessman and military commander who served as Second Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 2014 until 2017,as well as Zimbabwe's ambassador to Russia,Botswana and South Africa. Legally,Mphoko was the acting President of Zimbabwe from 21 to 24 November 2017,however,as he was not in the country at the time,his official standing on this is unclear. Mphoko's term as vice-president was ended by President Emmerson Mnangagwa following the dissolution of the cabinet on 27 November 2017.
Halimah binti Yacob is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who held the office of the eighth president of Singapore from 2017 to 2023,making history as the first woman to serve in this role.
The Cabinet of the Maldives is the most senior level of the executive branch of the Government of the Maldives. It is made up of the President,the Vice President,Attorney General and the Ministers.
The Malawi women's national football team represents Malawi in women's football at international level. It is overseen by the Football Association of Malawi.
Athaliah Molokomme was the attorney general of Botswana until 2017 and is the first woman to hold that position. Molokomme has been committed to advocacy for women's rights at conferences,workshops,and seminars around the world. Dr. Athaliah Molokomme was appointed as Permanent Representative of Botswana to the UN in Geneva and Ambassador to Switzerland in May 2018.
Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi is a Motswana politician who served as the fifth president of Botswana from 2018 to 2024. He served as the eighth vice president of Botswana from 12 November 2014 to 1 April 2018. He was a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly for the Moshupa-Manyana constituency from 2009 to 2018.
Miss Botswana is a national Beauty pageant in Botswana.
Sue-Ellen Cassiana "Suella" Braverman is a British politician and barrister who served as Home Secretary from 6 September 2022 to 19 October 2022,and again from 25 October 2022 to 13 November 2023. A member of the Conservative Party,she was chair of the European Research Group from 2017 to 2018 and Attorney General for England and Wales from 2020 to March 2021,and again from September 2021 to 2022. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Fareham and Waterlooville,previously Fareham,since 2015.
Imelda Mishodzi Molokomme is a feminist activist and community developer from Botswana,"well known for her active role in the gender agenda". Molokomme married at 17,and did not start her university degree until she was 42,and her daughter,Athaliah Molokomme,the country's Attorney General,was one of her lecturers.
Camilla Vera Feslier Belich is a New Zealand lawyer,trade unionist and politician. She has been a Member of Parliament,representing the New Zealand Labour Party,since 2020.
Valerie Biden Owens is an American political strategist,campaign manager and former educator. She is the younger sister of Joe Biden,the 46th and current president of the United States. In 2016,President Barack Obama nominated her as alternate representative of the United States to the 71st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Hannah Karema Tumukunde is a Ugandan model and beauty peageant title holder who was crowned the Miss Uganda season 2023–2024. She represented Uganda at the Miss World competition which took place in India from February 18 to March 9,2023. She emerged as the first runner up Miss World Africa at the 71st Miss World event that was close to Quiin Abenakyo and was also ranked among the top 10 queens with the best "beauty with purpose project".
