Paola Villarreal (born 5 October 1984) is a Mexican computer programmer who developed the Data for Justice app equipped with an interactive map that compares police operations in white dominated areas and minority neighborhoods in Mexico. [1] [2] Data from the app helped reversed 20,000 racially unbalanced drugs convictions. [3] [4]
She was named in the BBC 100 Women (inspiring and influential women from around the world) in 2019 for her work in maternal health. [5]
She was listed in the MIT Innovators Under 35 LATAM for 2018. [6]
Graciela Iturbide is a Mexican photographer. Her work has been exhibited internationally, and is included in many major museum collections such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The J. Paul Getty Museum.
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, known mononymously as Shakira, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she has been referred to as the "Queen of Latin Music" and has been praised for her musical versatility. She made her recording debut with Sony Music Colombia at the age of 13. Following the commercial failure of her first two albums, Magia (1991) and Peligro (1993), she rose to prominence in Hispanic countries with her next albums, Pies Descalzos (1995) and Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998). She entered the English-language market with her fifth album, Laundry Service (2001), which sold over 13 million copies worldwide. Buoyed by the international success of her singles "Whenever, Wherever" and "Underneath Your Clothes", the album propelled her reputation as a leading crossover artist and is the best-selling album of all time by a female Latin artist.
Sergio Matusalem Goyri Pérez is a Mexican actor known for his performances in soap operas.
100 Women is a BBC multi-format series established in 2013. The annual series examines the role of women in the 21st century and has included events in London and Mexico. Announcement of the list is the start of an international "BBC's women season", lasting three weeks including broadcast, online reports, debates and journalism on the topic of women. Women around the world are encouraged to participate via Twitter and comment on the list, as well as on the interviews and debates that follow release of the list.
Hanna, Marchioness of Guadiaro is an American-born Mexican television personality who runs the non-profit Jaff Foundation for Education. She is married to Francisco de Borja Queipo de Llano y Campomanes, 6th Marquess of Guadiaro and eldest son of the 12th Count of Toreno.
Roma is a 2018 drama film written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who also produced, shot, and co-edited it. Set in 1970 and 1971, Roma follows the life of a live-in indigenous (Mixteco) housekeeper of an upper-middle-class Mexican family, as a semi-autobiographical take on Cuarón's upbringing in the Colonia Roma neighborhood of Mexico City. The film stars Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira in the leading roles. It is an international co-production between Mexico and the United States.
Martha Fernanda Sánchez Soler is a Mexican sociologist and activist. She is the president of the Movimiento Migrante Mesoamericano (MMM), a movement initiated in 2006, which aims to help mothers of disappeared migrants to find their lost ones, by travelling via caravan for several days along routes they usually make during the illegal trip to the United States. In 2016, she was one of the 9 inspiring and influential Latin American women named in the BBC 100 Women list.
Montserrat Boix Piqué is a Spanish journalist, considered among the most influential women in her country. In early 2000, she created and developed the concepts of social cyberfeminism, and a year later those of feminist hacktivism. Another of her main areas of work is gender violence and communication. She has also stood out as a defender of the right to communication and citizenship rights for women. Since 1986, she has been a journalist for the Information Services of Televisión Española (TVE), in the international section.
Yalitza Aparicio Martínez is a Mexican actress. She made her film debut as Cleo in Alfonso Cuarón's 2018 drama Roma, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress; Aparicio was the first Indigenous American woman to be nominated for that award. In 2019, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She was also named the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Indigenous Peoples in the same year.
Ophelia Pastrana Ardila is a Colombian-Mexican transgender physicist, economist, speaker, YouTuber, technologist and comedian. She is the first transgender women naturalized by Mexico. Business Insider listed her as one of the most influential women on Twitter regarding technology aspects. In 2018 she was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
"Plata Ta Tá" is a protest song by Chilean and Mexican singer Mon Laferte and Puerto Rican rapper Guaynaa written as a response to repression by government at the 2019-2020 Chilean protests. It was released on 15 November 2019 through Universal Music Group as a non-single album. The song was written by Laferte and Guaynaa, and it was produced by Manu Jalil. A music video was released on 5 December 2019, featuring Guaynaa and Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio.
Vivir Quintana is a Mexican singer and composer. Quintana penned the song "Canción sin miedo", or Song without Fear, which has become a feminist hymn against gendered violence and femicide.
Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira has had a considerable impact on the musical landscape of Latin America and further afield. Further to this, her career has seen longevity and cultural reach that has enabled Shakira to be a socially, culturally, and politically influential figure across the world. This has culminated in her receiving the honorific nickname of the Queen of Latin Music. She is considered the most recognisable face of Latin music around the world. With 100 millions of records sold, she is the best-selling Latin female artist of all time.
Zemmoa is the stage name of a Mexican singer-songwriter and musical artist. She is known for her song Mi Amor Soy Yo featuring Tessa Ía and Trans-X that went viral on Spotify in 2021.
Carolina Castro is an Argentine businessperson and trade unionist. She was the first woman to join the Executive Committee of the Argentine Industrial Union and was named by the BBC as one its 100 Women in 2020.
Dr. Véronique Inès Thouvenot is a medical doctor, scientific director, and specialist in public and humanitarian health with a focus in eHealth and Telemedicine since 2002. She was named in BBC's 100 women, as one of the 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2019. She is co-founder of Zero Mothers Die and Fundación Millenia2025 focused on women empowerment and equality, and has held senior positions at the United Nations and the World Health Organization.
Mitra Farazandeh is an Iranian disability activist and visual artist.
Mujeres asesinas is a Mexican streaming television series developed by Alicia Luna. It is a reimagined version of the series of the same name, based on the book series written by Marisa Grinstein. The series premiered on Vix on 4 November 2022.
Presencias is a 2022 Mexican horror thriller film directed by Luis Mandoki and written by Olivia Bond. Starring Alberto Ammann and Yalitza Aparicio. It premiered in the United States, Mexico, and Spanish-speaking territories on September 7, 2022, on Vix+.
Ainura Sagyn is a Kyrgyzstani computer engineer, ecofeminist and entrepreneur. She has been profiled by UN Women and chosen as one of the BBC's 100 inspirational women in 2022.
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