WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH HONOREES 2020

March is Women's History Month as we know and we've been commemorating some of the most influential women to have campaigned for girls and women's rights from around the world. Our list features (in no particular order): Issa Rae - actress, writer and producer Claudia Jones - civil rights campaigner and founder of the Carnival in the UK Emmeline Pankhurst - leader of the Suffragettes movement Tarana Burke - sexual abuse campaigner and founder of the #MeToo movement (bet you didnt know that!) Duchess of Susssex Meghan Markle - ex member of the royal British family Malorie Blackman - author and writer of award winning book series 'Noughts & Crosses' Malala Yousafzai - Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (Winnie Mandela) - South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, and the second wife of Nelson Mandela Robyn Rihanna Fenty - singer, actress, entrepreneur and Barbados ambassador for Education Keep up with regular updates and check out more information on our website www.bbeldn.co.uk. Follow us on our social media @bbe.ldn on the gram, @bbeldn on Twitter and BBELDN on Youtube!