13. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Sharmeen is the face of change and revolution as she became the first Pakistani to win two Academy Awards in 2016 and the only woman of color who received representation that year. Her reason for getting the revered honor was her path-breaking documentary on honor killing, A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness. The movie inspired real change as it repealed a loophole in the law regarding honor killing in Pakistan.
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Edited by Anshika Jain