User:Lajmmoore/Round the World Challenge

In 2024 I completed a Round-the-World Challenge to write an article about a woman from every country in the world. It was featured in:

I also wrote an article for Diff

UN member states edit

UN member & observer states
Country Biography No.
Afghanistan Sharbat Gula, Laleh Osmany, Kalliope (queen), Muqadasa Ahmadzai 4
Albania Anila Paparisto, Shpresa Gjongecaj, Androniqi Zengo Antoniu, Sofia Zengo Papadhimitri 4
Algeria Tassadit Yacine, Nacéra Benseddik, 'Perpetua' of Hippo, Anapsychia, Elissa Rhaïs, Malika Hachid, Faiza Lalam 7
Andorra Vanessa Mendoza Cortés 1
Angola Celma Ribas, Luzia Inglês Van-Dúnem, Angela (enslaved woman) 3
Antigua & Barbuda Heather Doram 1
Argentina Carolina Castro 1
Armenia Hripsime Djanpoladjian 1
Australia Jukuja Dolly Snell, Mondalmi, Alexandra Szalay, Ningura Napurrula, Nikita Ridgeway, Zohl de Ishtar, Julia Rapke 7
Austria Therese Mirani 1
Azerbaijan Gamar Sheyda 1
The Bahamas Wendy Craigg 1
Bahrain Yara Salman 1
Bangladesh Sarajubala Sen, Suhasini Das 2
Barbados Tonika Sealy-Thompson, Marsha K. Caddle, Ché Greenidge 2
Belarus Alena Aladava 1
Belgium Emma De Vigne 1
Belize Myrtle Palacio 1
Benin Mylène Flicka, 1
Bhutan Damchae Dem, Zimbiri 2
Bolivia Petronila Infantes, Rosmery Mollo 2
Bosnia & Herzegovina Branka Raunig, Mica Todorović, Nada Miletić, Jelena Silajdžić 4
Botswana Ntebogang Ratshosa 1
Brazil Rosa Egipcíaca 1
Brunei Pengiran Anak Hajah Besar, Haslina Taib 2
Bulgaria Miliana Kaimakamova, Yordanka Youroukova 2
Burkina Faso Sandra Pierrette Kanzie, Malika Ouattara, Philomaine Nanema 3
Burundi Jeanne Gapiya-Niyonzima 1
Cambodia Veasna Chea Leth 1
Cameroon Ginette Daleu, Ernestine Gwet Bell 2
Canada Mary Rambaran-Olm, Rosanne Casimir 1
Cabo Verde Dina Salústio 1
Central African Republic Gisèle Bedan‎, Sylvie Ngouadakpa 2
Chad Salma Khalil Alio, Zenab Issa Oki, Kalthouma Nguembang, Fatimé Dordji 4
Chile Judith Alpi 1
China Liang Jun (activist) 1
Colombia María Teresa Murillo 1
Comoros Hayda Nourdine Sidi, Rashid Mohamed Mbaraka Fatma 2
Congo, Democratic Republic of Dena Mwana, Jolie Ngemi, Douce Namwezi N'Ibamba 3
Congo, Republic of Ngalifourou, Aleth Félix-Tchicaya, Annette Kouamba Matondo, Dominique Tchimbakala 4
Costa Rica Mónica Aguilar Bonilla, Ana Cardoso (enslaved woman) 2
Croatia Sibila Petlevski 1
Cuba Rosalía Abreu 1
Cyprus Stephanie Solomonides 1
Czech Republic Emanuela Nohejlová-Prátová, Zdenka Nemeškalová-Jiroudková 2
Denmark Ingeborg Hammer-Jensen 1
Djibouti Choukri Djibah, Khadija Abeba 2
Dominica Jerelle Joseph, Denise Charles 2
Dominican Republic Soraya Aracena 1
East Timor Brigida Antónia Correia 1
Ecuador María del Tránsito Sorroza 1
Egypt Rana al-Tonsi, Nadeen Ashraf, Aya Saeid Saber, Mervat Seif el-Din, Ola El Aguizy, Menka (queen) 6
El Salvador Antonia Navarro Huezo 1
Equatorial Guinea Trifonia Melibea Obono 1
Eritrea Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu 1
Estonia Marju Lepajõe, Anne Lill 2
Eswatini Sibongile Ndlela-Simelane 1
Ethiopia Gelanesh Haddis, Eténèsh Wassié, Demitu Hambisa Bonsa 3
Fiji Tarisi Vunidilo, Hilda Vukikomoala, Joana Monolagi, Sainimili Naivalu, Kalisito Biaukula 5
Finland Jaana Toivari-Viitala, Pigga Keskitalo, Miranda Vuolasranta, Hannele Yki-Järvinen 4
France Amanda (wife of Aper), Galla (wife of Eucherius), Louise Magadur 3
Gabon Pamela Badjogo, Simone Saint-Dénis 2
Gambia Fanta Singhateh, Fatou Khan, 2
Georgia Bela Chekurishvili 1
Germany Edith Schönert-Geiß, Henny Schermann, Mary Pünjer, Adasse (townswoman), Dorothea Menadier, Elsa Conrad, Mechtild Rössler, Vera Hatz, Philomena Franz 9
Ghana Konadu Yaadom 1
Greece Zoe Pikramenou, Sophia Antoniadis, Callon of Epidaurus 3
Grenada Monica Skeete 1
Guatemala Concepción Ramírez 1
Guinea Mafory Bangoura, Nabya Haidara, Felipa Maria Aranha, Hadja Idrissa Bah, Mama Kanny Diallo, Tigui Camara 6
Guinea-Bissau Nenè Nhaga Bissoli, Teodora Inácia Gomes, Patrícia Godinho Gomes, Augusta Henriques 4
Guyana Shana Yardan 1
Haiti Modeste Testas 1
Honduras Gladys Lanza 1
Hungary Klára Póczy 1
Iceland Ólafía Einarsdóttir 1
India Isaivani 1
Indonesia Salsabila Khairunnisa 1
Iran Taraneh Javanbakht, Mahlagha Mallah, Victoria Jamali, Khadijeh Afzal Vaziri, Napir-Asu, Malekeh Malekzadeh Bayani 6
Iraq Paulina Hassoun, Rabab Al-Kazimi 2
Ireland Christine E. Morris 1
Israel Judith Marquet-Krause 1
Italy Albina (religious patron), Paulina (wife of Pammachius), Acme (enslaved woman), Vitellia (daughter of emperor Vitellius), Pompeia Helena 5
Ivory Coast Timpoko Helène Kienon-Kabore, Laetitia Ky 2
Jamaica Antoinette Tidjani Alou 1
Japan Akiko Kiso, Sasaki Toyoju 2
Jordan Deema Hijjawi 1
Kazakhstan Maukhida Abdulkabirova 1
Kenya Wanjeri Nderu, Jemimah Kariuki, Emma Mbua, Rosemary Chepkorir Sang, Freda Nkirote 5
Kiribati Erika Taeang 1
North Korea Wang Su-bok 1
South Korea Im Seong-gu 1
Kuwait Hessa al-Rifa'i, Bibi Duaij Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Lulwah Al-Qatami 3
Kyrgyzstan Rakhat Achylova, Kakish Ryskulova, Gulsaira Momunova, Dina Maslova, Gulnaz Zhuzbaeva, Jiidesh İdirisova 6
Laos Silina Pha Aphay, Niane Sivongxay 2
Latvia Antonija Vilcāne 1
Lebanon Tara Khattar 1
Lesotho Mannete Ramaili, Nthabiseng Mokoena (archaeologist) 2
Liberia Antoinette Tubman, Roselyn Nugba-Ballah, Billema Kwillia 3
Libya Laila Neihoum, Khadījah Jahamī, Dania Ben Sassi, Carolina Nunes Vais, Hajer Sharief, Fadwa El Gallal 6
Liechtenstein Ida Ospelt-Amann 1
Lithuania Laima Vaitkunskienė 1
Luxembourg Lady of Schengen 1
Madagascar Berthe Rakotosamimanana, Raketaka, Fleurette Andriantsilavo, Chantal Radimilahy 4
Malawi Yolanda Kaunda 1
Malaysia Yangsze Choo 1
Maldives Zahiya Zareer 1
Mali Bintou Sanankoua 1
Malta Yana Psaila 1
Marshall Islands Kathryn Relang 1
Mauritania Aminetou Mint El-Moctar 1
Mauritius Eugénie Poujade 1
Mexico Raquel Torres Cerdán 1
Micronesia Shinobu M. Poll, Adelyn Noda 2
Moldova Claudia Cobizev, Valentina Bodrug-Lungu 2
Monaco Camille Gottlieb 1
Mongolia Sochigel 1
Montenegro Mileva Filipović 1
Morocco Amina, bint al-Hajj ʿAbd al-Latif 1
Mozambique Solange Macamo, Josina Z. Machel 2
Myanmar Chit Po 1
Namibia Tanyaradzwa Daringo 1
Nauru Maximina Uepa 1
Nepal Santoshi Shrestha 1
Netherlands Hortensia del Prado, Beatrice de Graaf, Gay van der Meer 3
New Zealand Ani Hona, India Logan-Riley 2
Nicaragua Petrona Hernández López 1
Niger Fatou Djibo 1
Nigeria Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim 1
North Macedonia Diophantus of Abae, Borka Dragojević-Josifovska 2
Norway Vibeke Roggen 1
Oman Hilda al-Hinai, Mouza Sulaiman Mohamed Al-Wardi, Maitha Al Mahrouqi, Maryam Al Zadjali 4
Pakistan Bina Shaheen Siddiqui 1
Palau Olympia E. Morei-Remengesau 1
Palestine Lina Abu Akleh, Lara Khaldi, Adila Laïdi-Hanieh 3
Panama Gladys de la Lastra, Noris Salazar Allen 2
Papua New Guinea Susan Karike, Julia Mage’au Gray, Yolarnie Amepou 3
Paraguay María Odulia Nicola Ruotti, Fátima Mereles, Ramona Martínez (nurse) 3
Peru Rebeca Carrión Cachot 1
Philippines Mercedes Delfinado 1
Poland Dorota Malarczyk 1
Portugal Snu Abecassis 1
Qatar Huda al-Naimi, Amna bint Abdulaziz bin Jassim Al Thani, Dana Al Fardan, Asma Al Thani, Noor Al Mazroei 5
Romania Ana Pacatiuș 1
Russia Elena Abramovna Davidovich 1
Rwanda Juliet Kabera 1
St Kitts & Nevis Shirley Skerrit-Andrew, Dawne Williams 2
St Lucia Leonne Theodore-John 1
St Vincent & the Grenadines Andrea Bowman 1
Samoa Margaret Satupai, Amao Leota Lu, Leilua Lino 3
San Marino Karen Pruccoli 1
Sao Tome & Principe Maria de Jesus Trovoada 1
Saudi Arabia Zahrah Al Ghamdi, Shadia Alem, Laila Alfaddagh, Haifa al-Mogrin, Lamia bint Majed Al Saud, Magda Abu Ras 6
Senegal Niama 1
Serbia Biljana Dojčinović, Vera Kurtić 2
Seychelles Ruby Malvina 1
Sierra Leone Matilda Lansana Minah 1
Singapore Kathy Feng-Yi Su, Teo Sim Hua 2
Slovakia Eva Kolníková 1
Slovenia Tatjana Bregant 1
Solomon Islands Pionie Boso, Doreen Kuper 2
Somalia Amran Mohamed Ahmed 1
South Africa Koleka Putuma, Aithne Rowse, Refilwe Ledwaba, Ishtar Lakhani, Helena M. L. Forbes 5
South Sudan Achol Jok Mach, Abiol Lual Deng, Mari Malek 2
Spain Therasia of Nola, Sara al-Qutiyya 2
Sri Lanka Eva Ranaweera, Sevvandi Jayakody, Srikanthalakshmi Arulanandam 3
Sudan Fatima Talib, Hawa Al-Tagtaga, Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, Nasra bint ʿAdlan 4
Suriname Audrey Christiaan 1
Sweden Cajsa S. Lund, Rosa Norström, Ulla Westermark 3
Switzerland Suzanne Frey-Kupper 1
Syria Dima Aktaa 1
Tajikistan Nigina Amonkulova 1
Tanzania Adelaida K. Semesi 1
Thailand Kansri Boonpragob 1
Togo Angèle Dola Akofa Aguigah, Adolé Isabelle Glitho-Akueson, Yézoumi Akogo 3
Tonga Seu'ula Johansson-Fua, Kolokesa Māhina-Tuai, Elizabeth Kite (activist), Titilupe Fanetupouvava'u Tuita-Tupou Tu'ivakano 4
Trinidad & Tobago Molly Gaskin 1
Tunisia Najma Kousri, Aïcha Snoussi, Aïcha Ben Abed, Afwa Thameur 4
Turkey Gülsüm Kav, Tomris Bakır 2
Turkmenistan Svetlana Myartseva 1
Tuvalu Moira Simmons-Avafoa, Miliama Simeona 2
Uganda Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu, Miriam Muwanga, Juliet Sekabunga Nalwanga 3
Ukraine Horpyna Vatchenko, Hanna Veres, Oksana Zhnikrup, Marianna Dushar, Maria Posobchuk 5
United Arab Emirates Suad Jawad, Noor Al Suwaidi, Shamma Al Bastaki, Hala Badri 4
United Kingdom Dawn Hadley, Rachel Tanner, Rose Ferraby, Ina Beasley, Stephanie Wynne-Jones, Michelle Alexander (archaeologist), Penny Bickle, Adela Marion Adam, Maria Millington Lathbury, Mary Pirie, Constance Sladen, Ethel Rudkin, Jean Le Patourel, Frances Burgess, Frances Elizabeth Tripp, Agnes Fry, Advolly Richmond, Mary Petherick, Catherine Downes, Margaret de Neville, Anna Gloyn, Marguerite Frobisher, Tanya Arnold, Lucy Pardee, Suzanna Taverne, Della Aleksander, Kully Thiarai 28
United States Julia Harwood Caverno, Abby Jane Morrell, Solange Ashby, Y. Sherry Sheng, Constance Weldon, Carole Dawn Reinhart, Nyasha Junior, Laura Sumner (numismatist), Virginia Prentiss, Julia Chinn, Colah B. Tawkin, Margaret Sordahl, Cheryl Day, Tina Passman, Louise Leung Larson, Premilla Nadasen, Sasha-Mae Eccleston, Dorothy B. Waage, Shayna Markowitz 18
Uruguay Blanca Luz Brum, Olga Piria, Eva Díaz Torres, Lucrecia Covelo, Victoria Calzada, Eleonora Catsigeras, Gloria Meneses 6
Uzbekistan Galina Pugachenkova, Vera Bulatova 2
Vanuatu Merilyn Tahi, Nadia Kanegai, Litiana Kalsrap 3
Vatican City Brenda Dolphin, Catia Summaria 2
Venezuela Livia Gouverneur 1
Vietnam Le Thi Tuyet Mai 1
Yemen Fatima al-Suqutriyya 1
Zambia Lily Monze 1
Zimbabwe Zodwa Nyoni, Panashe Chigumadzi 2

Partially recognised UN states edit

Partially recognised UN states
State Biography No.
Abkhazia Marina Bartsyts, Meri Avidzba, Hadzhera Avidzba 3
Artsakh Narine Narimanyan, Roza Sarkisyan 2
Cook Islands Vaine Nooana-Arioka, Sonya Apa Temata 2
Kosovo Meliza Haradinaj-Stublla 1
Niue Phylesha Brown-Acton, Moira Enetama, Matafetu Smith 3
Northern Cyprus Ayşegül Baybars 1
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Khadidja Hamdi, Al Khadra Mabrook, Hadjatu Aliat Swelm 3
Somaliland Ubah Ali 1
South Ossetia Manana Chitishvili 1
Taiwan Chen Xue (writer) 1

UK countries edit

United Kingdom countries
Region Example biography No.
Scotland Elizabeth Pirie 1
England Rachel Tanner 1
Wales Saint Ninnoc 1
Northern Ireland Lucy Monaghan 1
Isle of Man Isla Callister 1
Channel Islands Ellen Oliver (suffragette) 1

Autonomous regions, special administrative regions and disputed ethnic republics (probably not complete) edit

Autonomous & Special Administrative Regions, inc. disputed states
Region Claimant Biography No.
Aceh     Azriana Manalu 1
Adjara  
Adygea     Eleonore Merza, Asya Yeutykh 2
Azad Kashmir  
Azores  
Bangsamoro  
Basque Country     Yolanda González (activist) 1
Bougainville     Magdalene Toroansi 1
Chechnya     Pasikhat Dzhukalaeva 1
Autonomous Republic of Crimea  
East Turkestan     Muyesser Abdul'ehed, Mehbube Ablesh 2
Dagestan     Sevil Novruzova 1
Gagauzia     Ludmila Turkan 1
Galmadug     Zamzam Dahir Mohamud 1
Gilgit-Baltistan     Amen Aamir 1
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province  
Guangxi  
Hong Kong     Beatrice Leung 1
Ingushetia     Zarifa Sautieva 1
Inner Mongolia  
Jejudo  
Karachay-Cherkessia     Zuhra Bayramkulova 1
Karakalpakstan     Lola Kallikhanova 1
Krasnodar Krai     Polina Makogon 1
Kurdistan     Lanja Khawe 1
Macau     Lai Minhua 1
Madeira     Leontina de Cabral Hogan 1
Nakhchivan   Natavan Gadimova 1
Ningxia   Emma Gao 1
North Ossetia     Svitlana Bilyayeva 1
Papua     Fien Jarangga 1
Puntland     Maryan Ahmed Ali 1
Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities  
Rodrigues  
Rojava     Elizabeth Gawrie 1
Tibet     Khandro Lhamo 1
Transnistria autonomous territorial unit     Irina Molokanova 1
Vojvodina  
Wa State  
West Papua     Marlina Flassy 1
Yogyakarta  
Zanzibar     Leila Hassan 1

Overseas territories edit

Overseas territories
Region Claimant Biography No.
American Samoa     Arieta Enesi Mulitauaopele 1
Anguilla   Quincia Gumbs-Marie 1
Aruba     Xiomara Ruiz-Maduro 1
Bermuda     Kim Wilson (politician) 1
Bonaire     Esther Bernabela 1
British Virgin Islands     Paula F. Beaubrun 1
Cayman Islands     Olive Hilda Miller 1
Chagos Archipelago     Audrey Albert 1
Christmas Island     Farzian Zainal 1
Cocos (Keeling) Islands     Danie Olbio 1
Curacao     Siny van Iterson 1
Falkland Islands     Joanna Cox 1
Faroe Islands     Tóra Sigmundsdóttir 1
French Guiana     Marie-Laure Phinéra-Horth 1
French Polynesia     Miriama Bono, Chantal Galenon 2
Gibraltar   Angela Smith (Gibraltarian activist) 1
Greenland     Pipaluk Freuchen 1
Guadeloupe     Sonia Petro 1
Guam     Dafne Shimizu, Siobhon McManus 2
Martinique     Manon Tardon 1
Mayotte     Zakia Madi 1
Montserrat     Margaret Dyer-Howe 1
New Caledonia     Cherifa Linossier 1
Norfolk Island     Eve Semple 1
Northern Mariana Islands     Theresa H. Arriola 1
Pitcairn Islands     Teraura, Mauatua 2
Puerto Rico     Doreen Colondres 1
Reunion     Marguerite-Hélène Mahé 1
Saba     Esmeralda Johnson 1
Sint Maarten     Gracita Arrindell 1
Sint Eustatius     Shirma Rouse 1
St Barts   Bettina Cointre 1
St Martin     Daniella Jeffry-Pilot 1
St Helena, Ascension & Tristan da Cunha     Christine Scipio-O'Dean 1
St Pierre & Miquelon     Catherine Hélène 1
Tokelau     Atene Kalolo 1
Turks & Caicos     Ruth Blackman 1
US Virgin Islands     Ella Gifft 1
Wallis & Fortuna     Ilaïsaane Lauouvéa, Rebecca Kulimoetoke 2