The Role of Women in Society

1.Who Is Malala Yusafzai?

• Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist who works for female education and development.
• She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate; she received the Nobel Peace Prize at 17.
• She was shot at age 15 when she publicly criticized a law imposed by the Tehrik-e-Taliban which prohibited girls' education in Pakistan.
• She is also the youngest United Nations messenger of peace.

2.Who Is Mithali Raj?

• Mithali raj is a female Indian cricketer who captained the India women's national cricket team from 2004 to 2022.
• She is a right-handed batter and played for the India women's national cricket team from 1999 to 2022 and is the highest run-scorer in women's national cricket.
• The government of India honoured her with Padma Shri in 2015 and Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2021.

3.Who Is Avani Chaturvedi?

• Avani Chaturvedi is the first female Indian pilot to fly a fighter aircraft.
• She flew the MIG – 21 'Bison', famous for its highest take-off and landing speed.
• For many years she worked as a flight lieutenant, and later on, she was posted in the Indian Air Force, Squadron No. 23 in Rajasthan.
• President Ram Nath Kovind awarded her Nari Shakti Puraskar in the year 2020.

4.Who Is Draupadi Murmu?

• Draupadi Murmu hails from the tribal community of India and has been serving as the 15th President of India since 25th July 2022.
• She is the second woman after Pratibha Patil to serve as the President of India.
• She started her career as a clerk teacher, and later on, she turned into a politician.
• She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

5.Who Is Gita Gopinath?

• Gita Gopinath, famously known as the Fiscal Scholar, is an Indian- American economist
• Currently, she serves as the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
• Before this, she also served as a chief economist of the IMF.
• She studied economics and earned PhD from Princeton University.
• Before joining the IMF, she worked as an assistant professor of economics at many renowned foreign universities.

6.Name an Indian Female Gymnast Who Made It to the Olympics.

• Dipa Karmakar is the first female Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics.
• She is an artistic gymnast from Tripura.
• She qualified for the Rio Olympics in 2016 and secured the fourth position in the Women's Vault Gymnastics event.

7.Who Is Nikhat Zareen?

• Nikhat Zareen is a female Indian boxer who won medals in many Women's World Boxing championships.
• She hails from Telangana, and currently, she is appointed as a staff officer at the Bank of India
• She received her training from the Sports Authority of India.
• She is the official ambassador of Telangana.

8.Who Is Garima Arora?

• Garima Arora is a journalist turned chef.
• She is the first female Indian chef who won a Michelin star.
• After training at the world-famous culinary school in Paris, she worked under the supervision of many celebrity chefs like Gordon Ramsay.
• Later she opened her restaurant in Bangkok, which received a Michelin star.
• Her restaurant in Bangkok is one of the world's 50 best restaurants.