These women come from all horizons: from all continents, all cultures, all ethnicities. They have different backgrounds and sensibilities. They are professors, doctors, journalists, farmers, scientists, lawyers, sociologists, paleontologists, anthropologists, ethologists, politicians, Nobel Prize winners... They are women of influence in the noblest sense of the term. They are women of influence in the noblest sense of the word, because the influence they have is related to the promotion of democracy and peace, but also to equity and the protection of the environment. They are committed to the living (from humanity to animals and biodiversity), and they militate for the defense of the rights of human beings, animals and nature. They join the fight against climate change, they are against all forms of conflict and violence, which does not prevent some of them from being rebels. They work so that the Earth is respected, preserved, restored and this, by all means, whether they come from space or from the earth, and in all forms that it is by Laws, constructive debates with the citizens or by making the voice of the most vulnerable heard, but also by Art and Science. They promote beauty, harmony, consciousness, inspiration, and then the mobilization of knowledge whether traditional and ancestral or modern and innovative. They are undeniably oriented towards social and environmental justice. Finally, what connects them in an invisible way is this fight for resilience and this strong feeling of belonging to a great whole of which the Earth is the beating heart.
Before reading them, discover the women who contributed to HOPES: Those who testified directly: Sandra Bessudo, Valérie Cabanes, Shirin Ebadi, Jane Goodall, Claudie Haigneré, Tawakkol Karman, Corinne Lepage, Nathalie Meusy, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Setsuko Thurlow, Jody Williams. Other specialists also intervened to enrich Yannick Monget's remarks with their expert view: Julie Patarin-Jossec, Julie Lasnes and Peggy Vincent. Finally, the words and quotations of many women have peppered the texts of HOPES, including: Simone Veil, Kamala Harris, Angela Merkel, Mae Jemison, Kalpana Chawla, Valentina Tereshkova, Margaret G. Hamilton, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Wangari Muta Maathai, Michelle Obama, Margaret Mead, Marie Curie, Anne Frank, Frida Khalo, Rosa Parks, Rachel Carson, Dian Fossey, Simone de Beauvoir, Marguerite Yourcenar, Eugenie Clark, Amelia Earhart...
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS / SANDRA BESSUDO / Credits Olivier Borde - Malpelo Foundation and other marine ecosystems / VALÉRIE CABANES Credits J. Panconi / SHIRIN EBADI Credits / JANE GOODALL Credits Vincent Calmel / CLAUDIE HAIGNERÉ Credits Nadia Imbert / TAWAKKOL KARMAN Credits DR / CORINNE LEPAGE Credits Bruno Klein / NATHALIE MEUSY Credits Sarah Zuili / HINDOU OUMAROU IBRAHIM Credits Salma Khalili - Terre indigène / SETSUKO THURLOW Credits Ari Beser / JODY WILLIAMS Credits Greg Gorman
