During her stint on the Law Commission of India, Leila Seth, the first woman to be appointed to the Delhi High Court as a judge, led a campaign to grant women inheritance rights to ancestral property. In this passionate talk, she discusses the experiences that motivated her to defend the property rights and financial independence of women in a p...

Chelsea Shields is a biocultural anthropologist, a research and strategy consultant, and an outspoken activist for women's rights.

Kavita Ramdas directs the Global Fund for Women, the largest foundation in the world supporting women's human rights across all borders.

Strong faith is a core part of Alaa Murabit's identity -- but when she moved from Canada to Libya as a young woman, she was surprised how the tenets of Islam were used to severely limit women's rights, independence and ability to lead. She wondered: Was this really religious doctrine? With humor, passion and a refreshingly rebellious spirt, she ...

Manal al-Sharif advocates for women’s right to drive, male guardianship annulment, and family protection in Saudi Arabia.

About this event: The TEDx event in Osu, Accra, where we together envision Ghana in the next 10 years, with a focus on areas such as Women's Rights & Creative Arts, Technology & Social Change, and Education & Enterprise.

About this event: We believe university is a place where bias should be eliminated. These days, we see too many occasion where women being unfairly cheated. Not only the basic issues on women's rights such as domestic violence, sexual violence, education and health care, the fundamental stereotype against woman should also be talked among public. The society i...

What is an idea, really, if you keep it to yourself? No, ideas are meant to be shared. In this session, stories of connection — from Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, who have been friends since 9 to 5, to Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols, a couple who traveled around the world documenting the lives of "supergays." Short recaps of the talks in this ...

In October 2012, a Taliban-affiliated gunman shot Ziauddin Yousafzai’s daughter Malala soon after she boarded a bus en route to her school. In Swat, Pakistan -- where Ziauddin and Malala live -- the Taliban had outlawed all girls from attending school -- but Yousafzai, an educator and steadfast crusader for women’s rights in Pakistan, refused ...

Kimberley Motley is an impossible woman: The former Mrs. Wisconsin, whose father is African-American and mother is a North Korean refugee, is the first foreigner to litigate in the courts of Afghanistan. Today she closes the penultimate session at TEDGlobal 2014 to send a message to the world: Our laws can protect us, as long as we know how ...

Two years ago, as she put her 5-year-old son Aboody to bed, Manal Al-Sharif faced an unexpected question from him: “Mommy, are we bad people?” Earlier in the day, she had noticed bruises on his face. He didn't want to tell her why. Now, in the evening, he confessed that boys at school had hit him because they'd seen his mother on Facebook. T...

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Leymah Gbowee is a 2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Today, she speaks around the world, and people ask about her drive, challenges, moments, and regrets. In 1998 she was a single mother of 4. Three months after her fourth child's birth, she went to do work as a research assistant in a small village in north...