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global campaign, <\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n


To: Sima Sami Bahous, UN Women Executive Director,
\u00c5sa Regn\u00e9r, UN Women Deputy Executive Director for Policy, Programme, Civil Society and Intergovernmental Support; Anita Bhatia, Deputy Executive Director for UN Coordination, Partnerships, Resources and Sustainability<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subject: UN Women\u2019s MoU with BlackRock<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Ms Bahous, Ms Regn\u00e9r, Ms Bhatia,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We write to you on behalf of the undersigned feminist organizations, networks, constituencies and individuals, all of whom are committed to ensuring that the United Nations delivers on international agreements on gender equality, SDG 5 and women\u2019s human rights. We are dismayed to hear that on May 25th, 2022, UN Women announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with BlackRock, Inc. to cooperate in promoting the growth of gender lens investing\u201d. The declaration is dissonant, in view of BlackRock\u2019s well-known record of prioritizing profits over human rights or environmental integrity, to a degree that meets precisely the Secretary-General\u2019s characterisation of \u2018morally bankrupt\u2019 global finance institutions as being amongst the chief threats to human equality and planetary integrity. Gendered historical and structural inequalities ensure that women and people who face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination are the ones who suffer the harshest consequences of the social, economic, ecological and political impact of the work of asset management firms that concentrate the world\u2019s wealth into investments in fossil fuels, military and civilian weapons, and sovereign debt. In a time of climate, environmental, health, political and economic crises, a partnership with an entity that is actively undermining international commitments to advance sustainable development, is a serious aberration. It departs from the human rights principles of the UN, from the SDGs priorities of building equality, peace, and sustainable development, and from UN Women\u2019s mandate to promote gender equality.
Civil society watchdog groups consistently identify BlackRock as among the worst performers on corporate accountability. Its climate and socially-destructive investments \u2014 particularly significant in impact because of the massive component they represent of BlackRock\u2019s portfolio \u2014 have been called out by activists, including Indigenous leaders. Aware of the optics, BlackRock has attempted to \u2018greenwash\u2019 itself by acknowledging the seriousness of
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climate change \u2013 in a move that the New York Times has condemned as \u2018climate hypocrisy\u2019 that is intentionally misleading; worse than climate denial.
The recently-announced partnership with UN Women suggests that UN Women has been recruited to BlackRock\u2019s image-cleansing efforts \u2013 this time it is seeking to \u2018pinkwash\u2019 itself. It is hard to reach any other conclusion from the May 25 press release. A joint interest in \u2018gender lens investment\u2019 is offered to explain the partnership with no explanation of what this means, nor why BlackRock is the best interlocutor for this effort, nor whether it would require BlackRock to divest from the many industries it supports that exacerbate gender inequality (through, for instance, gendered job segregation and segmentation, gendered pay gaps, let alone gender-specific impacts of small arms proliferation and ecological destruction). If this is a \u2018partnership\u2019, it looks like it works in just one direction. It gives BlackRock a veneer of feminist approval that it clearly does not merit. Given BlackRock\u2019s phenomenal size and influence (reportedly managing ten trillion USD) in assets, it is not unreasonable to assert that this UN Women partnership also gives a feminist imprimateur to the version of neoliberal global capitalism that is condemned by the SG. This crisis-prone speculation-based capitalism, spawning grotesque income inequalities, has also been linked to misogynistic neo-populism and entrenched poverty for many women, particularly those from ethnic or racial minorities, marginalized sexualities, and female-headed households.
To substantiate our concerns, we list here just a few examples of BlackRock practices of extreme concern that directly contradict feminist social and economic change agendas:
Fossil fuels
In 2021, contradicting declarations that BlackRock would divest from fossil fuels (it is one of the world\u2019s biggest investors in the world\u2019s dirtiest fossil fuel companies), it put $85bn of assets managed into coal companies, including those seeking to identify and exploit new coal assets, breaching the decisive climate action required by the Paris Agreement. The Working Group III report, Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change\u201d by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released on 4 April 2022, highlighted the need for a dramatic shift away from fossil-fuels, gas and coal-based economies. Just one month later, UN Women\u2019s partnership with BlackRock was announced, with no reference to BlackRock\u2019s massive fossil fuel portfolio, nor of the differentiated impacts the environmental crises have on the human rights of women and other marginalized groups who face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination.
In a wider manner, BlackRock also invests in projects that are harmful to environmental integrity as a whole. For instance, BlackRock is a major investor in deforestation projects, destroying the tropical rainforests to invest in palm oil plantations in Papua New Guinea, while human rights abuses have been documented in parallel.
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External private debt
BlackRock is the leading known holder of external private debt in the global South. In Zambia, it is the largest private bondholder, but it refused a request by Zambia to suspend debt payments in 2020 and has not offered to restructure the debt. BlackRock\u2019s holdings of Zambia\u2019s bonds were $220 million as of February 2022, over half of which were purchased during the high stress first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. It could make a 110% profit on this debt, if it is fully paid. Meanwhile, cuts planned by the government of Zambia in 2022\u201326 are equivalent to five times its annual health budget, putting women and other marginalized groups at risk as they depend on public health services and also form a large portion of frontline health workers.
Private creditors such as Blackrock and Ashmore hold 47% of Sri Lanka\u2019s debt via bonds that were issued post Sri Lanka\u2019s civil war; the bondholder, Hamilton Reserve Bank, has sued Sri Lanka in the state of New York for the full payment of principal and interest, as it considers that the recent debt default has been orchestrated by the government. New York State\u2019s legislature recently passed a bill to ensure that private creditors can\u2019t use courts to get better settlements than bilateral government creditors. Blackrock is now part of a bondholder group that is negotiating a restructuring with the Sri Lankan government. Sri Lanka is currently in a severe crisis, with food shortages and fuel rationing, both of which impact women and girls disproportionately, with women and other marginalized groups experiencing job losses first. This takes place in a context where male household members\u2019 food and health needs tend to be prioritized, while care and domestic work burdens increase.
Labor rights
BlackRock has voted against every single shareholder resolution relating to labor rights where it has shareholdings, including resolutions relating to corporate accountability for sexual harassment and closing the gender pay gap as well as against 47% of climate resolutions. In contrast, it has voted for every resolution that the Committee for Workers Capital (the global committee representing workers interests in pension funds), has advised voting against. BlackRock has investments where child labour has been exposed.
Militarization
Through its investment strategies, BlackRock is also a major supporter of the military industrial complex. It has major investments with civilian gun manufacturers such as Smith and Wesson and Sturm, Ruger, & Company (which produces the Ruger mini-semi automatic 14 rifle among other weapons). It has holdings in Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Boeing, and Northrop Grumman (these are identified by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) as among the largest weapons sales companies globally), Axon (which produces tasers), and Elbit (which provides logistical support for weapons delivery). High level executives in BlackRock serve on the corporate boards of various military suppliers and vice versa. These investments build a gruesome connection
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between BlackRock and wartime violence and displacement, which have severe and highly gendered consequences, as well as with civilian gun deaths and the militarization of the police.
UN Women\u2019s mandate includes a focus on building sustainable peace\u201d and working to prevent armed conflicts, as well as a central concern with ending the global pandemic of violence against women, violence that is significantly amplified by small arms proliferation. For UN Women to partner with a corporation that is so extensively involved in profiting from militarism seems contradictory at best, and potentially highly damaging to its credibility in the Women Peace and Security arena.
Moving forward:
Rescind the BlackRock partnership, set standards for future private sector partnerships, involve feminist civil society in UN Women governance
The partnership between BlackRock and UN Women presents serious and potentially irreparable risks to UN Women\u2019s reputation. It gives UN Women the job of sanitizing the reputation of an asset management institution whose investments have contributed to some degree to climate catastrophe, the economic immiseration of women and other groups marginalized because of sexuality, gender, race, and class, and the proliferation of weapons and by association, the increased recourse to political violence in unstable politics. To see the world\u2019s leading institution for the defense of women\u2019s rights in league with an enabler of patriarchal dominance, violence, and ecological collapse, with not a word directed to critiquing or reforming BlackRock, could spell the end of UN Women\u2019s credibility as a gender equality institution.
We urge UN Women immediately to rescind and repudiate this partnership, to honor its mandate to promote the highest standards of human rights, gender equality, environmental integrity and the wellbeing of people, as outlined in the SDGs targets. We are aware that Member States are not fulfilling their financial commitments to fund the UN, or, even worse, orienting their contributions to serve narrow political purposes. This is a driver of the corporate capture of the UN, weakening its capacity to face the multilateral crises of our times. UN Women has made attempts in the past to partner with the private sector, with companies such as Uber or Coca Cola, with poor results. Other parts of the UN have been tempted to do the same; OHCHR for instance, made an agreement with Microsoft. These efforts have failed to deliver either for the UN or for the populations they ostensibly serve.
In a larger manner, the trend of a corporate capture of the UN is largely seen in the Secretary-General\u2019s Our Common Agenda, which places priority on a networked multilateralism\u201d with several multi-stakeholder proposals. Although more stakeholders participate in various processes, responsibility of governance and accountability to advancing the goals of the UN
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must remain with Member States. While the UN welcomes private donors, their influence is carried to shape program priorities. Multistakeholderism and networked multilateralism assert duty bearers, rights holders, and corporate interests are all equal stakeholders and in doing so, obscures the power imbalances that exist among these groups. Corporations, unlike governments, are accountable to their shareholders with a view to increase profit. This, in many cases, is directly in conflict with the transformation needed to protect people and the planet. One example of this in Our Common Agenda is the proposal for a multistakeholder digital technology track in preparation for the 2023 Summit for the Future to agree on a Global Digital Compact to be informed by the existing High Level Panel of Experts on Digital Cooperation, co-chaired by Melinda Gates and Jack Ma \u2013 two members of the corporate sector that have conflicting interests with the public good. How can global corporations be trusted to recommend the strict regulation needed of digital technologies?
The UN should not need to be reminded of its mandate by observers. Its governance systems should incorporate civil society leaders to help prevent these mistakes. For this reason, we recommend that feminist organizations should have formal seats in UN\u2019s advisory groups and leadership (including to its Executive Board).
It is essential and urgent that across the United Nations System, as entities turn to the private sector for funding and services, standards are set for transparency and accountability, based on human rights principles and aligned with the UN\u2019s normative goals and standards. Moreover, all partnerships should be underpinned by an understanding of the UN as the primary duty bearer internationally, and Member States as duty bearers first and foremost. Any partner whose operations undermine human rights and planetary integrity is inherently in conflict with the interests and mission of the United Nations at large.
In solidarity,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  152. Global Network of Sex Work Projects<\/li>
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  281. Sisters of Charity Federation<\/li>
  282. Social Watch<\/li>
  283. Society for International Development<\/li>
  284. Solidarit\u00e9 des Femmes pour le D\u00e9veloppement int\u00e9gral (SOFEDI)<\/li>
  285. Solution Research Point<\/li>
  286. Soroptimist International<\/li>
  287. South Asia Forum for Human Rights<\/li>
  288. South Feminist Futures<\/li>
  289. Stop the Bleeding Campaign<\/li>
  290. SUHODE Foundation<\/li>
  291. SUKAAR WELFARE ORGANIZATION<\/li>
  292. Sustainable Development Council<\/li>
  293. Tamazight Women’s Movement<\/li>
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  296. Temple of Understanding<\/li>
  297. The European Women’s Lobby<\/li>
  298. The New Environmental Justice Solutions<\/li>
  299. The Scottish Womens Convention<\/li>
  300. Third World Network<\/li>
  301. TORANG TRUST
    13<\/li>
  302. Transnational Institute<\/li>
  303. Tr\u00f3caire<\/li>
  304. Turkish Council of Women<\/li>
  305. UBINIG (Policy Research for Development Alternative)<\/li>
  306. UFAP<\/li>
  307. University of Sindh<\/li>
  308. UnPoison<\/li>
  309. Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights<\/li>
  310. Vereda Themis<\/li>
  311. Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC)<\/li>
  312. Wada Na Todo Abhiyan<\/li>
  313. War Resisters League<\/li>
  314. Water Justice and Gender<\/li>
  315. WECF International<\/li>
  316. WEDO<\/li>
  317. Wemos<\/li>
  318. WIDE Austria – Network for Women\u00b4s Rights and Feminist Perspectives in Development<\/li>
  319. WIDE+ (Women In Development Europe+)<\/li>
  320. Witness Radio<\/li>
  321. Womankind Worldwide<\/li>
  322. Women and Gender Constituency of the UNFCCC<\/li>
  323. Women and Law in Southern Africa<\/li>
  324. Women and Modern World Social Charitable Center<\/li>
  325. Women committee in general federation of Jordanian trade unions<\/li>
  326. Women Deliver<\/li>
  327. Women for Women’s Human Rights – New Ways<\/li>
  328. Women with Disabilities Development Foundation (WDDF)<\/li>
  329. Women Working Group (WWG)<\/li>
  330. Women’s Budget Group<\/li>
  331. Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)<\/li>
  332. Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)<\/li>
  333. Women’s Health and Equal Rights Initiative<\/li>
  334. Women’s Health in Women’s Hands CHC<\/li>
  335. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)<\/li>
  336. Women’s International Peace Centre<\/li>
  337. Women’s Leadership and Training Programme<\/li>
  338. Women’s Major Group on Sustainable Development<\/li>
  339. Women’s Rights Caucus (WRC)<\/li>
  340. Women’s Support and Information Centre NPO<\/li>
  341. Women’s Working Group on Financing for Development<\/li>
  342. Women\u2019s Intercultural Network
    14<\/li>
  343. Women\u00b4s Major Group UNEA-UNEP<\/li>
  344. Women\u2019s Intercultural Network<\/li>
  345. WOMENVAI<\/li>
  346. WoMin African Alliance<\/li>
  347. World Economy, Ecology and Development \u2013 WEED<\/li>
  348. WO=MEN<\/li>
  349. WREPA<\/li>
  350. Y+ Global<\/li>
  351. Young Feminist Europe<\/li>
  352. Young Peace Builders – YPB<\/li>
  353. Youth and Women for Opportunities Uganda<\/li>
  354. Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights
    Individuals:<\/li>
  355. Abou Farman<\/li>
  356. Adrienne Roberts<\/li>
  357. Agnieszka Fal-Dutra Santos<\/li>
  358. Ahmad Awad<\/li>
  359. Aida A. Hozic<\/li>
  360. Aide\u00e9 Tassinari<\/li>
  361. Alba Brugueras<\/li>
  362. Alexandria Gordon<\/li>
  363. Ali Yass<\/li>
  364. Allison Kermode<\/li>
  365. Alonna Despain<\/li>
  366. Ammu Abraham<\/li>
  367. Andrea Carlise<\/li>
  368. Andreas Schulz<\/li>
  369. Angeline Annesteus<\/li>
  370. Anil Kumar<\/li>
  371. Ann Edqvist<\/li>
  372. Ann S Brighton<\/li>
  373. Anne Marie Goetz<\/li>
  374. Anne Runyan<\/li>
  375. Anne-Emanuelle Birn<\/li>
  376. Anthony Davis<\/li>
  377. April Porteria<\/li>
  378. Archana Dhakal<\/li>
  379. Arlene McLaren<\/li>
  380. Armagan Gezici<\/li>
  381. Asha Herten-Crabb<\/li>
  382. Aurora d’Agostino
    15<\/li>
  383. Aurore<\/li>
  384. Ayuba Abukari<\/li>
  385. Barbara Hopkins<\/li>
  386. Basma Eid<\/li>
  387. Beatriz Arnal Calvo<\/li>
  388. Bette Levy<\/li>
  389. Binti Fataki Francine<\/li>
  390. Brooke A Ackerly<\/li>
  391. Busisiwe Mgangxela<\/li>
  392. Carla Hoinkes<\/li>
  393. Carol Cohn<\/li>
  394. Carola Mejia<\/li>
  395. Cassandra Guarino<\/li>
  396. Cecilia Garc\u00eda Ruiz<\/li>
  397. Chantal Clement<\/li>
  398. Christina Gordon<\/li>
  399. Chuma Mgcoyi<\/li>
  400. Clara Winkler<\/li>
  401. Claudine Letsae<\/li>
  402. Claudio Schuftan<\/li>
  403. Corina Rodriguez Enriquez<\/li>
  404. Craig N. Murphy<\/li>
  405. cristina mu\u00f1oz pavon<\/li>
  406. D. Webster<\/li>
  407. Daptnhe Cuevas<\/li>
  408. Darini Rajasingham Senanayake<\/li>
  409. David Hallowes<\/li>
  410. Deanna Marie Homer<\/li>
  411. Deirdre A Carney<\/li>
  412. Desmond Kanneh<\/li>
  413. Diana Nabiruma<\/li>
  414. Diane Elson<\/li>
  415. Dina Mahnaz Siddiqi<\/li>
  416. Diyana Yahaya<\/li>
  417. Dr Claire Duncanson<\/li>
  418. Dr Jasmine Gideon<\/li>
  419. Dr. Andrew Kohen<\/li>
  420. Drucilla K Barker<\/li>
  421. Elahe Amani<\/li>
  422. Elham Hoominfar<\/li>
  423. Elisabeth Pr\u00fcgl<\/li>
  424. Erica Di Ruggiero
    16<\/li>
  425. Esperanza Delgado Herrera<\/li>
  426. Evelyn D\u00fcrmayer<\/li>
  427. Ezel Buse S\u00f6nmezocak<\/li>
  428. Fiana Arbab<\/li>
  429. Gabriele Koehler<\/li>
  430. Gail James<\/li>
  431. Gbene Ali Malik<\/li>
  432. Gillian Addison<\/li>
  433. Gisela Duetting<\/li>
  434. Harris Gleckman<\/li>
  435. Heidi Hartmann<\/li>
  436. Helle Q Joensen<\/li>
  437. Hellen Nachilongo<\/li>
  438. Hwei Mian Lim<\/li>
  439. Ipek Ilkkaracan<\/li>
  440. Jameson Alejandro Menc\u00edas<\/li>
  441. Jan Reynders<\/li>
  442. Janice Banser<\/li>
  443. Jason Hickel<\/li>
  444. Jean Kathleen Laurila<\/li>
  445. Jen Marchbank<\/li>
  446. Jennifer C Olmsted<\/li>
  447. Jennifer Clapp<\/li>
  448. Jennifer Cohen<\/li>
  449. Jennifer Lipenga<\/li>
  450. Jerome De Henau<\/li>
  451. Ji Hyun Park<\/li>
  452. Joan French<\/li>
  453. Joan Normington<\/li>
  454. Joni Seager<\/li>
  455. Jos\u00e9 Miguel<\/li>
  456. Josephine Wangari<\/li>
  457. Josie Marsh<\/li>
  458. judith wedderburn<\/li>
  459. Juliana Rodrigues de Senna<\/li>
  460. Julie Koch<\/li>
  461. Junemarie Justus<\/li>
  462. Kalyani Menon Sen<\/li>
  463. Kanchana N Ruwanpura<\/li>
  464. Karen Hayes Judd<\/li>
  465. Kate Bayliss<\/li>
  466. Kath Deakin
    17<\/li>
  467. Katharina Glaab<\/li>
  468. Katherine Farhar<\/li>
  469. Kerry McLean<\/li>
  470. Kimberly Christensen<\/li>
  471. Klara A<\/li>
  472. Laerke Groennebaek<\/li>
  473. Laura McKeeman<\/li>
  474. Laura Pereira<\/li>
  475. Laura Sjoberg<\/li>
  476. Lauren Kolyn<\/li>
  477. Lavinia Steinfort<\/li>
  478. Lays Ushirobira<\/li>
  479. Leith L Dunn<\/li>
  480. L\u00e9nica Reyes Z\u00fa\u00f1iga<\/li>
  481. Lesley Johnston<\/li>
  482. Lewis Emmerton<\/li>
  483. Liane I Schalatek<\/li>
  484. Liliana Buitrago A<\/li>
  485. Lindsey Wagner, RN<\/li>
  486. Lisa Philippo<\/li>
  487. Lisa VeneKlasen<\/li>
  488. Lorena Cotza<\/li>
  489. Lorraine Marsh<\/li>
  490. Luc\u00eda P\u00e9rez Fragoso<\/li>
  491. Lydia Darby<\/li>
  492. Lyla Mehta<\/li>
  493. Maneesh Pradhan<\/li>
  494. Mara Dolan<\/li>
  495. Mari Claire Price<\/li>
  496. maria smith<\/li>
  497. Mariajos\u00e9 Aguilera<\/li>
  498. Marianne Hill<\/li>
  499. Marie Tala\u00efa-Coutandin<\/li>
  500. MARIOLIVA GONZALEZ LANDA<\/li>
  501. Marjorie Cohn<\/li>
  502. Marjorie Griffin Cohen<\/li>
  503. Mark\u00e9ta Kos Mottlov\u00e1<\/li>
  504. Marlena Fontes<\/li>
  505. Martha<\/li>
  506. Mary Ann Manahan<\/li>
  507. Mary King<\/li>
  508. Mary-Joyce Doo Aphane
    18<\/li>
  509. Matey Nikolov<\/li>
  510. Melanie Sommervill<\/li>
  511. Menka Goundan<\/li>
  512. Molly Anderson<\/li>
  513. Mona Mishra<\/li>
  514. Morgan Richards-Melamdir<\/li>
  515. Muriel Mac-Seing<\/li>
  516. Myriam Paredes<\/li>
  517. Nachiket Udupa<\/li>
  518. Nadia Saracini<\/li>
  519. Nadje Al-Ali<\/li>
  520. Nancy Krieger<\/li>
  521. Nancy W. Singham<\/li>
  522. Naomi Hossain<\/li>
  523. Natalie Jones<\/li>
  524. Natasha Umuhoza<\/li>
  525. ndivile Mokoena<\/li>
  526. Nelun Gunasekera<\/li>
  527. Nettie Wiebe<\/li>
  528. Niharika<\/li>
  529. Nina Isabella Moeller<\/li>
  530. Notza<\/li>
  531. Olga Louise Petersen Ege<\/li>
  532. Olive Uwamariya<\/li>
  533. Pamela del Canto<\/li>
  534. Patricia E. Perkins<\/li>
  535. Paula Beltgens<\/li>
  536. Pedro Alarconw<\/li>
  537. Peter<\/li>
  538. Peterclaver Yabepone<\/li>
  539. Polly Meeks<\/li>
  540. Prof. Ruth Hall<\/li>
  541. Professor Jacqui True<\/li>
  542. Professor Juanita Elias<\/li>
  543. Rachel Wynberg<\/li>
  544. Radhika Balakrishnan<\/li>
  545. Raj Patel<\/li>
  546. Rania Lee Khalil<\/li>
  547. Renee Adams<\/li>
  548. Ren\u00e9e Hunter<\/li>
  549. Rizalina Amesola<\/li>
  550. Rohini Hensman
    19<\/li>
  551. Ronald Labonte<\/li>
  552. Rosario Carmona<\/li>
  553. S. Charusheela<\/li>
  554. Sakiko Fukuda-Parr<\/li>
  555. Samanmala Dorabawila<\/li>
  556. Samuel Sabuli<\/li>
  557. Sanam Amin<\/li>
  558. Sanika Sulochani Ramanayake<\/li>
  559. Savina Nongebatu<\/li>
  560. Seema Ravandale<\/li>
  561. Sehnaz Kiymaz Bahceci<\/li>
  562. Sharon Bhagwan Rolls<\/li>
  563. Shazia Z Rafi<\/li>
  564. Shewli Kumar<\/li>
  565. Shiney Varghese<\/li>
  566. Shirin Rai<\/li>
  567. Simona Sawhney<\/li>
  568. Smita Ramnarain<\/li>
  569. Smriti Rao<\/li>
  570. Sofie Bruus Hansen<\/li>
  571. Soma Marik<\/li>
  572. Stephanie Urdang<\/li>
  573. Sulochana Suresh Pednekar<\/li>
  574. Sunshine Fionah Komusana<\/li>
  575. Supriya Madangarli<\/li>
  576. Susan Himmelweit<\/li>
  577. Susanne Zwingel<\/li>
  578. Suwaiba Muhammad Dankabo<\/li>
  579. Suzanne Bergeron<\/li>
  580. Suzanne de Castell<\/li>
  581. Svati Shah<\/li>
  582. Tafadzwa Roberta Muropa<\/li>
  583. Tamara Lorincz<\/li>
  584. Teresa McKeeman<\/li>
  585. Thato Gabaitse<\/li>
  586. Todd Ayoung<\/li>
  587. Trimita Chakma<\/li>
  588. V Spike Peterson<\/li>
  589. Valentina Gonz\u00e1lez<\/li>
  590. Valerie M Hudson<\/li>
  591. vandana mahajan<\/li>
  592. Vanessa Farr
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  593. Visakha Tillekeratne<\/li>
  594. Wambura Elisha Chacha<\/li>
  595. Wendy Flannery<\/li>
  596. Winter Lea<\/li>
  597. yasamin sadeghi<\/li>
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