100 Outstanding Women Nurse and Midwife Leaders

During the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, amidst a global pandemic, the courageous work of nurses and midwives deserves, more than ever, to be honored—not just by applause. Let us use the stories of their everyday heroism and service to call for all countries to invest in decent work and a new social contract for nurses and midwives as part of their commitment to health for all.

Despite shortages of PPE, a lack of support and crippling uncertainty, these women represent millions more nurses and midwives on the frontlines of patient care, providing solutions, every day, to people around the globe.

Click below to read WGH’s Call to Action to (1) Enable Female Nurses and Midwives to Lead, (2) End Violence against Nurses and Midwives, (3) Include Nurses and Midwives in Decision-Making, (4) Pay Nurses and Midwives Fairly, (5) Support Diversity in Nursing and Midwifery

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Anandhi Subramani

(IND) India

Community Hero: Nurse

Anandhi Subramani

Samira Benbarkat

Rose Clarke Nanyonga, PhD

Prasansha Budha Lama

Franka Cadée, PhD

Anne Kinuthia

Mechell Marshall

Address Malata

Debrah Lewis

Gabriela Melendez

Maggie Chirwa

Melissa Dogbe Dede

Hilma Shikwambi, MSN

Dicko Fatoumata S Maiga, MA

Annette Kennedy

Sally Pairman, DMid MA, RM, RGON

Platel Claudine

Tekla Shipahu Natangwe Shindi-Mbidi

Teja Skodic Zaksek, PhD

Mary Ozuruonye Agholor

Edidiong Asanga

Yoko Shimpuku

Albertha Freeman

Viola Mukami Karanja

Ivy Ahiney Tetteh

Etti Rosenberg

Margareta Bruckner, MBA, MSc, DGKP

Margret Seela

Norma Haydee Acosta Berrelleza, MA

Manju Dhandapani, MA MSc PhD

SookJa Kim

Betty Sam

Caroline Homer, RM, MN, MMedSc (ClinEpi), PhD

Viviane Mukakarara

Catherine Holliday

Anuli Isichei

Rozina Karmaliani, PhD

Ank de Jonge

Nailantei Kileku Elizabeth

Samina Vertejee

Chepkirui Hildah Koech

Catherine Chacha Men’ganyi

Lynette Kosgei

Manila Prak

Fredah Khavai Shibonje

Neelam Punjani

Marcia Petrini

Jennifer Dohrn

Elizabeth Madigan

Sarah Walji, RN

Graciela Cadet, MBA

Cornety Nakiganda

Christine Otai

Liliana Bravo Sierra

Katherine Jenkins, RGN, PDTN

Barbara Viquez Saucedo

Maggie Shepherd, RGN PhD

Juana Jimenez Sanchez

Ran-Hee Seo

Dame Tina Lavender, PhD, MSc, RM, RGN

Saima Sachwani, RN, MScN

Choi Younsuk

Emmanualla Inah

Wendy Yewande Olayiwola, MSc, BSc, BA, RN, RM

Debra Thoms, RN RM BA MNA Grad Cert Bioethics, Adv Dip Arts FACN (DLF) FACHSM (Hon) GIA(Cert)

Frances Hughes, RN, Dnurs , FAAN, FACMHN, FNZCMHN CNZM

Elizabeth Halcomb, PhD

Rukumani Tripathi

Sushma Yonzon

Durga Sapkota

Yasmin Nadeem Parpio

Marina Baig

Maria Teresa Moreno-Casbas, MSc PhD

Azucena Santillan, RGN, PhD

Aintzane Orkaizagirre Gómara, RN, PhD

Isobel Potani, MSc

Margaret Loma Phiri, MSN, MED, RNM

Yahn Soaurchhorda

Nura Aided Ibrahim

Ani Khmaladze