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Manal al-Sharif

Manal al-Sharif, Public Speaker, Women's Rights Activist

Manal al-Sharif, named by the TIME as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and by Newsweek as one of the 10 tech-revolutionary in the world, she is a prominent voice advocating for women’s rights & empowerment in the Muslim and the Arab world. She is known to be the first Saudi women to specialize in Information Security with a career started back in 2002 with ARAMCO, the largest oil company in the world. In 2011, Manal co-founded the #Women2Drive campaign, to challenge the ban on women driving in her country. She was arrested and imprisoned for “driving while female”. She was released on the condition that she never drives again on Saudi lands, never to speak about it or do any interviews. Despite all, she continued campaigning for #Women2Drive and #IAmMyOwnGuardian to end male guardianship in her country. She started #Faraj, to help domestic helpers leave jail and #IAmLama that resulted in codifying the first anti-domestic violence law in Saudi. For her activism, she won the first Vaclav Havel award for Creative Dissent. She was also loaded by Time, NY Times, Foreign Policy, NewsWeek, and Vital Voices. She is a TED speaker and also spoke at Harvard, the United Nations, UNESCO, Google, Oslo Freedom Forum, WIRED, Trust Women, The Arab Institute in Paris, the Center for International and Strategic Studies, Clinton Initiative, Women in the World, Dallas World Affairs Council, and many others. Her speech in Oslo Freedom Forum was chosen amongst 80 notable speeches throughout history to be published in the book Speeches of Note by Shaun Usher. Manal is a blogger and a regular contributor to international media. She wrote for the NewsWeek, the NY Times, Washington Post, Australian Financial Review, the Time, and Alhayat based in London. Her Amazon best seller book ‘Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening’ was voted by GoodReads Readers Choice Award as one of the best ten memoirs for 2017 and was listed as #1 book for the summer read by Oprah Magazine.

Speaking Topics

Women's Rights

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Women in Tech

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Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

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International Awards/Lists

 

  • The Most Inspiring Arab Woman – Arabian Business, 2014
  • The 100 Most Powerful Arab Women – Arabian Business, 2012, 2013 ,2014 & 2017
  • 21 Leaders for the 21st Century – Women’s News, 2013
  • Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent – Human Rights Foundation 2012
  • The 100 Most Influential People in the World – TIME Magazine 2012
  • Top 150 Fearless Women of the World – NewsWeek 2012
  • Global Leadership Awards – Vital Voices 2012
  • 100 Global Thinkers Who Shaped the World Conversation – Foreign Policy 2012
  • Top 10 Digital Revolutionaries of the World – Newsweek 2012
  • 10 Women Who Rocked the World – Forbes 2011
  • 100 Young Leaders – Saudi Aramco 2011

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