Organize your life with this easy to read, coil-bound agenda and be inspired by a different amazing woman's profile each month

The women profiled in the 2011 Agenda are:

1. Mathilde Krim (USA/ ITALY), co-founder of amfAR)

Biologist, medical researcher, and philanthropist Mathilde Krim is co-founder of amfAR (the American Foundation for AIDS Research), through which she campaigns to raise money for AIDS research, educates the public about the disease, and influences AIDS-related public policy. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000.


2. Yuri Kochiyama (USA), human rights activist, former WWII internment camp detainee 

A second generation Japanese American, Yuri Kochiyama spent three years living in an internment camp during WWII (while her brother, ironically, served in the US army). After her release, she discovered that the Japanese were not alone in facing discrimination and unfair treatment, and has since devoted her life to fighting injustice as an outspoken supporter of civil rights.

3. Judith Snow (CANADA)

Quadriplegic Judith Snow faces many physical challenges on a daily basis, but what she struggles with most are other peoples’ perceptions of her disability. As an author, activist, lecturer, and founder of the International Association for Inclusive Citizenship, she has fought to overcome the labels that marginalize those with disabilities.

4. Trey Anthony (CANADA/ENGLAND)

Early in her career, Trey Anthony found there were few leading roles available for a black, plus-size actress, so she decided to write parts for herself. Now a playwright and producer as well as an actress, she has enjoyed international success with her theatrical production of ‘Da Kink in My Hair, which she has since adapted into a television sitcom. 

5. Cassie Campbell-Pascall (CANADA)

As captain of the Canadian Women’s hockey team, Cassie Campbell-Pascall led Canada to gold in 2002 and 2006—a feat that has yet to be matched by any other Canadian player, male or female. Since retiring from competitive hockey, she has become a reporter for Hockey Night in Canada and, in 2006, made history as the first woman to provide colour analysis during a Hockey Night in Canada broadcast.

6. Dr. Cornelia Wieman (CANADA)

Torn from her Manitoba reserve as an infant and raised by a Dutch-Canadian couple in Thunder Bay, Cornelia Wieman grew up feeling displaced from her roots. Now a psychiatrist (the first Aboriginal psychiatrist in Canada), she is dedicated to addressing mental health and substance abuse issues in Aboriginal communities and to encouraging young people from those communities to pursue higher education in the health sciences.

7. Shirley Chisholm (USA)

A pioneer in US politics, Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman elected to Congress and was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus. In 1972, she became the first major-party black candidate for presidency and the first woman to seek the Democratic presidential nomination.

8. Beate Sirota Gordon (USA/JAPAN/AUSTRIA)

Austrian-born Beate Sirota Gordon was raised in 1930s Japan, where women possessed few rights and were considered inferior to men. After the end of WWII, she wrote key articles in the new Japanese constitution that ensured equal rights between the sexes.

9. Zaha Hadid (UK/IRAQ)

The first woman to be awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize, Zaha Hadid is an accomplished and uncompromising pioneer in her field. Her projects include the Maggie's Cancer Care Centre in Fife, Scotland, and the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

10. Vandana Shiva (INDIA)

Vandana Shiva is a physicist, environmental activist, eco-feminist, and author. After the 1984 explosion of a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India--a chemical disaster that claimed thousands of lives--she founded Navdanya, an organization that advocates organic, sustainable agricultural practices and opposes genetic engineering, biopiracy, and the use of chemicals in farming.

11. Agnes Varda (FRANCE/BELGIUM)

Independent filmmaker Agnes Varda is commonly referred to as the "Grandmother of the French New Wave," but her influence extends far beyond those borders. An individualist, feminist, and freethinker whose work reflects her personal values and beliefs, she has been making provocative dramatic features and documentaries for more than fifty years.

12. Aung San Suu Kyi (BURMA) 

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has dedicated much of her life to securing freedom for the people of Burma. A political prisoner for 14 of the past 20 years, she has bravely sacrificed her own freedom in the process.