成人快手

This week we hear from some of the women who鈥檝e been making their mark in 2022.

Danupha Khanatheerakul, known by her stage name Milli, is a 20-year-old Thai rapper. Last year she criticised the Thai government鈥檚 response to COVID 19 and was charged with defamation, which led to the hashtag #SaveMilli trending on social media. She鈥檚 been chosen as one of the 成人快手鈥檚 100 Women, which is a celebration of inspiring and influential women who鈥檝e contributed to our world in incredible ways. Milli told the 成人快手鈥檚 Valeria Perasso why she felt compelled to challenge Thai stereotypes and the government, and the impact of eating the Thai dessert of mango sticky rice onstage.

The Taliban retook control of Afghanistan in 2021 and since their return many aspects of women鈥檚 lives have been curtailed, including the ability to study. Music and the arts have also been banned across the country. To mark the first anniversary of the Taliban takeover, singer songwriter Elaha Soroor, along with other Afghan diaspora creatives, launched 鈥楩ly with Me,鈥� a festival of music and kite flying that took place across Europe. In a conversation that was recorded before the Taliban ordered an indefinite ban on female higher education, Elaha spoke to the 成人快手 Afghan journalist Sana Safi about the festival, and also about being a female singer in Afghanistan and her time on the TV talent show Afghan Star.

The US poet Maggie Wang has won a number of awards this year including The Young Poets Network鈥檚 Poems to Solve the Climate Crisis Challenge and Our Whole Lives, We Are Protest: A Poetry Challenge Inspired by the People of 1381. She鈥檚 recently published her debut collection of poetry called The Sun on the Tip of a Snail鈥檚 Shell. She told the 成人快手鈥檚 Tina Daheley why she was drawn to creating poems highlighting the extinction of animals and plants.

(Photo: Milli)