Draft:Gehad Hamdy

Gehad Hamdy
NationalityEgyptian
Known forSpeak Up
Awards
  • BBC 100 Women, 2022
  • Gold Award Winner: Social Change Maker of the Year in Gender by The Stevie Awards, 2022
  • Finalist for the Equal Rights and Non-Discrimination award at the World Justice Forum, 2022
  • Finalist for Aidex Humanitarian Hero Award, 2022
  • The Changemaker and The Humanitarian awards by Women SME Leaders Awards by Entrepreneur Middle East and Mastercard, 2022
  • International Humanitarian award by Women4Africa, 2021
  • Finalist for the Women Empowerment Award by Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF), 2021


Gehad Hamdy is an Egyptian dentist and feminist activist working against gender based violence[1], in 2022 she was named as one of the BBC 100 Women. She founded Speak Up and is one of the leaders of Connecting Humanity.[2][3]

  1. ^ "تدشين صفحة speak up على «فيس بوك» لعرض قضايا العنف ضد المرأة". القاهرة 24 (in Arabic). 2020-12-06. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  2. ^ "BBC 100 Women 2022: Who is on the list this year? - BBC News". News. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  3. ^ Fatima, Sakina (2022-12-07). "9 Arab women on BBC's 100 most influential women list of 2022". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved 2024-05-16.