Social media & the digital marketing sector has been dominated by women influencers for some time now. We as INFLOW Network would like to introduce some of the most influential women on social media.
Diipa Khosla (@diipakhosla)
Started as a fashion influencer on Instagram, Diipa is an award winning Indian influencer living in Amsterdam, and she is trying to change the colorism idea of media, and fighting for equality between genders with her team at her NGO, postforchange. Diipa has won the Influencer of Year Awards several times as well as making it to Most Influential Indian list while also having 2 TEDx Talks about how to use social media to change the deeply rooted problems in society.
Haile Thomas (@hailethomas)
Haile Thomas is the CEO of HAPPY and an influencer, advocating affordable plant-based nutrition and wellness education in underserved/at-risk communities. With projects geared towards educating young people to prioritize self care for a healthy life, she’s worked with brands like Williams-Sonoma and Nike.
Amika George (@amikageorge)
Amika George is an activist influencer, fighting against period poverty. After reading an article on how women miss school due to being unable to afford sanitary products, she founded the #FreePeriods organization. In 2018, she was honoured on the Time Most Influential Teens list.
Nikkie De Jager (@nikkietutorials)
A well known beauty influencer with a huge following, Nikkie came out as transgender on a video after being threatened to be exposed. With her coming out video, she has been encouraging her audience to be their real selves rather than hiding their true identities. Nikkie has also created a Youtube Originals project where she talks about her life while she was younger, how she chose her name, her struggles and much more.
Olivia Smith (@oliviarose)
After being diagnosed with cancer at the age of 22, Olivia Smith founded the Cancer Chicks support group that inspires women with cancer from all over the world. The Charity organization helps young women cope with loneliness in the treatment process and maintain their self-esteem. Bringing together survivors, Cancer Chicks also aims to provide support beyond the cancer treatment process.The vibrant life in Olivia’s personal account is proof that the illness does not have to shatter the identities of young women.
Gina Martin (@ginamartin)
In June 2017, Gina Martin noticed a man taking upskirt photos while she was at a music festival in London with her sister. Applying to the police following this incident, Martin was told that there was not much to be done. Learning that upskirting was not classified as sexual assault under the laws of England and Wales, Martin started a campaign for a change.
With the #StopSkirtingTheIssue campaign she launched, Matin received support from more than 110,000 people to criminalize upskirting. She then took her campaign to the government to turn these signatures into legislation. After two years of hard work and much debate, Martin managed to change the law in England and Wales. Now, under the new legislation in these countries, those sentenced can receive up to two years in prison.
Grace Beverley (@gracebeverley)
Grace Beverley is a fitness influencer who has taken over the fitness industry by the age of 23. She is looking for filling the gaps in the health and fitness market with the help of sustainability. While she was studying law in Oxford University, she created her first brand B_ND selling premium gym equipment. Her second brand TALA, an athleisure brand, became popular for its trendy and sustainable clothes. And finally she created an app , Shreddy, to help people achieve their fitness goals with several workout programs. With her three brands, she got her place in the Forbes’ 30 under 30 list.
Chessie King (@chessiekingg)
Chessie is a lifestyle influencer and a traveler who recommends the best restaurants and hotels. However, she is not famous for her travel ideas but her campaigns on body-positivity and self-acceptance. She is known for her positive mindset and her effort to raise awareness of women empowerment. She recently launched a campaign to promote body positivity and underline the harmful effects of cyberbullying towards women on social media.
Karlie Kloss (@karliekloss)
Supermodel Karlie Kloss aims to help young women build a career in a technology-driven world with the Kode With Klossy summer camp. Founded in 2015, Kode With Klossy students learn programming languages such as Ruby, JavaScript, HTML, CSS and Swift, and develop their own apps or build their websites until the end of the camp. The number of these summer camps, which are completely free, currently exceeds 50 and can host more than 1500 young women. Especially for the world of technology that lacks women leaders, individual initiatives like Kloss’s are vital to increase women’s representation and gender equality.
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