Heroines @ March 2006

Some women I admire.

Dr Vandana Shiva, Ecologist. Director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy, Punjab, India. She played a blinder in the film "The Corporation".

Noreena Hertz, Professor of Global Political Economy, University of Utrecht, and Associate Director of the Centre for International Business and Management, University of Cambridge. The author of "IOU: The Debt Threat", and the brains behind Bono's charm and Geldof's rants.

Cate Blanchett, best actress in the world.

Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 1991

Shazia Mirza, funniest woman in the world. "Hello, my name is Shazia Mirza. At least, that's what it says on my pilot's license".