Time's Women of the Year Honored at Beverly Hills Gala

Beverly Hills CA

09 March, 2022

12:24 PM

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Time's Women of the Year were honored Tuesday evening at a gala in Beverly Hills, coinciding with International Women's Day. The honorees were:Tracy Chou, a co-founder of Project Include, a nonprofit organization seeking to accelerate diversity and inclusion in the tech industry Human rights attorney Amal Clooney Record-setting track star Allyson Felix Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman Poet Amanda GormanSherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense FundAfghan journalist Zahra JoyaJennie Joseph, a health advocate for women and newborn babiesGrammy-winning country singer Kacey MusgravesAmanda Nguyen, the founder and CEO of Rise, a coalition of sexual assault survivors and allies who fight for the rights of sexual violence survivors worldwideMichaela Jaé Rodriguez, the first transgender woman to earn an Emmy Award nomination in a major acting category Actress Kerry Washington, honored for her activism supporting grassroots organizations that empower marginalized groupsThis is the first year Time has released a Women of the Year list and follows the magazine's Women of the Year project, which in 2020 recognized 100 leaders, innovators, activists, entertainers, athletes and artists who defined a century. City News Service