For International Women’s Day 2024, Coralie Charriol has selected Reshma Saujani, a leading activist and the founder of @girlswhocode and CEO of Moms First. She is the author of the instant bestseller PAY UP: The Future of Women and Work (And Why It’s Different Than You Think).

Reshma has spent more than a decade building movements to fight for women and girls’ economic empowerment, working to close the gender gap in the tech sector, and most recently advocating for policies to support moms impacted by the pandemic. Reshma is also the author of the international bestseller Brave, Not Perfect, and her influential TED talk, “Teach girls, bravery not perfection,” has more than five million views globally. Reshma began her career as an attorney and Democratic organizer. In 2010, she surged onto the political scene as the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress.