Power players of the digital age

Meet 40 of the new generation of women around the world who are making their mark in politics, business, technology and media

The World Today Updated 4 January 2021 Published 1 April 2015 4 minute READ

Huma Abedin A long-time aide to Hillary Clinton; she was the US Secretary of State’s deputy chief of staff and before that, travelling chief of staff during Clinton’s campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election.

Lynsey Addario An American photojournalist. She recieved the MacArthur Fellowship in 2009, and her work in Waziristan in 2008 led to the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. She won the Getty Images grant for editorial photography in 2008 for her work in Darfur and the Infinity Award in 2002 by the International Centre of Photography.

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