Thabitha Khumalo

Window to the World Award – sponsored by Pilkington plc

Thabitha Khumalo, a Zimbabwean, is a mother, trade unionist, and a women’s rights campaigner. She has been arrested 22 times and tortured as a result of her fight for the basic female human right to have access to sanitary protection. The life expectancy of women in Zimbabwe is 34 and is the lowest in the world, as they have no proper sanitary conditions available. Thabitha’s mission is to continue campaigning and bring this into the international forum.