The BBC has revealed its list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2022. Celebrating influential female voices across the globe, from world leaders to grassroot volunteers and everyone in between, the list is in its 10th season and has a special theme of “progress”, highlighting those standing up for changing in trying times. For the first time ever, the BBC also asked previous 100 Women to nominate others who they felt deserved to be on the 2022 list. <\/p>\n
While a number of women from the APAC region are represented on the list, only one Thai national made the cut: Danuphan Khanatheerakul, better known as 20-year-old rapper Milli. A major force of disruption in Thailand’s music, as well as political, scene, earlier this year, she became the first Thai solo artist to perform at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Upon finishing her performance at Coachella, Milli ate a bowl of mango sticky rice on stage—the ultimate plug for Thailand’s “soft power”. More impressively, however, the young rapper has been widely praised for publicly criticizing Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and the government’s poor response to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n\n