English: Hafsat Abiola - In 1993, Chief Moshood Abiola – the Nigerian President-elect – was accused of treason and imprisoned by the general who seized his office. His daughter, Hafsat Abiola, watched in horror from her studies at Harvard, as first her mother was assassinated and then her father died on the eve of his scheduled release. She founded the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy, named for her mother, with the goal of continuing her family’s fight for freedom. Since Nigeria’s transition to democracy, she has continued to support civil society and women’s political involvement. As Special Adviser to the Ogun State Governor, she has also expanded access to essential public services and increased public transparency. www.inclusivesecurity.org/17-women-changing-world/