2026 Shortlisted Nominee
Positive Role Model Award: Gender
Christiana Naa Kwarley Hansen is the Founder and Director of HEDUCA Awareness C.I.C., empowering women and girls through reproductive health education, advocacy and community support. Her work is rooted in lived experience after years of living with undiagnosed endometriosis, adenomyosis, fibroids and hydrosalpinx. Christiana leads culturally sensitive initiatives that challenge stigma, create safe spaces and improve access to early support, particularly within minority and diaspora communities. She is also developing HEDUCA Wellness and plans to establish a Women & Girls Wellbeing Hub across Medway and Kent, providing education, wellbeing support and community empowerment. Her advocacy extends to international platforms, including the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, championing equity, dignity and lasting change.