Let’s toast! TIME“The 2022 Women Of The Year!”

Honorees came together in Los Angeles to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8. TIMEGala Women of Year for women

It comes just days after this magazine revealed the list of top leaders for 2012. Amal Clooney, actress Kerry Washington, singer Kacey Musgraves, Posestar Michaela Jae “Mj” RodriguezOlympic gold medalist Allyson Felix, poet Amanda GormanPresident and CEO at Nasdaq Adena FriedmanRise founder and CEO Amanda NguyenHealth advocate Jennie JosephPresident and Director-counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Sherrilyn IfillSoftware engineer Tracy Chou Journalist Zahra Joya.

We chose to highlight women leaders, who work to make a better world for all when we met last fall to conjure a new version of the project that could be an ongoing tradition. TIME executive editor Naina BajekalEditor in Chief Lucy FeldmanAn article was written. Our list of 2022 Women Of The Year includes 12 people who reached across borders, generations and communities to create a more just and equitable world.