A CAMPAIGN to celebrate women who are making a real difference in their community has been launched by human rights charity Amnesty International.

In support of the campaign the Post wants to hear about local heroes who deserve some recognition.

Amnesty wants to put them on its Suffragette Spirit Map of Britain, inspired by determined women who fought to secure the right to vote a century ago.

Helping to spearhead the campaign is award-winning actress and Amnesty ambassador Juliet Stevenson.

She said: “One hundred years ago, British women were given a voice. The struggle to win the vote was long and arduous but, in February 1918, these brave women won.

“Last century’s suffragettes are today’s women human rights defenders. 

“Amnesty International campaigns to help protect women human rights defenders around the world. But you don’t need to travel thousands of miles to meet women fighting for justice and equality. In fact, there’s probably a woman human rights defender living at your doorstep.

“This is why Amnesty and the Post want readers to nominate the incredible women who are making a real difference in their local area.

“The amazing achievements of these often-unsung heroes deserve to be celebrated and Amnesty wants to put them on its Suffragette Spirit Map of Britain.”

“So, over to you...which 21st-century suffragette deserves to be put firmly on the map?”

To nominate an amazing woman for the Suffragette Spirit Map of Britain, visit www.amnesty.org.uk/suffragettespirit.

All women must have carried out work to help others within the last decade.

Successful nominees will be contacted to give consent prior to being placed on the Suffragette Spirit Map of Britain. This campaign has been funded by People’s Postcode Lottery.