Awadiya Mahmoud hands out free tea to protesters in #Khartoum, #Sudan. Awadiya started selling tea in 1983 and by 2013 she helped found 13 community groups for tea sellers and a union to organize them all. The union worked together to fight police harassment, find homes for the women, and open a medical clinic. She says there are around 26000 women in the union.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣The second photo is from 2016 when she won an award from the US foreign ministry.