22 Of The Most Badass Moments For Women in 2015

In April, father of the Kardashian gang, Caitlyn Jenner came out as transgender to the world in an interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC. In June, Caitlyn announced she was living as her authentic self and came out in a gorgeous Vanity Fair cover photo with her new identity as a woman.

In October, Jennifer Lawrence wrote a widely distributed essay about the sexism in Hollywood and her experience with pay inequality.

In an interview for Cosmopolitan she stated how she "demands a climax" in the bedroom and is a fierce advocator of equal orgasm rights.

After decades of white, male superheroes gracing our screens, this year "Supergirl" and "Jessica Jones" broke the mould and brought some powerful women to our screens.

The #SayHerName campaign began to create more awareness about the stories of black women who had died at the hands of the police.

Adele appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in November, fully clothed and assertively staring at the camera.

Amber Rose used the opportunity to speak out about slut shaming. She said "I decided to have this slut walk for women who have been through shit."

Emma Watson held a live streaming Facebook Q&A for her #HeforShecampaign this year which targets men to support equal rights for women.

Barbie was given flats this year. This powerful ad campaign encourages girls to be whoever they want and challenges gender stereotypes.

Viola Davis won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role in Annalise Keating on "How to Get Away with Murder". She spoke out, saying: "You cannot win an Emmy for roles that simply are not there," highlighting the lack of roles for black women on the big screen.

Missy Elliott had been in hiding and she came back and suprised us with a bang at the Superbowl event with Katie Perry.

Saudi Arabia had a govermental reform and women for the first time in history now have the right to run and vote in municipal elections.

Serena articulated perfectly the response every women wish they had said when a man asks why they're not smiling.

Malala is a young girl who defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be allowed the right to have education. In 2014 she won the Nobel Peace Prize and this year she sat down with Emma Watson and gave us her most revealing interview yet.

Rupi Kahr created a series of images showing a woman menstruating but Instagram deleted the photos. She hit back and condemned the "misogynistic society we live in" forcing a debate about how women's bodies are represented in our society.

In July, the Hunger Games actress wrote about the double standards black women face every day. “Black features are beautiful, black women are not,” Stenberg wrote. “White women are paragons of virtue and desire, black women are objects of fetishism and brutality."

In January, actress Patricia Arquette won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Boyhood," and used her acceptance speech to draw attention to the wage gap in Hollywood. "It's our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America," Arquette said to a supportive crowd.

Pirelli broke the mould with their annual calendar for 2016 including real, bold and beautiful women.

She concisely summed up how stupid questions about her body were.

#ILookLikeAnEngineer trended globally on Twitter.

This is the first time in the award's 30 year history that it was awarded to a woman. Upon accepting, she said: "My hope by winning this award [is that I] can inspire many, many, many more women."

When asked why he had decided to do this, he replied with three simple words: "because it's 2015".