Introducing the FPwomerati

Why didn't Foreign Policy include more women in its Twitterati list? Here's a list of 100 female tweeters around the world that everyone should follow.

BY @JILLIANCYORK, @KATRINSKAYA, @LISANG | JUNE 20, 2012

AFRICA

Africa Techie (@AfricaTechie) -- Pseudonymous tweets on technology, corruption, and more in Africa.

Semhar Araia (@semhar) -- Founder and executive director of @DAWNInc, building a network of powerful diaspora African women.

Saran Kaba Jones (@SaranKJones) -- Executive director of @FaceAfrica, tweeting primarily about business and Africa.

Celeste Hicks (@ChadCeleste) -- Freelance journalist specializing in Africa and the Sahel. Worked in Chad, Mali, and Somalia for the BBC. Knows her stuff.

Dana Hughes (@dana_hughes) -- ABC reporter covering the State Department and foreign affairs, previously ABC correspondent covering Africa.

Rosebell Kagumire (@RosebellK) -- Journalist and blogger tweeting primarily on Uganda.

Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenb (@wanjirukr) -- Founder and executive director of Akilli Dada, a leadership development incubator in Kenya; assistant professor at the University of San Francisco.

Solome Lemma (@InnovateAfrica) -- Co-founder of Africans in Diaspora, social entrepreneur, and emerging thought leader on African diaspora philanthropy.

Ory Okolloh (@KenyanPundit) -- Ushahidi co-founder and Google policy manager for Africa, tying together technology and politics.

Juliana Rotich (@afromusing) -- U.S.-based Kenyan co-founder of Ushahidi, tweeting about tech and politics from Nairobi.

Laura Seay (@texasinafrica) -- Political professor at Morehouse College, tweets brilliantly on community and NGO responses to state failure & conflict in central Africa. Also covers pirates.

LATIN AMERICA

Renata Avila (@avilarenata) -- Fiery Guatemalan lawyer and activist, tweeting about technology, WikiLeaks, and sharism.

Mariella Castro (@CastroEspinM) -- Daughter of Raul Castro and LGBT rights activist. Tweets mainly in Spanish.

Deborah Donello (@Mexicoreporter) -- Video reporter for AFP and FT, tweeting heavily about the drug war in Mexico.

Shannon O'Neil (@latintelligence) -- Council on Foreign Relations fellow on Latin America, tweets cover the region.

Sylvia Longmire (@drugwaranalyst) -- Former U.S. Air Force officer and security analyst based in Mexico. Just like the name implies.

Camila Vallejo (@camila_vallejo) -- Chilean leader of student movement. Tweets mainly in Spanish.

ASIA

Xujun Eberlein (@insideoutchina) -- A thoughtful and unique perspective on China.

Kirsten Han (@kixes) -- Singaporean blogger tweeting on a wide range of issues.

Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) -- Writer and academic focused on the use of the Internet in Central Asia.

Louisa Lim (@limlouisa) -- NPR Beijing correspondent tweeting mostly about China.

Katy Pearce (@katypearce) -- Snarky university of Washington professor and Caucasus expert at the intersection of foreign policy and technology.

Angilee Shah (@angshah) -- Journalist covering local and international news, with an emphasis on Asia and globalization.

Gillian Wong (@gillianwong) -- Prolific Beijing-based tweets on China and then some.