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Ailbhe Smyth
female
activist academic women's rights activist
Dublin
Ireland
Aisha Fofana Ibrahim
female
scientist activist
Sierra Leone
Akkai Padmashali
trans woman
writer LGBTQ rights activist
Bengaluru
India
Al Nisa
Amal Azzudin
female
activist
Egypt
United Kingdom
Aminetou Mint El-Moctar
female
women's rights activist abolitionist
Nouakchott
Mauritania
Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza
female
human rights activist
Ayacucho
Peru
Anina Ciuciu
female
writer lawyer
Craiova
France Romania
Anja Meulenbelt
female
writer politician women's rights activist author
Utrecht
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Anna Mokrousova
female
human rights activist
Luhansk
Ukraine
Aura Lolita Chavez Ixcaquic
female
human rights activist
Santa Cruz del Quiché
Guatemala
Berenice Celeyta
female
human rights activist
Colombia
Berta Cáceres
female
environmentalist human rights activist
La Esperanza
Honduras
Bertha Oliva
female
human rights activist
Honduras
Bondita Acharya
female
CLADEM
Caddy Adzuba
female
lawyer journalist announcer
Bukavu
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cao Shunli
female
lawyer human rights activist
Beijing
People's Republic of China
Catherine Ouedraogo
female
human rights activist
Réo
Burkina Faso
Celine Narmadj
female
Chad
Choice for Youth and Sexuality
Chonthicha Jaengraew
female
activist
Thailand
Christine Loudes
female
human rights activist
Strasbourg
Belgium
Churan Zheng
female
women's rights activist
Guangzhou
People's Republic of China
Chwn Guiqui
female
People's Republic of China
Claudia Dantschke
female
journalist
Leipzig
Germany
Claudia Samayoa
female
Guatemala
Coalition of African Lesbians
Consuelo Morales Elizondo
female
woman human rights defenders
Monterrey
Mexico
Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras
Cristina Fallarás Sánchez
female
journalist writer women's rights activist
Zaragoza
Spain
Cấn Thị Thêu
female
activist
Delphine Djiraïbé
female
human rights activist lawyer
Koumra
Chad
Elena Gorolová
female
human rights activist
Czech Republic
Elena Milashina
female
journalist human rights activist writer reporter editing staff investigative journalist
Dalnegorsk
Russia
Elena Reynaga
female
sex worker trade unionist
San Pedro de Jujuy
Argentina
Ella Polyakova
female
human rights activist politician
Saint Petersburg
Soviet Union Russia
Eman al-Nafjan
female
writer activist women's rights activist human rights activist blogger journalist
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Eren Keskin
female
human rights activist lawyer
Bursa
Turkey
Estela Barnes de Carlotto
female
teacher human rights activist politician
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eulalie Nibizi
female
trade unionist human rights activist
Burundi
Burundi
Evdokia Romanova
female
human rights activist
FRIDA The Young Feminist Fund
Fartuun Adan
female
entrepreneur human rights activist activist
Mogadishu
Somalia
Fatima Mbaye
female
Mauritania
Fatou Kiné Camara
female
jurist women's rights activist
Dakar
Senegal
Front Line Defenders
Gao Yu
female
journalist human rights activist
Chongqing
People's Republic of China
Gloria Wekker
female
anthropologist politician university teacher essayist
Paramaribo
Suriname Kingdom of the Netherlands
Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee
female
human rights activist writer
Iran
Iran
Gégé Katana
female
human rights activist politician
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hadjar Benmiloud
female
radio personality writer columnist
Amsterdam
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Halleh Ghorashi
female
anthropologist professor university teacher
Tehran
Iran
Hanaa Edwar
female
journalist
Basra
Iraq
Hanan Badr el-Din
female
human rights activist
Hatoun Ajwad al-Fassi
female
women's rights activist university teacher
Saudi Arabia
Hedme Castro
female
activist human rights activist
Choluteca
Honduras
ISIS Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange
Ifrah Ahmed
female
human rights activist
Somalia
Somalia Ireland
Immaculée Birhaheka
female
human rights activist
South Kivu
Democratic Republic of the Congo
International Federation for Human Rights
International Service for Human Rights
Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar
female
judge
Guatemala
Jac sm Kee
female
women's rights activist writer
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Jagmati Sangwan
female
politician human rights activist
India
Jeanette Kawas
female
political activist environmentalist
Tela
Honduras
Jeanette Solstad Remø
trans woman
LGBTQ rights activist human rights activist trans activist
Norway
Just Associates
Karina Riquelme Viveros
female
lawyer
Temuco
Chile
Kaushal Panwar
female
human rights activist
India
Kenita Placide
female
human rights activist LGBTQ rights activist HIV/AIDS activist
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia
Kezban
La Comadre
Lalla Aicha Ouedraogo
female
Mauritania
Lara Aharonian
female
human rights activist
Beirut
Armenia Canada
Laura Pollán
female
politician human rights activist
Manzanillo
Cuba
Laxmi Agarwal
female
activist television presenter women's rights activist
New Delhi
India
Li Tingting
female
human rights activist journalist
Beijing
People's Republic of China
Li Wenzu
female
People's Republic of China
Ligia Bolívar
female
human rights activist sociologist
Valencia
Venezuela
Liliana Ortega
female
human rights activist
Caracas
Venezuela
Lilianne Ploumen
female
politician historian
Maastricht
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Liu Ermin
female
People's Republic of China
Liu Ping
female
human rights activist
Jiangxi
People's Republic of China
Liu Xia
female
painter poet photographer writer human rights activist
Beijing
People's Republic of China Germany
Loujain al-Hathloul
female
activist human rights activist
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
Lydia Foy
trans woman
dentist LGBTQ rights activist
Ireland
Ireland
Mahienour El-Massry
female
lawyer human rights activist writer journalist
Alexandria
Egypt
Manal al-Sharif
female
writer activist computer scientist
Mecca
Saudi Arabia
Manjula Pradeep
female
human rights activist
India
Manya Riche
female
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mao Hengfeng
female
human rights activist
People's Republic of China
Marai Larasi
female
human rights activist
Margarita Pineda
female
activist
Honduras
Margreet de Boer
female
politician women's rights activist
Uitwellingerga
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Marina Galanou
trans woman
LGBTQ rights activist chairperson
Piraeus
Greece
Marjan Sax
female
consultant women's rights activist
Amsterdam
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Marrokaanse Vrouwen Vereniging
Marvinia Jiménez
female
human rights activist
Maryam Akbari Monfared
female
human rights activist
Iran
María Teresa Rivera
female
human rights activist
El Salvador
Maudilia López
female
nun human rights activist
Guatemala
Meena Seshu
female
human rights activist social worker
Bengaluru
India
Meimouna Alpha Sy
female
Mauritania
Mekfoula Mint Brahim
female
biologist human rights activist
Tawaz
Mauritania
Mercedes Doretti
female
anthropologist
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Morena Herrera
female
human rights activist
El Salvador
El Salvador
Mujer y Salud en Uruguay
Máxima Acuña
female
activist environmentalist farmer
Sorochuco District
Peru
Nada Kiswanson
female
human rights activist lawyer
Sweden Jordan
Nanjala Nyabola
female
writer political scientist women's rights activist political historian
Kenya
Nareen Shammo
female
journalist
Bashiqa
Iraq
Narges Mohammadi
female
human rights activist journalist
Zanjan
Pahlavi Iran Iran
Natalia Taubina
female
human rights activist
Russia
National association of Rural and Indigenous Women
Nelly Mbangu
female
activist
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nobel Women's Initiative
Norma Cruz
female
human rights activist
Guatemala Guatemala City
Guatemala
Noura Ghazi
female
lawyer human rights activist
Damascus
Syria
Olena Shevchenko
female
human rights activist women's rights activist LGBTQ rights activist
Kyiv
Ukraine
Olga Romanova
female
journalist human rights activist
Lyubertsy
Soviet Union Russia
Patricia Gualinga
female
human rights activist
Ecuador
Peace Brigades International
Polly Higgins
female
environmentalist barrister writer
Glasgow
Scotland United Kingdom
Polly Neate
female
human rights activist
United Kingdom
Proud
Radhya Almutawakel
female
Raheleh Rahemipour
female
human rights activist
Iran
Rak Ban Haeng conservation group
Razia Al-Mutawakil
female
human rights activist
Yemen
Rebecca Masika Katsuva
female
human rights activist activist women's rights activist
Katana
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Red Nacional de Mujeres en Defensa de la Madre Tierra
Red Tra Seus
Resurj
Rhiannon Prideaux
female
human rights activist
United Kingdom
Ruth Mumbi
female
human rights activist
Kenya
Kenya
Salimata Lam
female
human rights activist
Mauritania
Samar Badawi
female
human rights activist
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Sara Garcia Gross
female
human rights activist women's rights activist
Chalchuapa
El Salvador
Saskia Wieringa
female
sociologist university teacher
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Sergia Galuan
female
Dominican Republic
Sergia Galván Ortega
female
human rights activist politician
Hato Mayor del Rey
Dominican Republic
Shackelia Jackson
female
human rights activist
Kingston
Jamaica
Shadi Sadr
female
journalist lawyer human rights activist
Tehran
Iran
Simon(e) van Saarloos
female
columnist writer politician
Summit
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Sirikan Charoensiri
female
lawyer
Yasothon
Thailand
Sisma Mujer
Sonia Pierre
female
human rights activist
Villa Altagracia
Dominican Republic
Stichting Proefprocessenfonds Clara Wichmann
Su Changlan
female
People's Republic of China
Sunny Bergman
female
actor program maker film director journalist philosopher
Amsterdam
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Sussan Tahmasebi
female
activist human rights activist
Iran
Svetlana Gannushkina
female
mathematician human rights activist university teacher
Moscow
Soviet Union Russia
Tatiana Vivienne
female
activist
Central African Republic
Tep Vanny
female
human rights activist
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Tiananmen Mothers
Tiye International
Tongam Rina
female
journalist human rights activist
India
Topacio Reynoso
female
human rights activist singer
Mataquescuintla
Guatemala
Topocio Reynoso
female
Guatemala
Trần Thị Nga
female
politician human rights activist journalist
Hà Nam
Vietnam
Trần Thị Thúy
female
activist
Vietnam
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights
Valentina Cherevatenko
female
political scientist human rights activist
Soviet Union Russia
Varsha Dongre
female
India
Verónica Vilches
female
environmentalist
Cabildo
Chile
Vilma Núñez de Escorcia
female
human rights activist lawyer
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Vrouwen Tegen Uitzetting
Vrouwen zonder Verblijfsvergunning
WHRD International Coalition
WO=MEN
Wang Man
female
human rights activist
People's Republic of China
Wang Qiaoling
female
People's Republic of China
Wang Yu
female
lawyer human rights activist
China
People's Republic of China
Wei Tingting
female
women's rights activist human rights activist LGBTQ rights activist documentary filmmaker
Hechi
People's Republic of China
Women Inc
Women Living Under Muslim Laws
Women of Zimbabwe Arise
Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights
Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice
Wu Rongrong
female
social worker women's rights activist
People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
Yang Jisheng
male
journalist writer historian opinion journalist
Xishui County
People's Republic of China
Yara Sallam
female
human rights activist lawyer
Cairo
Egypt
Yolanda Oquelí
female
activist
Guatemala
Guatemala
Yorm Bopha
female
activist
Cambodia
Cambodia
YouAct
Yuan Shanshan
female
People's Republic of China
Zami
abortion in Kenya
woman human rights defenders