Nise Bulelwa Malange
South African writer, documentary filmmaker, artist and activist
Category Archives: Activism > Gendered Violence
Continue reading
Theresa Kachindamoto
Malawian paramount chief and activist who used her authority to dissolve over 3,500 child marriages and advocate for education for both girls and boys
Maria da Penha
Brazilian survivor of domestic violence who campaigned for legal changes that established stricter sentences for physical offenders, promotd rehabilitation programs for perpetrators, and offered 24-hour police stations and shelters for abused women.
Nadia Murad
Nobel-winning Iraqi human rights activist and survivor of ISIS
Donaldina Cameron
New Zealand-American social reformer who worked to protect Chinese women and girls from trafficking
Franca Viola
Sicilian woman who became famous in the 1960s in Italy for refusing a “rehabilitating marriage” to her rapist. She is considered the first Italian woman to publicly do so.
Lai Maizi
Chinese feminist and LGBTQIA+ rights activist
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Vociferous in the fight for equality, she remains a feminist role model and inspiration through the ages, planting the seeds for an end to traditionalism and the birth of female liberation in India and Bangladesh.
Anita Hill
By telling her own story of repeated harassment from a man in power, Anita Hill amplified the voices of millions of other women and men struggling with workplace harassment.
Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo
Activist who accused South African president Jacob Zuma of rape