Kanitha Wichiencharoen
Khunying Kanitha Wichiencharoen was a women’s rights activist and lawyer who later became a Mae Chee (female monastic in Thailand).
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Chinese feminist and LGBTQIA+ rights activist
Marielle Franco
Brazilian politician and activist for women’s rights, human rights and LGBT rights
Matilde Hidalgo
Ecuadorian physician, poet, and activist, the first woman to exercise the right to vote in Latin America, and the first to receive a Doctorate in Medicine.
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Korean activist, poet, journalist and painter
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Japanese birth control and abortion rights activist
Simone Veil
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