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Wangarĩ Muta Maathai ( / wænˈɡɑːri mɑːˈðaɪ /; 1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, [2] [3] an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights.
Jane Anyango Odongo is a Kenyan activist for peace and for women's and girls' rights. She is a grassroots activist and peacemaker, residing in one of the largest slums in Kenya. She is known for mobilizing hundreds of women who helped mitigate post election violence in the elections of 2007 and 2013.
Kenyan activists are on a mission to end gender-based violence as attacks on women surge. TOM ODULA. March 9, 2024 at 12:24 AM. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Njeri Migwi’s phone buzzes incessantly ...
Orie Rogo Manduli. Orie Rogo Manduli (née Mary Slessor Orie Rogo, 1948 – 8 September 2021) was a Kenyan diplomat, women's activist and journalist. She won the Miss Kenya beauty pageant in 1964 and in 1974, alongside Sylvia Omino was the first woman of African descent and from Kenya to compete in the East African Safari Rally.
Wanjuhi Njoroge (born 1989) is a Kenyan entrepreneur and activist, who campaigns against climate change. She calls for improvements to digital access and gender rights. She is a member of the African Women Leader's Network (AWLN). Biography. Njoroge was born in 1989 and grew up in Kabaru, a village in Nyeri County, Kenya.
W. Fidelis Wainaina. Njoki Wainaina. Categories: Women's rights activists by nationality. Kenyan activists. Kenyan human rights activists. Kenyan feminists. Women's rights in Kenya.
Editar Adhiambo Ochieng is a Kenyan activist and feminist who advocates for women's rights and supports survivors of sexual violence.In 2020, Ochieng became the first winner of the Wangari Maathai Award in Kenya for her contribution to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the Kibera slum.
Agnes Pareyio (born 24 June 1956) is a Maasai Kenyan women's rights activist, politician and founder and director of the Tasaru Ntomonok Rescue Center for Girls, an organization that campaigns against female genital cutting. Biography. Pareyio was born in 1956, the daughter of the village chief.