Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Activists


 * This is a list under development of missing articles on women who are (or have been) notable for their activism, writing, art, political work and other areas as activists.
 * While there may be some overlap with feminists, most of the women listed on this page are activists in areas other than feminism.
 * Add Category:Women activists to any biography you create from this list.
 * Additional "Crowd-Sourced" (CS) or "Wikidata-generated" (WD) redlists which may be within the scope of this subject can be accessed via clickable buttons at the top of this page.

Australia

 * Michele Adair (Class of 1979) – Australian Democrat and independent candidate, consumer and community advocate
 * Norma Clare Ford – Lawyer; Consultant; Member Immigration Review Tribunal, Migration Review Tribunal, Refugee Review Tribunal, Firearms Appeal Committee
 * Madelyn Kelman AM (née Lyn Jones) – Chairman of the Queensland Country Women's Association; Member of the Rural Health Advisory Council; Awarded AM for service to Queensland CWA and the community of Emerald
 * Chloe Sargeant Journalist, disability rights activist

Bangladesh

 * Usha Mukherjee bn: ঊষা মুখার্জী Indian revolutionary
 * Jadumony Hajong bn: যাদুমনি হাজং Tanka movement activist

Belgium

 * Marguerite Sarten

Canada

 * Jenna Baronette, sex trafficking activist.
 * Chemi Lhamo, Canadian-Tibetan human rights activist
 * Dinah Lilia Mansour Mourise, Egyptian-Canadian human trafficking activist and entrepreneur
 * Juliet Donald Australian-Canadian refugee activist 1 2 3 4
 * Wendy Porch Disability rights advocate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
 * Khadija Cajee South African-Canadian anti-racism activist
 * Sandra Carol Carpenter (usually known as Sandra Carpenter) disability rights activist
 * Ing Wong-Ward disability rights activist, journalist
 * Alejandra Bravo (activist) Chilean-Canadian political activist
 * Amy Tan (doctor) Equity activist https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-long-covid-clinics-1.6351791
 * Nicole Robicheau equity activist, political candidate
 * Wanda Robson - sister of Viola Desmond
 * Martha Flaherty Activist on Inuit issues https://www.iqqaumavara.com/en/familles/entrevues/martha-flaherty/ https://isaruit.ca/elders-profiles/ https://carleton.ca/indigenous/kinamagawin/kinamagawin-symposium/speakers/
 * Chris Bearchell, gay liberation activist (draft in progress)

Colombia

 * Claudia Patricia Vaca González access to medicine activist 1 2 3

Dominican Republic

 * María Argentina Minerva Mirabal Reyes one of the Mirabal sisters, political activists who were assassinated in 1960. needs individual bio
 * Patria Mercedes Mirabal Reyes one of the Mirabal sisters, political activists who were assassinated in 1960. needs individual bio

Ghana

 * Charlotte Abaka, (b. 1941) dentist, chair of CEDAW committee, international expert on women/health,

Greece

 * Reveka Papadopoulou - Humanitarian activist

Guatemala

 * Silvia Quan - people with disabilities activist and lawyer

France

 * , teacher and trade unionist
 * Marine Buissonniere Human Rights activist

Haiti
(In addition, see an extensive list of requested articles posted to: WikiProject Haiti)
 * L'alliance des Femmes Haitiennes
 * Fernande Bellegarde
 * Thérèse Hudicourt
 * Alice Mathon
 * First Congress of Haitian Women (1950)
 * Rosemonde Pierre-Louis

India

 * Prasanna Gettu (founder of PCVC)
 * Sonal Kapoor (founder of Protsahan)
 * Mahour Yar Khan (Gaza 51)
 * Rekha Kurup
 * Kanchan Chander artist
 * Shilpi Kapoor - disability activist

Indonesia

 * Karin Franken, founder of Jakarta Animal Aid Network, animal rights activist.

Ireland

 * Lil Conlan, part of Cumann na mBan
 * Bridget Dudley Edwards, part of Dublin Women's Suffrage Association and Cumann na mBan
 * Kathleen Gillies, part of Cumann na mBan
 * Nora Gillies, part of Cumann na mBan
 * Una Gordon, part of Cumann na mBan
 * Mary Hyland, part of Cumann na mBan
 * Una O'Brien (Irish Republican), part of Cumann na mBan
 * Mimi Plunkett, part of Cumann na mBan
 * May Zambra, part of Cumann na mBan
 * Áine Markham, nurse, humanitarian activist

Italy

 * Rose Genoni
 * Sara Pantuliano Humanitarian

Korea

 * Lan-young Moon, president of Women's Federation for World Peace, and professor,

Malaysia

 * Bilqis Hijjas

Mexico

 * Paula Gil Baizan Humanitarian activist, I think from Mexico, not sure

How about Rosario Robledo Macías, a 19th year old who’s trying to change her country by letting everybody what democracy really is

Nigeria

 * Hamatsu Allamin, peace advocate,

Nepal

 * Ashmina Ranjit, artist,

Netherlands

 * Hanna van Biema-Hymans (Secretary)

New Zealand

 * Annah Pickering activist for sex workers

Pakistan

 * Khurshid Bano (not the actress),
 * Themrise Khan Anti-racism and international development activist

Philippines

 * Beverly Longid, international campaigner for Indigenous peoples' rights

Samoa

 * Samoa National Council of Women

Saudi Arabia
See 2018–2019 Saudi crackdown on feminists. Note the problems with finding independent sources on Kingdom of Saudi Arabia-related topics (details), and that controversial news articles are often taken down by the KSA government, but reposted elsewhere; controversial writers have their writings blocked. Useful sources include ALQST, which has an extensive bilingual database of people who have vanished, including some women and male women's rights activists, and the Saudiwoman blog. Inconsistent romanization makes it a bit more difficult to find non-Arabic language sources. And finally, please note that the Saudi government is engaging in a media campaign to improve its overseas image, especially on social media sites (probably including Wikipedia, they aren't stupid).


 * Fawziyya al-Bakr, Fawzia al-Bakr (https://saudijeans.org/tag/fawzia-al-bakr/ [the blogger is a published journalist], https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/saudi-arabias-driven-women, https://www.npr.org/transcripts/97541372, https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-saudi-women-driving-mother-idUKKBN1JK07H, many other mentions)
 * Nouf Abdelaziz
 * Amal al-Harbi
 * Shadan al-AneziShadan Al Enezi
 * Noha al-Balawi is very well-documented, though her activism is more varied, and different sources seem to differ on what she was arrested for.
 * Hissa al-Sheikh/Hessah al-Sheikh, women's rights' activist, co-author of Sixth of November, a book on the women-driving protests.

Scotland
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 * Wilhelmina Woyka (1875–1902),,
 * Khadija Coll (1974-) refugee rights activist, FGM protester,

Somalia

 * Degan Ali (link is currently a redirect) Humanitarian activist https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/opinion/africa-foreign-aid-philanthropy.html

South Africa

 * Sally-Jean Shackleton, activist for the rights of sex workers, pro-choice rights
 * Amy Stokes, CNN Hero,

Spain

 * Prado Esteban Diezma es:Prado Esteban Diezma, Spanish Activist

Sweden

 * Emma Hansson

Trinidad

 * Jacqueline Sharpe (activist), International Planned Parenthood Federation]

Tunisia

 * Samira Bouslama, from Tunisia, working in Algeria and Libya for Amnesty International.

Ukraine

 * Hanna Solomatina, whistleblower about problems in the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, one of the top five reformers of 2018 per Kyiv Post

Uganda

 * Mary Tarcisia Lakot, peace advocate

United Kingdom

 * Elizabeth Pfiester Diabetes activist 1 2 3

A - D

 * Henrietta Bada, Pediatrician, advocate for neonates and for people addicted to drugs, Filipino immigrant, and pioneer in her field: CV, Research Gate, physician profile, Linkedin, news 1, news 2, news 3, news 4, news 5, news 6, and news 7
 * Laura May Bergt, (1940–1984), Activist for pushed for the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, Alaska Women's Hall of Fame.
 * Gretchen Bersch, (born 1944), Adult education advocate, Alaska Women's Hall of Fame
 * Ellen Bravo, activist and author, executive director of Family Values @ Work, former director of 9to5 and National Association of Working Women.
 * Anna Biggins, union organizer, Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
 * Ellen Bravo, born 1944, activist who supports working women in Madison, WI.
 * Melanie Campbell (civil rights), civil rights and women's rights activist, ,
 * Ellen Chesler, American author, historian, and women's rights activist. There are many citations on the Wikidata record.
 * Grace Hatch Childs, social worker and involved in the Women's Trade Union League
 * Marie Darlin, (born 1925), senior citizen's advocate, Alaska Women's Hall of Fame
 * Dorian Rhea Debussy, American academic and transgender rights activist: LinkedIn, Academic Profile, Work Profile, Sports Illustrated
 * Isma Dooley, Georgia clubwoman and contributor to the Atlanta city constitution

E - M

 * Iesha L. Evans, nurse and activist with Black Lives Matter
 * Mary Lee Farrior, Coca-cola heir from Tampa who started Mary Lee's House, a center to prevent child abuse, Florida Women's Hall of Fame
 * Minnie A. Flanagan, (1902-1987) civil rights leader in Texas,
 * Nan Elaine "Lanie" Fleischer, (born 1928), community activist, established the Chester Creek Trail system in Anchorage, Alaska Women's Hall of Fame
 * Denise Garibaldi, anti-steroids activist,, , ,
 * Henrietta Gibbs, Alabama Women's Hall of Fame, women's causes (1879–1960)
 * Leni Gonzalez, activist for non-English speakers,
 * June Holley Appalachian anti-poverty activist, network weaver
 * Patricia Kelly, founder of EHI, CNN hero, equestrian therapy for Black youth, Hartford, CT (Ebony Horsewomen Inc)
 * Juanita Mainster, worked with migrant workers,
 * Monica Mukerjee Humanitarian reform and mental health activist
 * Dani McClain, African American activist
 * Laura Moye, death penalty abolition campaign director.

N - Z

 * Amy Pence-Brown, body positive activist
 * Guadalupe Ramirez, activist and community leader in Los Angeles.
 * Karen Tramontano, founder and president of Global Fairness Initiative,
 * Dina Siegel Vann, Hispanic activist
 * Regina Washington, first African-American female to earn a doctorate from the University of Kentucky College of Public Health 2015 UK Alumni Association Pioneers Project
 * Mildred Westervelt Warner, conservationist, Alabama Women's Hall of Fame
 * Marion Wells, activist for the disabled, Ohio Women's Hall of Fame

Zambia

 * Lucy Muyoyeta, social and educational development expert, women's activist, ,