List of women's rights activists

Notable women's rights activists are as follows, arranged alphabetically by modern country names and then by surname: == Afghanistan == Farida Ahmadi (born 1957) – author and women's rights activist; imprisoned and tortured during the Soviet–Afghan War and founded "Women against Fundamentalism" in Norway Amina Azimi – disabled women's rights advocate Hasina Jalal – women's empowerment activist Quhramaana Kakar – Senior Strategic Advisor for Conciliation Resources Masuada Karokhi (born 1962) – Member of Parliament and women's rights campaigner Adela Mohseni, women's rights activist Zohra Rasekh (1969–2025) – doctor and women's rights activist; co-author of the report The Taliban's War on Women: A Health and Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan == Albania == Evdhoksi Gërmenji (fl. 1921–1922) – women's rights activist and magazine editor Parashqevi Qiriazi (1880–1970) – teacher Sevasti Qiriazi (1871–1949) – pioneer of female education Urani Rumbo (1895–1936) – feminist, and playwright == Algeria == Aïcha Lemsine (born 1942) – French-language writer and women's rights activist Ahlam Mosteghanemi (born 1953) – writer and sociologist Zazi Sadou – women's rights activist and spokeswoman for the Algerian women's resistance movement; founding member of the Algerian Assembly of Democratic Women (AADW) == Argentina == Lucía Alberti (born 1944) – radical feminist and politician Virginia Bolten (1870–1960) – Argentine journalist as well as an anarchist and feminist activist of German descent Raymunda Torres y Quiroga – 19th-century Argentine writer and women's rights activist Azucena Villaflor (1924–1977) – social activist, a founder of the human rights association Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo == Australia == == Austria == Auguste Fickert (1855–1910) – feminist and social reformer Marianne Hainisch (1839–1936) – activist, exponent of women's right to work and education Bertha Pappenheim (1859–1936) – Austrian-Jewish feminist, founder of the German Jewish Women's Association == Belgium == Marguerite Coppin (1867–1931) – female Poet Laureate of Belgium and advocate of women's rights Joséphine Nyssens Keelhoff (1833–1917) – Belgian temperance and women's rights activist, feminist, editor Christine Loudes (1972–2016) – proponent of gender equality and women's rights Frédérique Petrides (1903–1983) – Belgian-American pioneer female orchestral conductor, activist and editor of Women in Music Marie Popelin (1846–1913) – lawyer, feminist campaigner, leader of the Belgian League for Women's Rights == Benin == Dossi Sekonou Gloria Agueh – founder and president of the Network of Women Leaders for Development == Bosnia & Herzegovina == Indira Bajramović – Roma activist, director of the Association of Roma Women from Tuzla Azra Hasanbegović – Bosnian women's rights activist who documented the suffering of women refuges from Mostar and Prozor in the Bosnian War and established women's organisations == Botswana == Unity Dow (born 1959) – judge and writer, plaintiff in case allowing children of mixed parentage to be deemed nationals == Brazil == == Bulgaria == == Burkina Faso == == Canada == == Cape Verde == Isaura Gomes (born 1944) == Chad == Lydie Beassemda (born c.

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List of women's rights activists

Notable women's rights activists are as follows, arranged alphabetically by modern country names and then by surname: == Afghanistan == Farida Ahmadi (born 1957) – author and women's rights activist; imprisoned and tortured during the Soviet–Afghan War and founded "Women against Fundamentalism" in Norway Amina Azimi – disabled women's rights advocate Hasina Jalal – women's empowerment activist Quhramaana Kakar – Senior Strategic Advisor for Conciliation Resources Masuada Karokhi (born 1962) – Member of Parliament and women's rights campaigner Adela Mohseni, women's rights activist Zohra Rasekh (1969–2025) – doctor and women's rights activist; co-author of the report The Taliban's War on Women: A Health and Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan == Albania == Evdhoksi Gërmenji (fl. 1921–1922) – women's rights activist and magazine editor Parashqevi Qiriazi (1880–1970) – teacher Sevasti Qiriazi (1871–1949) – pioneer of female education Urani Rumbo (1895–1936) – feminist, and playwright == Algeria == Aïcha Lemsine (born 1942) – French-language writer and women's rights activist Ahlam Mosteghanemi (born 1953) – writer and sociologist Zazi Sadou – women's rights activist and spokeswoman for the Algerian women's resistance movement; founding member of the Algerian Assembly of Democratic Women (AADW) == Argentina == Lucía Alberti (born 1944) – radical feminist and politician Virginia Bolten (1870–1960) – Argentine journalist as well as an anarchist and feminist activist of German descent Raymunda Torres y Quiroga – 19th-century Argentine writer and women's rights activist Azucena Villaflor (1924–1977) – social activist, a founder of the human rights association Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo == Australia == == Austria == Auguste Fickert (1855–1910) – feminist and social reformer Marianne Hainisch (1839–1936) – activist, exponent of women's right to work and education Bertha Pappenheim (1859–1936) – Austrian-Jewish feminist, founder of the German Jewish Women's Association == Belgium == Marguerite Coppin (1867–1931) – female Poet Laureate of Belgium and advocate of women's rights Joséphine Nyssens Keelhoff (1833–1917) – Belgian temperance and women's rights activist, feminist, editor Christine Loudes (1972–2016) – proponent of gender equality and women's rights Frédérique Petrides (1903–1983) – Belgian-American pioneer female orchestral conductor, activist and editor of Women in Music Marie Popelin (1846–1913) – lawyer, feminist campaigner, leader of the Belgian League for Women's Rights == Benin == Dossi Sekonou Gloria Agueh – founder and president of the Network of Women Leaders for Development == Bosnia & Herzegovina == Indira Bajramović – Roma activist, director of the Association of Roma Women from Tuzla Azra Hasanbegović – Bosnian women's rights activist who documented the suffering of women refuges from Mostar and Prozor in the Bosnian War and established women's organisations == Botswana == Unity Dow (born 1959) – judge and writer, plaintiff in case allowing children of mixed parentage to be deemed nationals == Brazil == == Bulgaria == == Burkina Faso == == Canada == == Cape Verde == Isaura Gomes (born 1944) == Chad == Lydie Beassemda (born c.

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