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List of women killed fighting for human rights
This is a
list of
notable
women
, either
famous
themselves or closely associated with someone
well known
, who were killed
fighting
for
human rights
.
By year
2019
Almaas Elman, Somalia - Activist
2018
Marielle
Franco
, Brazil - politician
2017
Emilsen Manyoma, Colombia -
community leader
Shifa Gardi,
Iraq
- journalist
Miroslava Breach Velducea, Mexico -
investigative journalist
Gauri
Lankesh
, India - Senior journalist
Daphne
Caruana Galizia
,
Malta
- journalist
2016
Berta Cáceres
- indigenous
leader
Jo Cox - politician
Hande Kader -
LGBTQ rights
activist
Nilce
de
Souza
Magalhães
,
Nicinha
-
environmental activist
whose work focused on
Jirau Dam
.
1913
Emily Davison - English
suffragette
.