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Catherine of Masovia (Polish: Katarzyna mazowiecka; 1413/16 – between 2 June 1479 and 5 July 1480) was a Polish princess member of the House of Piast in the Masovian branch. She was the eighth and youngest daughter of Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia and Alexandra , a daughter of Algirdas , Grand Duke of Lithuania and sister of King Władysław ...
Nov 27, 2021 · According to History, sexual deviancy has often been tagged to women either in power or who are seeking to change society, among them Cleopatra, Anne Boleyn,and Catherine the Great, among others. Catherine took the throne following the death of Peter and in lieu of their son, Paul, who was only 8 at the time.
Oct 9, 2014 · In June 2014, a 16-year-old girl named Jada was drugged and raped at a party in Texas. Partygoers posted a photo of her lying unconscious, one leg bent back. Soon, other Internet users had turned ...
- Nadia Vera
- Francela Méndez
- Intisar Al-Hasairi
- Joan Kagezi
- Sabeen Mahmud
- Norma Angélica Bruno Román
- Catherine Han Montoya
- Losana Mcgowan
- Angiza Shinwari
Mexico: died 31 July 2015 Nadia Verawas found dead in her flat in Mexico City. She had been raped, tortured and shot in the head alongside four other people, including three women and a male journalist, Rubén Espinosa. She was the 36th female human rights defender to be killed in Mexico since 2010. Vera campaigned against attacks on journalists and...
El Salvador:died 31 May 2015 Francela Méndez defended the rights of the transgender community in El Salvador. She was on the board of the Colectivo Alejandría (Alejandría Collective), which promotes the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the country. She was also involved in implementing a programme to address HIV, tuberculo...
Libya:died 24 February 2015 The bodies of Intisar al-Hasairiand her aunt were found in the boot of a car in Tripoli. Both had been shot. Al-Hasairi was the co-founder of the Tanweer Movement, a group that promotes peace and culture in Libya. She was involved in pro-democracy protests in the country.
Uganda:died 30 March 2015 Joan Kagezi, a Ugandan lawyer and prosecutor, was shot dead on her way home from work. She headed the directorate of public prosecutions in the international crimes and anti-terrorism division. At the time of her death, Kagezi was the lead prosecutor in a trial involving 13 men accused of involvement in an al-Shabaab terro...
Pakistan:died 24 April 2015 Sabeen Mahmud was shot dead in her car after leaving an event in Karachi with her mother. She was one of Pakistan’s most prominent human rights activists, and the director of a pioneering cafe and community arts space called T2F (originally The Second Floor). On the evening she was killed, T2F had hosted an event highlig...
Mexico:died 13 February 2015 Norma Angélica Bruno Románwas killed in front of her children on her way to attend the funeral of another young activist. She was understood to be a member of a group in Iguala that worked with families whose relatives had disappeared.
US:died 13 April 2015 Catherine Han Montoya, who campaigned for civil and human rights, was killed in her home in Atlanta. She championed the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, as well as immigrants and female Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders. She co-founded the Southeast Immigrant Rights Network. Montoya worked for the L...
Fiji:died 4 April 2015 Losana McGowan, a journalist and women’s rights campaigner, was killed at home. Her partner has been charged with her murder. McGowan combined her work as a journalist, reporting for the Fiji Times and the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, with her activism for the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre and Fiji Women’s Rights Movement, whi...
Afghanistan:died 16 February 2015 Angiza Shinwarihad recently started a second term as an active provincial council member in Nangarhar when she was killed following a bomb attack on the vehicle in which she was travelling. Before being elected to council, Shinwari was an activist and staunch defender of women’s rights and the right to education. H...
Oct 25, 2023 · “Since childhood, I’ve seen women being silenced, subjected to physical abuse, and killed. This was the most painful because when you’re an observer, you can’t shake off the feeling of complicity in it all. I know many women living with tyrannical husbands who beat them, and I’ve seen their bloodied faces.
Jan 14, 2024 · Catherine, or Catalina, of Austria was born on 14 January 1507 as the daughter of Queen Joanna of Castile and King Philip I of Castile, by right of his wife. Her father had died on 25 September 1506, and she was born as his funeral procession rested in Torquemada for three months. It had been a difficult labour, which nearly cost Joanna her ...
Feb 6, 2022 · 6 Feb 2022. In the midst of a war between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed eastern separatists that has killed an estimated 14,000 people since 2014, many vulnerable or elderly women have lost...
