List of women's rights activists

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Notable women's rights activists are as follows, arranged alphabetically by modern country names and by the names of the persons listed:

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Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Canada


Cape Verde

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Croatia

Democratic Republic of Congo

Denmark

East Timor

Ecuador

Egypt

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Greenland

Haiti

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Latvia

Lebanon

Libya

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Mali

Mauritania

Netherlands

Namibia

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

Panama

Pakistan

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Romania

Russia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saudi Arabia

Serbia

Slovenia

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sri-Lanka

Sweden

Switzerland

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

United Kingdom

United States

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

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