List of women 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.