Nebila Abdulmelik
Nebila Abdulmelik | |
|---|---|
| Born | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Nationality | Ethiopian |
| Occupation | women's rights activist |
Nebila Abdulmelik is an Ethiopian feminist activist and prominent women's rights activist. She was well known for spearheading the campaign #JusticeforLiz which was launched in order to seek justice for a 16 year old Kenyan girl called Liz who was brutally raped in 2013.[1]
Career
Nebila pursued her career as an activist advocating for women's rights. She has travelled to over 30 countries and has worked with several human rights organisations. She worked with a few Pan-American women's rights organisations including FEMNET, African Union with the African Governance Architectural Secretariat.[2]
In 2013, she launched an online petition titled #JusticeforLiz following the gang rape of Liz[who?] and the petition garnered more than 2 million signatures demanding death sentence for the rapists.[3]
Two years later, in 2015, she specifically advocated for the creation of Sustainable Development Goal Number 5,[4] during the development of the Global Goals.
In August 2021, she was listed as one of the seven African women activists who deserve a Wikipedia article by the Global Citizen, an international organisation and advocacy organisation.[5]
References
- ^ "Trending: #JusticeforLiz and the rape that's shocked Kenya". BBC News. 2013-10-28. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Nebila Abdulmelik | Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance". www.mandelaschool.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Kenya teen gang rape case sparks outrage, protests". america.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ Global Goal 5: Gender Equality
- ^ "7 Notable African Women Activists Who Deserve Wikipedia Pages". Global Citizen. Retrieved 2021-08-10.