1949 - 2014
Efua Dorkenoo, OBE (6 September 1949 – 18 October 2014), affectionately known as "Mama Efua", was a Ghanaian-British campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM) who pioneered the global movement to end the practice and worked internationally for more than 30 years to see the campaign "move from a problem lacking in recognition to a key issue for governments around the world.. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Efua Dorkenoo has received more than 35,318 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Efua Dorkenoo is the 510th most popular social activist, the 26th most popular biography from Ghana and the most popular Ghanaian Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Efua Dorkenoo ranks 510 out of 538. Before her are Mina Ahadi, Lillian Wald, Aaron Swartz, Indira Bajramović, Dorothea Dix, and Aed Carabao. After her are Jamnalal Bajaj, Bogaletch Gebre, Dolores Huerta, Beyers Naudé, Iqbal Masih, and Frances Willard.
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 504
1867 - 1940
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 505
1986 - 2013
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 506
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 507
1802 - 1887
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 508
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 509
1949 - 2014
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 510
1889 - 1942
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 511
1960 - 2019
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 512
1930 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 513
1915 - 2004
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 514
1983 - 1995
HPI: 41.35
Rank: 515
1839 - 1898
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 516
Among people born in 1949, Efua Dorkenoo ranks 560. Before her are Homi K. Bhabha, Ronnie Ray Smith, Peter Friedman, Harry Turtledove, Anne-Marie Lizin, and John Haglelgam. After her are José Rodrigues Neto, Jan Egil Storholt, Ayşe Erzan, Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, Marion Hänsel, and Suthep Thaugsuban. Among people deceased in 2014, Efua Dorkenoo ranks 419. Before her are Don Keefer, André Buffière, Stanisław Barańczak, Iñaki Azkuna, Rinnat Safin, and Ghiță Licu. After her are Fyodor Cherenkov, Mae Young, L'Wren Scott, Kate O'Mara, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, and Paul England.
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 554
1949 - 2013
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 555
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.81
Rank: 556
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 557
1949 - 2015
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 558
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 559
1949 - 2014
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 560
1949 - 2019
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 561
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 562
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 563
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 564
1949 - 2020
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 565
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 566
1916 - 2014
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 413
1922 - 2014
HPI: 42.13
Rank: 414
1946 - 2014
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 415
1943 - 2014
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 416
1940 - 2014
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 417
1945 - 2014
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 418
1949 - 2014
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 419
1959 - 2014
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 420
1923 - 2014
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 421
1964 - 2014
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 422
1939 - 2014
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 423
1923 - 2014
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 424
1929 - 2014
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 425
Among people born in Ghana, Efua Dorkenoo ranks 26 out of 121. Before her are John Mahama (1958), Sulley Muntari (1984), Stephen Appiah (1980), Hilla Limann (1934), Fred Akuffo (1937), and Gerald Asamoah (1978). After her are Kwadwo Asamoah (1988), Edward Akufo-Addo (1906), Alphonso Davies (2000), Akwasi Afrifa (1936), Ama Ata Aidoo (1942), and Peter Poreku Dery (1918).
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 20
1984 - Present
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 21
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 22
1934 - 1998
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 23
1937 - 1979
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 24
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 25
1949 - 2014
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 26
1988 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 27
1906 - 1979
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 28
2000 - Present
HPI: 40.86
Rank: 29
1936 - 1979
HPI: 40.65
Rank: 30
1942 - 2023
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 31
1918 - 2008
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 32
Among social activists born in Ghana, Efua Dorkenoo ranks 1. After her are Felix Nartey (null).