SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Irene Fernandez

1946 - 2014

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Irene Fernandez (18 April 1946 – 31 March 2014) was a Malaysian human rights activist and politician. She was a People's Justice Party (KeADILan) supreme council member and the director and co-founder of the non-governmental organization Tenaganita, which promotes the rights of migrant workers and refugees in Malaysia. In 1995, Irene Fernandez published a report on the living conditions of the migrant workers entitled "Abuse, Torture and Dehumanised Conditions of Migrant Workers in Detention Centres". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irene Fernandez has received more than 35,670 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Irene Fernandez is the 619th most popular social activist, the 52nd most popular biography from Malaysia and the most popular Malaysian Social Activist.

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  • 36k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Irene Fernandez ranks 619 out of 840. Before her are Rachel Corrie, Albertina Sisulu, Robert Emmet, Betty Ong, Jan Egeland, and Frances Willard. After her are Mary McLeod Bethune, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Manal al-Sharif, Josefa Francisco, and Ahed Tamimi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Irene Fernandez ranks 714. Before her are Richard O. Covey, Vladimir Astapovsky, Kazuhiro Ninomiya, César Villanueva, Michael Clarke, and Antonio Roldán. After her are Robert Mercer, José Claramunt, Martha Coolidge, Giovanni Bramucci, Emily de Jongh-Elhage, and Hadi Dahane. Among people deceased in 2014, Irene Fernandez ranks 487. Before her are André Buffière, Edward Clancy, L'Wren Scott, Kate O'Mara, Jeremiah Denton, and Rinnat Safin. After her are William H. Dana, Bill Mulliken, Jimmy T. Murakami, Andriy Husin, Sam Lacey, and Norman Lane.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Irene Fernandez ranks 52 out of 90. Before her are Anthony Soter Fernandez (1930), Simon Russell Beale (1961), Joe Simpson (1960), Soh Chin Ann (1950), Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (1972), and Michael Wong (1970). After her are Tony Fernandes (1964), Mazlan Othman (1951), Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (1966), Henry Golding (1987), Noordin Mohammad Top (1968), and Penny Wong (1968).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Malaysia

Among social activists born in Malaysia, Irene Fernandez ranks 1. After her are Nisha Ayub (1979).

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