SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Lydia Cacho

1963 - Today

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Lydia María Cacho Ribeiro (born 12 April 1963) is a Mexican journalist, feminist, and human rights activist. Described by Amnesty International as "perhaps Mexico's most famous investigative journalist and women's rights advocate", Cacho's reporting focuses on violence against and sexual abuse of women and children. Her book Los Demonios del Edén (in English: The Demons of Eden) (2004) created a nationwide scandal by alleging that several prominent businessmen had conspired to protect a pedophilia ring. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lydia Cacho has received more than 224,382 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Lydia Cacho is the 641st most popular social activist (down from 551st in 2019), the 423rd most popular biography from Mexico (down from 379th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Mexican Social Activist.

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  • 41.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Lydia Cacho ranks 641 out of 840. Before her are Marguerite Higgins, Chen Guangcheng, Lucy Burns, Elizaveta Glinka, Maggie Gobran, and Ashin Wirathu. After her are Tarab Abdul Hadi, Angelina Grimké, Oleksandra Matviichuk, Phoebe Hearst, Norma McCorvey, and William Smith O'Brien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Lydia Cacho ranks 542. Before her are Shin Kyung-sook, Bakhytzhan Sagintayev, Sun Zhengcai, Terry Farrell, Yasuharu Kurata, and Milko Djurovski. After her are T. B. Joshua, Christophe Barratier, Joel Osteen, John Cameron Mitchell, Jimmy DeGrasso, and John Kirby.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Lydia Cacho ranks 423 out of 729. Before her are Valentín Elizalde (1979), Pablo Larios (1960), Óscar Pérez Rojas (1973), Mario Velarde (1940), Carlos Gómez (1952), and Oswaldo Sánchez (1973). After her are Eduardo Capetillo (1970), Marco Antonio Barrera (1974), Javier Cárdenas (1952), Jacqueline Bracamontes (1979), Gabriel Porras (1968), and Comandanta Ramona (1960).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Mexico

Among social activists born in Mexico, Lydia Cacho ranks 8. Before her are Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753), Subcomandante Marcos (1957), Ricardo Flores Magón (1874), Leona Vicario (1789), Miriam Rodríguez Martínez (1967), and Elvia Carrillo Puerto (1878). After her are Leydy Pech (1965), Xiye Bastida (2002), and Guadalupe Campanur Tapia (1986).

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