SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Ros Sopheap

1962 - Today

Photo of Ros Sopheap

Icon of person Ros Sopheap

Ros Sopheap (Khmer: រស់ សុភាព; born 1962) is a Cambodian women's rights activist. She is the founder and former executive director of Gender and Development Cambodia (GADC), a non-governmental organisation involved in preventing domestic violence against women and promoting women in leadership roles. During her 20-year career with GADC, she advocated on behalf of women in Cambodia and was central to the Cambodian women's rights movement. Sopheap also served as the president of the Committee to Promote Women in Politics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Ros Sopheap is the 749th most popular social activist (up from 810th in 2024), the 38th most popular biography from Cambodia (up from 39th in 2019) and the most popular Cambodian Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Ros Sopheap by language

Loading...

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Ros Sopheap ranks 749 out of 840. Before her are Dick Gregory, Mazen al-Hamada, Asmaa Mahfouz, Edith Windsor, Valdete Idrizi, and Burhan Sönmez. After her are Biljana Srbljanović, Wael Ghonim, Leydy Pech, Karla Avelar, Killing of Neda Agha-Soltan, and David Vetter.

Most Popular Social Activists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Ros Sopheap ranks 844. Before her are Pasquale Marino, Ha Hyung-joo, Brian Pillman, Gianluca Farina, Diego Pérez, and Pamela Springsteen. After her are Peter Wingfield, Debra Wilson, Nurfitriyana Saiman, Bence Szabó, Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar, and Uwe Messerschmidt.

Others Born in 1962

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Cambodia

Among people born in Cambodia, Ros Sopheap ranks 38 out of 40. Before her are Dith Pran (1942), Pen Sovan (1936), Hun Manet (1977), François Chau (1959), Rithy Panh (1964), and Somaly Mam (1970). After her are Patricia Hy-Boulais (1965), Chan Vathanaka (1994), Leng Ouch (null), Bunpichmorakat Kheun (2006), and Jordan Windle (1998).

Others born in Cambodia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Cambodia

Among social activists born in Cambodia, Ros Sopheap ranks 1. After her are Leng Ouch (null).

Cambodian born Social Activists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous