Henriette Ekwe Ebongo
{{Short description|Cameroonian journalist and activist (born 1949)}}
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Henriette Ekwe Ebongo (December 25, 1949){{cite web |title=Cameroun: Henriette Ebongo Ekwe, mourir plutôt que de trahir |date=14 April 2011 |url=https://www.journalducameroun.com/cameroun-henriette-ebongo-ekwe-mourir-plutot-que-de-trahir/ |publisher=Journal du Cameroun |access-date=12 July 2018}} is a Cameroonian journalist, publisher and political activist. She was awarded the International Women of Courage Award in 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.afripol.org/afripol/item/248-ekwe-ebongo-of-cameroon-and-nine-others-win-international-women-of-courage-award.html |title=Ekwe Ebongo of Cameroon and nine others win International Women of Courage award |work=afripol.org |date=14 March 2011 |access-date=June 30, 2011 |archive-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504083925/http://www.afripol.org/afripol/item/248-ekwe-ebongo-of-cameroon-and-nine-others-win-international-women-of-courage-award.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/03/157710.htm |title=Secretary Clinton To Host the 2011 International Women of Courage Awards |date=2011-06-30 |access-date=2017-03-09 }}
Biography
Ebongo advocates freedom of press, gender equality, human rights, and good governance. She was active in the struggle against dictatorship in the 1980s, and the current campaign against government corruption, gender discrimination and human rights abuses. During this time she has suffered repression, torture, and being taken to military court.{{cite web |url=http://bishkek.usembassy.gov/tr_03_08_11_g.html |title=Embassy Transcripts | Embassy of the United States Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic |work=bishkek.usembassy.gov |date=8 March 2011 |access-date=June 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006035436/http://bishkek.usembassy.gov/tr_03_08_11_g.html |archive-date=6 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}
She is the publisher of the independent weekly newspaper Babela and is a founder of the Cameroon branch of Transparency International, the anti-corruption non-governmental organization.{{cite news |url=http://news.cameroon-today.com/cameroons-henriette-ekwe-ebongo-has-been-selected-for-international-women-of-courage-award/4891/ |title=Cameroonian Journo Wins International Women Of Courage Award |work=news.cameroon-today.com |access-date=June 30, 2011 |archive-date=May 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504083923/http://news.cameroon-today.com/cameroons-henriette-ekwe-ebongo-has-been-selected-for-international-women-of-courage-award/4891/ |url-status=usurped }}
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External links
- [https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2011/bio/ US Department of State website]
{{International Women of Courage Awards}}
{{Human rights in Cameroon}}
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Category:Cameroonian human rights activists
Category:Cameroonian women activists
Category:Cameroonian journalists
Category:Cameroonian women journalists
Category:Recipients of the International Women of Courage Award