Henriette Ekwe Ebongo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Cameroonian journalist and political activist
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Place of Birth: Ambam, South, Cameroon
About Henriette Ekwe Ebongo
- Henriette Ekwe Ebongo (December 25, 1949) is a Cameroonian journalist, publisher and political activist.
- She was awarded the International Women of Courage Award in 2011.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.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.
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