Social Activist Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Was a French feminist activist and a campaigner for the rights of girls and women. Bellil became fam

Was a French feminist activist and a campaigner for the rights of girls and women. Bellil became famous in France with the publication of her autobiographical book Dans l'enfer des tournantes ('In the hell of the "tournantes" (gang-rapes)) in 2002. The book discusses the violence she and other young women endured in the predominantly Muslim immigrant outskirts of Paris, where she was repeatedly gang-raped as a teenager by gangs led by people she knew, and then abandoned by her family and friends. Her book is a portrayal of the predicament of young girls in the poor, outlying suburbs (banlieue) of French cities.

The founder and leader of a group of political activists in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state's B

The founder and leader of a group of political activists in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state's Banda District that the "gulabi gang" or "pink gang" - so named because they wear a uniform of pink saris. Banda is at the heart of Bundelkhand, one of the poorest parts of one of India's most populous states.Mind you," she says, "we are not a gang in the usual sense of the term. We are a gang for justice."

Is the Dutch-First Lady of Georgia, the wife of President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. Roelofs ac

Is the Dutch-First Lady of Georgia, the wife of President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. Roelofs acquired Georgian citizenship in January 2008 and is now a dual Dutch-Georgian citizen.[1]From 1999 to 2003, Sandra E. Roelofs was a visiting lecturer at Tbilisi State University, where she also worked on her doctoral thesis on linguistic aspects of French in Belgium. Aside from her native Dutch, Sandra E. Roelofs speaks French, English, German, Russian, and Georgian.[2][3][4]

Sanjoy was abducted from the riverine island of Majuli, by ULFA militants. He was never to be found

Sanjoy was abducted from the riverine island of Majuli, by ULFA militants. He was never to be found again.A sensitive child, he was disturbed by the inequities of Indian Society at a very young age and this motivated him towards becoming a catalyst for social change. His father recalls, " As a school going boy he spent two nights in a Bombay (presently Mumbai) slum in torrential rain just to get a feel of the real problems that plague slums." Adds " When we were dissuading Sanjoy from going to the terrorism-ridden Assam, he replied, "then whose son will you send ?"

An Indian social activist and educator. In 1972 he founded the Barefoot college in Tilonia, Rajastha

An Indian social activist and educator. In 1972 he founded the Barefoot college in Tilonia, Rajasthan. The Indian non-governmental organization was registered as the Social Work and Research Centre. Roy was influenced by the philosophy of Mao Zedong, and modeled his organization after Mao's Barefoot Doctors. He was in the thick of a controversy when the Aga Khan Foundation investigated and found that he had hired a professional architect to do the job that he claimed was done by illiterates in his organization. [3]The foundation subsequently replaced Roy's name with that of the architect, Neehar Raina, and forced Roy to return the award. Quoting The Hindu on the controversy,

Is a retired American television news anchor. She was an anchor for KCRA-TV in Sacramento, Californi

Is a retired American television news anchor. She was an anchor for KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California from 1993 to 2007.[1][2]

An Indian, currently living in England, who has been a Jain monk and a nuclear disarmament advocate,

An Indian, currently living in England, who has been a Jain monk and a nuclear disarmament advocate, and is the current editor of Resurgence, founder and Director of Programmes of the Schumacher College international centre for ecological studies and of The Small School. His most notable accomplishment is a "peace walk" with a companion to the capitals of four of the nuclear-armed countries - Washington, London, Paris and Moscow, a trip of over 8,000 miles. [1] He insists that reverence for nature should be at the heart of every political and social debate. Defending criticism that his goals are unrealistic, he has said,

Was a prominent social worker contributing immensely for the cause of labourers, farmers, untouchabl

Was a prominent social worker contributing immensely for the cause of labourers, farmers, untouchables and religious unity in the western state of Gujarat in India.Satyam Patel was born to Dr. Kishorbhai Patel and Maniben Patel in the city of Vadodara in Gujarat, India. He was the 4th of the seven children. His father, Dr. Kishorbhai Patel, was a pathologist to the state of Vadodara. He spent his childhood in many Indian cities, including Pune, Mumbai and Sojitra.

Was an American who moved to India and adopted it as his own country. Stokes' given name was Samuel

Was an American who moved to India and adopted it as his own country. Stokes' given name was Samuel Evans Stokes, Jr., and he came to India in 1904 to work at a leper colony in the Simla Hills run by Dr Marcus Carleton at Subathu at the age of twenty-two. A true iconoclast, he did this against his parents' wishes. He had not completed his education, nor acquired any real-world skill and rejected the chance to run the Stokes and Parish Machine Company set up by his father. As a deeply religious Quaker,

Is a screenwriter, best known for the film A World Apart, based on her childhood in South Africa und

Is a screenwriter, best known for the film A World Apart, based on her childhood in South Africa under the apartheid. She is the daughter of the late South African Communist Party leaders Joe Slovo and Ruth First. She also wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film Catch a Fire, which is also a historical film about apartheid, and for the 2001 film Captain Corelli's Mandolin.[1][2]

Is a former pornographic actress under the stage name of Roxy who became an activist against the por

Is a former pornographic actress under the stage name of Roxy who became an activist against the pornography industry.[1] She is the founder of the Pink Cross Foundation.[2]In an interview with Deseret News, Lubben stated that she was sexually abused at the age of nine and was a prostitute in her late teens in order to support herself. When she was 26, she entered the adult industry, battled alcohol and drug addictions, and contracted herpes.[citation needed] Her story was featured in the documentary, Traffic Control.[1]

Is a Chinese American social activist and a former professor, whose experiences at Northwestern Univ

Is a Chinese American social activist and a former professor, whose experiences at Northwestern University brought the issue of discrimination against Asian Americans to the fore.[1] The general condemnation of the prejudice exhibited against him presaged later actions in the Asian American civil rights movement.

An Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar (1993), she has appear

An Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar (1993), she has appeared in nearly 40 Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films, her first leading role being in the 1994 Aag. Although she has been through years of decline during her career, Shetty has been willing to reinvent herself quite often. Her performances in Dhadkan (2000) and Rishtey (2002) were appreciated, while her portrayal of an AIDS patient in Phir Milenge (2004) won her many accolades. Her younger sister Shamita Shetty is also a Bollywood film actress.

Was born in Hong Kong in December 1955. He attended Ying Wa College in Hong Kong and came to Britain

Was born in Hong Kong in December 1955. He attended Ying Wa College in Hong Kong and came to Britain to study in 1975. He attended City University and earned a BSc in psychology and a MPhil in psychology. He then went to Cambridge University to complete his MPhil in Linguistics as well as his MBA.

Has been the presiding president of Ni Putes Ni Soumises (Neither Whores nor Submissives) since June

Has been the presiding president of Ni Putes Ni Soumises (Neither Whores nor Submissives) since June 2007, and is a member of the High Authority of the Battle against Discrimination and for Equality (HALDE). has been the presiding president of Ni Putes Ni Soumises (Neither Whores nor Submissives) since June 2007, and is a member of the High Authority of the Battle against Discrimination and for Equality (HALDE).

Was an anti-apartheid, gay rights and AIDS activist in South Africa.In 1983 he joined the mainly whi

Was an anti-apartheid, gay rights and AIDS activist in South Africa.In 1983 he joined the mainly white Gay Association of South Africa, then he formed the Saturday Group, the first black gay group in Africa.Nkoli spoke at rallies in support of rent-boycotts in the Vaal townships and in 1984 he was arrested and faced the death penalty for treason with twenty-one other political leaders in the Delmas Treason Trial, including Popo Molefe and Patrick Lekota, collectively known as the Delmas 22. By coming out while a prisoner, he helped change the attitude of the African National Congress to gay rights. He was acquitted and released from prison in 1988.

An Indian politician and one of the best known communist faces in the country. He is a senior member

An Indian politician and one of the best known communist faces in the country. He is a senior member of the politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the party's Parliamentary group leader.Yechury joined the Students Federation of India (SFI) in 1974. A year later, he joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist). In 1975, he completed his M.A., first class, in Economics, from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi. Subsequently, he joined JNU for a Ph.D. degree which he could not complete due to his arrest during Emergency.

Was an Indonesian activist, who opposed the successive dictatorships of Presidents Sukarno and Suhar

Was an Indonesian activist, who opposed the successive dictatorships of Presidents Sukarno and Suharto. Gie was an ethnically Chinese Roman Catholic, the fourth of five children in his family; his elder brother Arief Budiman (also known as Soe Hok Djin; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Su Fúqín), a sociologist and lecturer at the Satya Wacana Christian University, was also quite a vocal critical voice in Indonesian politics.

Was the self-given name, from 1843, of Isabella Baumfree, an American abolitionist and women's right

Was the self-given name, from 1843, of Isabella Baumfree, an American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York. Her best-known speech, Ain't I a Woman?, was delivered in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.

Was a French pacifist activist and politician,She led Europe-Ecologie list for the first European el

Was a French pacifist activist and politician,She led Europe-Ecologie list for the first European elections in 1979. This list got 4.39% of votes, with a total of 888,134 votes. n 1984 she participated in the foundation of the Green Party.

Best known as Madame de Condorcet, was a prominent salon hostess from 1789 to the Reign of Terror, a

Best known as Madame de Condorcet, was a prominent salon hostess from 1789 to the Reign of Terror, and again from 1799 until her death in 1822. She was the wife and then the widow of the mathematician and philosopher Nicolas de Condorcet, who died during

Was a Polish naturalist (botanist and mycologist), ethnographer and activist (social, educational an

Was a Polish naturalist (botanist and mycologist), ethnographer and activist (social, educational and political). Founder and activist of various educational and agricultural organizations, author of many works from areas of mycology, agriculture and ethnography.Stanislaw Chelchowski was born on February 26, 1866 in Chojnowo near Przasnysz into a Polish nobility family. He studied in Mlawa and Warsaw; in his schools he was a member of various secret Polish educational societies, and headed a secret library of Polish literature (prohibited by the partitioners). Since he was 14 years old, he started writing, and his description of his home villages was published in Dictionary of Polish Geography, a magazine published by Polish geographer, Filip Sulimierski. In 1887 he graduated, with a Golden Medal, from Physics and Nature Department of the Warsaw University; his dissertation was in the field of mycology.

Is a Kashubian poet. He was the chairman of Kashubian-Pomeranian Association from 1976-1980 and agai

Is a Kashubian poet. He was the chairman of Kashubian-Pomeranian Association from 1976-1980 and again from 1992-1994. He was a Kashubian activist.

Was a Polish educator and writer. At age 17 she passed the Teacher Patent at the Government Commissi

Was a Polish educator and writer. At age 17 she passed the Teacher Patent at the Government Commission in Warsaw. Since then she has been a teacher, supporter of education, kids' rights activist, journalist, and writer - she wrote many school books. Between the World Wars she became a publicist who fought for equal educational opportunities. She was the Democratic Education Company's "Nowe Tory" member and co-author of the teen magazine "Z bliska i z daleka", later weekly for kids and educators "W sloncu". She died 31 January 1944 in Warsaw.

Was a noted anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s. A student leader, he lat

Was a noted anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s. A student leader, he later founded the Black Consciousness Movement which would empower and mobilize much of the urban black population. Since his death in police custody, he has been called a martyr of the anti-apartheid movement.[2] While living, his writings and activism attempted to empower black people, and he was famous for his slogan "black is beautiful", which he described as meaning: "man, you are okay as you are, begin to look upon yourself as a human being".[3] Despite friction between the African National Congress and Biko throughout the 1970s[Need quotation on talk to verify] the ANC has included Biko in the pantheon of struggle heroes, going as far as using his image for campaign posters in South Africa's first non-racial elections in 1994.[4]