Maximilienne Ngo Mbe

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Maximilienne Ngo Mbe
Cameroon Maximilienne Chantal Ngo Mbe.jpg
in 2021
NationalityCameroon
Occupationhuman-rights campaigner
Known forleading the Réseau des Défenseurs des Droits Humains en Afrique Centrale (REDHAC)

Maximilienne Chantal Ngo Mbe is a Cameroonian human-rights campaigner. She leads the Réseau des Défenseurs des Droits Humains en Afrique Centrale (REDHAC). She was given the International Women of Courage Award in 2021.

Life[]

She has led the Cameroon-based Network of Human Rights Defenders of Central Africa (Réseau de Défenseurs des Droits Humains de l’Afrique Centrale) (REDHAC)[1] since 2010.[2] She and her organisation are based in Douala in Cameroon.[2] REDHAC covers eight countries of Central Africa namely the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe.[3]

She is the treasurer of the and she is on the board of the Pan African Human Rights Defenders Network.[4] This network champions the protection of other Human Right Defenders.[5]

She has worked as an Elections Observer and a Consultant to the African Union.[4]

In 2013 she moved her children to live in France to protect them.[2] She faces criticism for having "sold out to Westerners" and since 2017 she has been harassed on social media.[2]

In February 2020 she called out the government's version of events following the Ngarbuh massacre when 22 civilians were killed by soldiers.[6]

In 2021 she was one of fourteen women chosen to receive an International Women of Courage Award.[7] The ceremony was virtual due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and it included an address by First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden. After the award ceremony all of the fourteen awardees would be able to take part in a virtual exchange as part an International Visitor Leadership Program.[8] Unusually another seven women were included in the awards who had died in Afghanistan.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Maximilienne Ngo Mbe". Front Line Defenders. 2015-12-31. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  2. ^ a b c d "We Want Change – Maximilienne Ngo Mbe". Civil Rights Defenders. 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  3. ^ "AFRICAN DEFENDERS | Central Africa". Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  4. ^ a b "Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe | localhost". www.africademocracyforum.org. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  5. ^ "AFRICAN DEFENDERS | Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network". Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  6. ^ "Maximilienne Ngo Mbe, Biography". www.camerounweb.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  7. ^ "Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe (Cameroon) | Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs". eca.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  8. ^ "2021 International Women of Courage Award Recipients Announced". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  9. ^ D. | AP, Sonia PÉrez. "3 female Guatemalan judges defend rule of law". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
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