“Now we are telling them, ‘This is a man-made role. Men have put women’s position in that role, and we can come out again, because it is man-made.’”
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Bogaletch Gebre
Bogaletch "Boge" Gebre was an Ethiopian scientist and activist. In 2010, The Independent characterized her as "the woman who began the rebellion of Ethiopian women." Along with her sister Fikirte Gebre, Gebre founded KMG Ethiopia, formerly called Kembatti Mentti Gezzima-Tope. The charity works to serve women in many areas, including preventing female genital mutilation and bridal abductions, the p…
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science · Ethiopian scientist and activist (died 2019) · activist · scientist · feminist · also Bogaletch Gebre, Gebre
Born 1 January 1960 · Died 2 November 2019 · Q4937352
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When they were taking me out to be cut it was celebratory. My mother, though, was crying — she was saying ‘I wish they could do away with it.’ But my mother didn’t have a choice. Her role as a mother was to prepare a proper girl for marriage, to prepare a daughter to be a good wife. Otherwise nobody would marry her.
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2026· 2 entries
“When they were taking me out to be cut it was celebratory. My mother, though, was crying — she was saying ‘I wish they could do away with it.’ But my mother didn’t have a choice. Her role as a mother was to prepare a proper girl for marriage, to prepare a daughter to be a good wife. Otherwise nobody would marry her.”
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2020· 1 entry
Published “Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019” in Journal of the American College of Cardiology — cited 10,317 times.
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2019· 2 entries
Died 2019-11-02.
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Published “Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016” in The Lancet Neurology — cited 4,157 times.
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2018· 3 entries
Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 11,014 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 6,200 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 3,919 times.
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2017· 2 entries
Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016” in The Lancet — cited 6,185 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016” in The Lancet — cited 3,718 times.
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2016· 2 entries
Published “Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015” in The Lancet — cited 5,088 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015” in The Lancet — cited 5,711 times.
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Bruno Kreisky Award for Services to Human Rights (2013).
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded King Baudouin International Development Prize (2012).
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2010· 1 entry
The Independent characterized her as "the woman who began the rebellion of Ethiopian women
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded Jonathan Mann Award for Health and Human Rights (2007).
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2005· 2 entries
Awarded North–South Prize (2005).
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Gebre was awarded the 2005 North-South Prize and in 2007 the Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights
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1960· 1 entry
Born 1960-01-01.
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