Annie Jiagge
(1918-1996)
Ghanaian judge and women's rights activist
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Annie Ruth Jiagge, GM (née Baëta; 7 October 1918 – 12 June 1996), also known as Annie Baëta Jiagge, was a Ghanaian lawyer, judge and women's rights activist. The first Ghanaian woman to become a lawyer, she was also the first woman in Ghana and the Commonwealth of Nations to become a judge. She was a principal drafter of the Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and a co-founder of the organisation that became Women's World Banking.
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7 October 1918 Lomé, French Togoland
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12 June 1996 (aged 77) Accra, Ghana
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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