Annie Jiagge
Ghanaian jurist and women's rights activist (1918-1996)
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. She was 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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- Injustice eats me internally. I get very restless when I come in touch with it.
- "Black History Month – Justice Annie Jiagge", Gatehouse Chambers (October 23, 2020)
