Akiwowo, Seyi

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Name
Akiwowo, Seyi Gender: F
Florence Oluwaseyi II Akiwowo
born on 13 August 1991 at 12:55 (= 12:55 PM )
Place London, England, 51n30, 0w10
Timezone GDT h1e (is daylight saving time)
Data source
From memory
Rodden Rating A
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_leocol.18.gif 20°15' s_mo.18.gif s_libcol.18.gif 05°47 Asc.s_scocol.18.gif 05°06'



Biography

British women's rights activist and campaigner, the founder and director of Glitch, a non-profit campaigning to end online abuse. In 2014, at the age of 23, Akiwowo was the youngest black woman to be elected as a councillor for the Labour Party in East London. Akiwowo was selected as the Amnesty International Human Rights Defender in 2018 and the Digital Leader of the Year in June 2019. Akiwowo has written for HuffPost and The Guardian.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

  • Work : Prize 2018 (Amnesty International Human Rights Defender)

Source Notes

Sy Scholfield quotes her on Twitter: "27 years ago at 12.55pm your favourite Seyi Akiwowo was born" (posted 13 Aug 2018) [1], "I was born 12.55pm on a Tuesday" (posted 13 Aug 2019) [2], "I'm an East Londoner... born and bread thank-you very much!" [3]. Birth name and place from England & Wales Civil Registration Birth Index (Florence Oluwaseyi II Akiwowo, Waltham Forest, Greater London).

Categories

  • Traits : Body : Race (Black)
  • Vocation : Politics : Activist/ political
  • Vocation : Politics : Activist/ social
  • Vocation : Politics : Activist/ feminist (Women's rights activist and campaigner)
  • Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation (Labour Party)
  • Vocation : Politics : Public office (Councillor)
  • Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist
  • Notable : Awards : Public Service (Amnesty International Human Rights Defender)
  • Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Digital Leader of the Year)
  • Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Glitch)