Agnes Pareyio

Agnes Pareyio
Born (1956-06-24) 24 June 1956
Narok, Kenya
OccupationWomen's rights activist
Years active1984–present
Known forFGM campaigner and Narok's MP Narok North Member of Parliament elected on 9 August 2000.

Agnes Pareyio (born 24 June 1956) is a Maasai Kenyan women's rights activist, politician and founder and director of the Tasaru Ntomonok Rescue Center for Girls, an organization that campaigns against female genital cutting. In 2005 she was the UN Person of the Year and in 2022 she was elected as a member of parliament.

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