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Influential Woman: Fatou Bensouda


Posted by safiyaoutlines on 26 Apr 2012 / 0 Comments
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Muslim women were well represented in the Time Magazine list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World this year. Samya wrote yesterday about three of the women, Samira Ibrahim, Manal al-Sharif and Maryam Durani, who are portrayed as women fighting against oppression and in wider media coverage are clearly identified as Muslim women, […]

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Who Will Defend the Defenders? Gambian Activists Face Smear Campaign


Posted by sarayasin on 26 Oct 2010 / 0 Comments
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Dr. Isatou Touray and Amie Bojang Sissoho are two prominent women’s human rights defenders in the Gambia. They are the executive director and program coordinator of the Gambia Committee for Traditional Practices (GAMCOTRAP), which has been active in fighting for the promotion of gender rights, mainly fighting against the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). […]

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