Faiza Jama Mohamed
Faiza Jama Mohamed (born 1958) is a Somalian women's rights activist, Africa Regional Director of Equality Now. She has been a prominent campaigner for the Maputo Protocol, and against female genital mutilation.
Life
Faiza Jama Mohamed holds a Masters in Business Administration from the California State University, Fresno. In 1998, she also gained a human rights diploma from the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) at The Hague.[1]
In 2004, Faiza Jama Mohamed wrote Pambazuka News editorials arguing for the importance of the African Protocol on the Rights of Women.[2][3] She has also written for The Guardian.[4]
Works
- 'African Union Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa: the SOAWR Campaign', in Roselynn Musa, Faiza Jama Mohammed and Firoze Manji (eds.) Breathing life into the African Union protocol on women's rights in Africa, pp.14–18.
- (ed. with Brenda Kombo and Rainatou Sow) Journey to Equality: 10 Years of the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa Archived 2021-03-21 at the Wayback Machine, Equality Now, 2013.
References
- Pearl Atuhaire, 'A Compendium of Women in Peace and Security Processes in the East and Horn of Africa', February 17, 2014. SSRN 2397005
- 'African Leaders Must Act Now to Ratify the Protocol on the Rights of Women', Pambasuka News, 162, 24 June 2004. Reprinted in Firoze Manji; Patrick Burnett, eds. (2005). African Voices on Development and Social Justice: Editorials from Pambazuka News 2004. Fahamu/Pambazuka. pp. 101–103. ISBN 978-9987-417-35-3.
- 'Putting an End to Female Genital Mutilation: The African Protocol on the Rights of Women', Pambasuka News, 173, 9 September 2004. Reprinted in Firoze Manji; Patrick Burnett, eds. (2005). African Voices on Development and Social Justice: Editorials from Pambazuka News 2004. Fahamu/Pambazuka. pp. 114–5. ISBN 978-9987-417-35-3.
- Does Kenya have the courage to lead on women's rights in Africa, The Guardian, 21 April 2014. Accessed 10 March 2020.
External links
- Our July Interview with Faiza Jama Mohamed , interview with Make Every Woman Count, July 2011
- In Visibility: Faiza Jama Mohamed, interview with London School of Economics, 2017
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