Aziza Shukri Hussein

Aziza Shukri Hussein, also spelt as Aziza Shukri Husayn[1], (30 May 1919 - 2015) was an Egyptian social welfare expert and leading advocate of family planning.[1] She was active in Egypt’s feminist movement. In 1962 Hussein became the first woman to represent Egypt at the United Nations and served on its Status of Women Commission for fifteen years.[1]

She received her honorary degrees from the University of Maine and the American University in Cairo.[1]

Personal life

Hussein was born in Zifta; her Egyptian father was a surgeon and her mother was of Turkish origin.[1]

In 1947 she married the Egyptian diplomat Dr Ahmed Hussein.[1]

She died in 2015.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Goldschmidt, Arthur (2000), "Husayn, 'Aziza Shukri", Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt, Lynne Rienner Publishers, p. 80, ISBN 1-55587-229-8, Social welfare expert and leading advocate of family planning. Born in zifta to an Egyptian father (a surgeon) and a Turkish mother...
  2. ↑ Noshokaty, Amira (2016), In the presence of Aziza Hussien (1919-2015), Al Ahram, retrieved 19 November 2017
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