Fátima Djarra Sani

Fatima Djarra Sani, 2017

Fátima Djarra Sani (born 1968) is a Guinea-Bissau feminist activist, particularly against female genital mutilation (FGM).

Early life

Fátima Djarra Sani was born in Bissau, the country's capital, in 1968.[1] She is an activist against the genital mutilation of women in Guinea-Bissau and represents Médecins du Monde in Africa.[2]

Her family comes from the Mandinga ethnic group.[3] She suffered genital mutilation when she was four years old.[3]

Career

In 2008, she joined Médecins du Monde, and has organized workshops and lectures on the visibility of African women, and has been working on projects on sexual reproductive health and the prevention of genital mutilation.[2][3]

She participated in the drafting of a protocol for the prevention and action against female genital mutilation that was approved in June 2013 in Navarra, Spain.[3]

Writing

In 2015 she published Indomable: de la mutilación a la vida (Indomitable: from mutilation to life), with the Ediciones Península publishing house, an autobiography, in which she tells her life story.[4]

Publications

  • Indomable: de la mutilación a la vida (Indomitable: from mutilation to life), Ediciones Península, 2015

References

  1. ↑ Cervantes, Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de. "Obras de Djarra Sani, Fátima, 1968- - Pag. 1". www.cervantesvirtual.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Fátima Djarra Sani, mediadora de Médicos del Mundo, pregonera de la Navidad en Pamplona - Tribuna Feminista". tribunafeminista.org. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Fátima Djarra Sani:". lavanguardia.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Imparcial, El. "Fátima Djarra Sani / Gorka Moreno: Indomable". elimparcial.es. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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