Aissa Doumara Ngatansou

Aissa Doumara Ngatansou (born circa 1972) is a Cameroonian activist. In 2019, she won the Simone Veil prize.[1][2][3][4]

Life

Aissa Doumara Ngatansou escaped a forced marriage at 11 years old, fleeing her home and continuing her studies. She has since braved numerous threats to save hundreds of girls and women from the same fate. She currently runs the Association for the Fight Against Violence on Women and Girls, and cares for 23 girls she rescued from Boko Haram insurgents.[5]

She co-founded a branch of the Association for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (ALVF).[6] Doumara Ngatansou is from the North Region of Cameroon. She is an expert in gender and violence against girls and women. She is currently a programme coordinator with the Association to Combat Violence Against Girls and Women in the Extreme North Region of Cameroon and a member of the steering committee for the Project ‘We are the solution - let us celebrate women’s role in small-scale farming’ run by the NGO FAHAMU.[7]

Awards

Aissa Doumara Ngatansou won France's inaugural Simone Veil Prize for helping victims of rape and forced marriage. Nganasou said she is dedicating the award to all female victims of violence and forced marriage and survivors of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram.[8]

References
  1. "Cameroon activist Aissa Doumara Ngatansou wins first Simone Veil prize". News Africa Now. 2019-03-09. Archived from the original on 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  2. "Le premier prix Simone-Veil à la Camerounaise Aissa Doumara Ngatansou". L'Obs (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  3. "Cameroon women's activist Aissa Doumara Ngatansou wins first Simone Veil Prize". www.sowetanlive.co.za. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  4. "Cameroon women's activist wins award in memory of French icon Simone Veil". france24.com. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  5. "Cameroonian Activist Wins French Prize for Promoting Women's Rights". Voice of America. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  6. "In the words of Aissa Doumara Ngatansou: "My own experience of discrimination inspired me to become the activist that I am today"". UN Women. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  7. "Author Page". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  8. "Cameroonian Activist Wins French Prize for Promoting Women's Rights". Voice of America. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
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