Faiza Jama Mohamed Explained

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 , Equality Now, 2013.

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

Notes and References

Pearl Atuhaire, 'A Compendium of Women in Peace and Security Processes in the East and Horn of Africa', February 17, 2014.
'African Leaders Must Act Now to Ratify the Protocol on the Rights of Women', Pambasuka News, 162, 24 June 2004. Reprinted in Book: Firoze Manji. Patrick Burnett. African Voices on Development and Social Justice: Editorials from Pambazuka News 2004. 2005. Fahamu/Pambazuka. 978-9987-417-35-3. 101–103.
'Putting an End to Female Genital Mutilation: The African Protocol on the Rights of Women', Pambasuka News, 173, 9 September 2004. Reprinted in Book: Firoze Manji. Patrick Burnett. African Voices on Development and Social Justice: Editorials from Pambazuka News 2004. 2005. Fahamu/Pambazuka. 978-9987-417-35-3. 114–5.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/apr/21/kenya-courage-lead-africa-womens-rights Does Kenya have the courage to lead on women's rights in Africa