Hakima Abbas Explained

Hakima Abbas is a political scientist, feminist activist, writer and researcher. In 2016, she became co-executive director of Association for Women's Rights in Development.^{[1] [2] [3]} In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, she advocated for an economic recovery plan, the "Just Recovery" that recognizes the impact of the pandemic on girls and women.^[4] In 2021, she co-founded the Black Feminist Fund alongside Tynesha McHarris and Amina Doherty; the philanthropic fund is backed, in part by the Ford Foundation.^[5] Previously, she was executive director of Fahamu.^[6]

She also was an editor of the Queer African Reader (2013) with Sokari Ekine.^[7] The book received as an important piece in international was an important contribution to feminist and LGBTQ work in Africa.^{[8] [9]}

Edited works

• Feminist Africa, Issue 20: Feminism and Pan-Africanism.
• Book: Queer African reader. 2013. Hakima Abbas. Sokari Ekine. 978-0-85749-099-5. Dakar, Senegal. 806013085.
• Book: Africa's long road to rights: reflections on the 20th anniversary of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights = Long trajet de l'Afrique vers les droits : réflexions lors du 20ème anniversaire de la Commission Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples. 2007. Fahamu. Hakima Abbas. 978-1-906387-27-3. Nairobi. 759159865.
• Book: Abbas, Hakima. Aid to Africa: redeemer or coloniser?. 2009. Pambazuka Press. 978-1-906387-48-8. 759159841.

External links

• Interview by Deutsche Afrik Stiftung (de)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019-07-30. World Bank's women entrepreneur initiatives just "smoke and mirrors". 2021-04-09. Bretton Woods Project. en-US.
2. Web site: 2016-09-17. At a global gathering of feminists, one thing is clear: it's where you live that counts. 2021-04-09. the Guardian. en.
3. Web site: Social Justice Leaders on What Matters: Hilary Pennington with Hakima Abbas. 2021-04-09. Ford Foundation. en.
4. Web site: McCollum. Niamh. 2020-11-19. What is a 'she-cession' and how will we recover?. 2021-04-09. Marie Claire. en.
5. Web site: Roohi . Elika . 2021-04-01 . Ford Foundation commits $15 million to Black Feminist Fund . 2024-02-20 . Alliance magazine.
6. Web site: Are women occupying new movements?. 2021-04-09. openDemocracy. en.
7. Web site: 2013-12-17. LGBTIQ Africa: we are here and we are many!. 2021-04-09. New Internationalist. en.
8. Mupotsa. Danai S.. Queer African Reader. Edited by Sokari Ekine and Hakima Abbas. Dakar, Nairobi & Oxford: Pambazuka Press, 2013. Feminist Africa. 19. 113–120.
9. Truscott. Ross. January 2015. Passing Time, Queering Progress: A Review of the Queer African Reader. JENDA.