Hasna Barkat Daoud Explained

Hasna Barkat Daoud is a Djiboutian lawyer and former government minister.

Career

Hasna Barkat Daoud was Minister of Youth, Sport and Tourism since at least 2010 under President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh.[1] [2] In this capacity she represented Djibouti at the May 2010 Sixth Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Greater Horn Horizon Forum which discussed the role of youth, the media and non-governmental organisations in the region.[2] Daoud had been Minister of Women and Family Planning and concurrently Minister of Relations with Parliament since at least 2012.[3] In her women and family planning role she hosted a United Nations Economic Commission for Africa conference on the eradication of female genital mutilation in February 2014, a cause close to the heart of first lady Kadra Mahamoud Haid.[4] Daoud launched the Intergovernmental Authority on Development Women and Peace Forum on 25 October 2015 in Djibouti. At this event she emphasised the role of women in peacemaking, regional integration and social and economic development.[5] Daoud attended the 18th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa in Harare, Zimbabwe in December 2015.[6]

Daoud stood down from both ministerial roles on 15 May 2016.[7] She now practices as a lawyer in the capital city.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Un nouveau code du sport. United Nations Development Programme. 14 November 2017. fr. https://web.archive.org/web/20150909201357/http://www.dj.undp.org/content/djibouti/fr/home/ourwork/povertyreduction/successstories/un-nouveau-code-du-sport.html. 9 September 2015. dead.
  2. Web site: Education Events. UNESCO. en.
  3. Book: Lansford. Tom. Political Handbook of the World 2012. 2012. SAGE. 9781608719952. 399. en.
  4. Web site: Worldwide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation: High Level Meeting in Djibouti to foster the implementation of the UN resolution No Peace Without Justice. No Peace Without Justice. 14 November 2017. en.
  5. Web site: Busuri. Abdullahi. IGAD Women and Peace Forum Board Launched in the Republic of Djibouti. Intergovernmental Authority on Development. 14 November 2017. en-gb. 30 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181130234159/https://igad.int/executive-secretary/1225-igad-women-and-peace-forum-board-launched-in-the-republic-of-djibouti. dead.
  6. Web site: An African Union common position for the post-2015 agenda. UN AIDS. 14 November 2017.
  7. News: Remaniement ministériel : Une journée dédiée à la passation. 14 November 2017. La Nation. 15 May 2016. fr-FR. 7 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107113942/http://www.lanationdj.com/remaniement-ministeriel-journee-dediee-a-passation/. dead.
  8. Web site: Informations juridiques. Embassy of France in Djibouti. 14 November 2017. fr-FR.

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