Fatimata Touré

First Lady Michelle Obama and Deputy Secretary Higginbottom with Fatimata Touré

Fatimata Touré is a women's rights activist and the head of the Regional Forum on Reconciliation and Peace in Gao, Mali.[1][2] She is also the head of Women’s Action, Research, Study and Training Group, which works against fistula.[3][4] In 2014, she received the International Women of Courage Award. [5][6]

Work

During the 2012 and 2013 fighting in Mali, a hospital in Gao was attacked. Touré helped the fistula patients find a new place to live, and find medical help. Touré also gave care and shelter to those forced into marriages or raped.[7][4][8] She also spoke against violence against women.[4] She made a record of what happened, even as her own home was attacked.[8][4]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "2014 International Women of Courage Award Winners - International Women of Courage Celebration". Archived from the original on 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  2. ↑ "Bios of 2014 Award Winners".
  3. ↑ "AWIU » 2015 IWOC Awardees". Archived from the original on 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Malian Woman Awarded for Promoting Health, Fighting Violence". usaid.gov. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Biographies of 2015 Award Winners".
  6. ↑ https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/05/state-department-honors-international-women-of-courage
  7. ↑ "State Department Honors Malian Community Mobilizer with International Women of Courage Award". intrahealth.org. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  8. 1 2 "AWIU » Introducing Fatimata Touré, 2014 International Women of Courage Awardee". AWIU. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Stearns, Scott. "US Honors International Women of Courage".
  10. ↑ "Ukrainian Euromaidan volunteer receives State Department's International Women of Courage Award".
  11. ↑ "Samantha Power's speech to Malian Civil Society". Afronline. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

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