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]

First Lady Michelle Obama and Deputy Secretary Higginbottom with Fatimata Touré

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. "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. "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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