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  2. Fatou Camara (journalist) - Wikipedia

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    Fatou Camara (journalist) Fatoumata "Fatu" Camara. Nationality (legal) Gambian. Education. Gambia High School. Occupation (s) Television presenter and journalist. Fatoumata "Fatu" Camara (also Fatou Camara; * 20th century in Banjul ) is a television presenter and journalist from the West African state of The Gambia.

  3. Isatou Touray - Wikipedia

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    Isatou Touray. Isatou Touray (born 17 March 1955) is a Gambian politician, activist, and social reformer. A noted campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM), she became the first female Gambian presidential candidate in 2016, before dropping out to endorse Adama Barrow and Coalition 2016. She then served in Barrow's cabinet, as trade ...

  4. Fatou Jeng - Wikipedia

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    Fatou Jeng is a youth climate activist from the Gambia, focused on education, conservation and planting trees. [1] [2] [3] In March 2023, the United Nations' Secretary-General announced Fatou and 6 others as members of his Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change to provide him with practical and outcome-focused advice, diverse youth perspectives ...

  5. Gambia's Move to Repeal FGM Ban Risks Women's Rights Globally

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    A t eight years old, Fatou Baldeh was told she would be attending a party at her uncle’s house to celebrate girls in her local community in The Gambia. Excited, she picked out a new outfit and ...

  6. Gambia rejects an effort to reverse a ban on female genital ...

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    March 18, 2024 at 3:41 PM. ERREKUNDA, Gambia (AP) — Lawmakers in Gambia on Monday rejected, for now, an attempt to repeal a ban on female genital cutting, which would make the West African ...

  7. Fatou Jaw-Manneh - Wikipedia

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    Fatou Jaw-Manneh is a Gambian journalist and activist who received political asylum from the United States in 1994 and has lived in the U.S. ever since. She is a well-known member of the Gambian community in the U.S. and runs the popular news and politics website Maafanta.com. She was the first female reporter at the Gambian Daily Observer and is widely known as “Gambia's Iron Lady” and ...

  8. Fatou Bensouda - Wikipedia

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    Occupation. International Criminal Law Prosecutor, diplomat. Profession. Lawyer. Fatou Bom Bensouda ( / fɑːˈtuː bɛnˈsuːdɑː /; [1] née Nyang; born 31 January 1961) is a Gambian lawyer and former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), who has served as the Gambian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom since 3 August 2022.

  9. Fatou Jagne Senghore - Wikipedia

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    Fatou Jagne Senghore also known as Fatou Jagne Senghor (Fatou Diagne Senghor) is a Gambian jurist, human rights advocate, women's rights and free expression activist. She is well known for her work in human rights in West Africa especially in The Gambia and Senegal She earned the nickname of "Senegambian Iron Lady" for her efforts defending human rights in The Gambia under the autocratic ...