Hakima Abbas

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][3] 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

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  • Feminist Africa, Issue 20: Feminism and Pan-Africanism.
  • Hakima Abbas; Sokari Ekine (2013). Queer African reader. Dakar, Senegal. ISBN 978-0-85749-099-5. OCLC 806013085.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Hakima Abbas (2007). 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. Nairobi: Fahamu. ISBN 978-1-906387-27-3. OCLC 759159865.
  • Abbas, Hakima (2009). Aid to Africa: redeemer or coloniser?. Pambazuka Press. ISBN 978-1-906387-48-8. OCLC 759159841.

References

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