Marguerite Kofio

Marguerite Kofio (born 5 May 1955) is a Central African politician and women's rights activist.She studied economics at University of Bangui for five years (1975 - 1980) through a scholarship from the Ministry of Finance. Upon graduating from university, she worked at the Ministry of Finance as a tax inspector. Under Patasse's administration, she served as the Deputy Minister of Culture and Francophonie from August 2001 to March 2003. On 21 June 2003, Bozize appointed her as prime minister's adviser on women's affairs. She also became one of the delegates of the National Dialogue in September 2003. Subsequently, Kofio was named as the prime minister's advisor on social affairs on 19 January 2004. Quotes “The aim of these activities organised by OFCA is to enable women to examine problems relating to violations of their rights and the social situation of Central African women, and to report to the government abuses that undermine women’s rights.” RJDH-Centrafrique “The perpetrators of this uncivil act should be brought to justice, and the government should be asked to give women the recognition they deserve.” Radio Ndeke Luka “Women are poorly represented in state institutions, even though they constitute the majority of the population.” BINUCA Infos “This number is insufficient because it is below the 30% quota set by the United Nations.” BINUCA Infos External Link Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:Anti-war activists Category:Central African Republic people