Faiza Jama Mohamed

Faiza Jama Mohamed (born 1958) is a Somalian women's rights activist, Africa Regional Director of Equality Now. She has been a prominent campaigner for the Maputo Protocol, and against female genital mutilation. Quotes We have seen that more proactive actions from state actors happen when the country’s leader steps up and declares action against gender-based violence. Addressing gender-based violence should be the rule and not the exception. Call out perpetrators of GBV to help end violence against women and girls,21 September 2020,© UNFPA [W]e should focus not only on ending all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls in Kenya, but on being proactive about making the country a more just society for all. https://www.womeninpeace.org/m-names/2017/7/10/faiza-jama-mohamed External links Category:Gender equality activists Category:Women's rights activists Category:Women activists from Somalia Category:1958 births Category:Women born in the 1950s Category:Living people