Amsatou Sow Sidibé

Amsatou Sow Sidibé (born 1953) is an academic, lawyer and politician from Senegal. In 2012, she was the country's first female presidential candidate.^[1] Sidibé is a law professor at Cheikh Anta Diop University (University of Dakar), where she serves as director of the Institute for Human Rights and Peace.^[2][3] She also founded and has served as president of the African Network for the Promotion of African Women Workers (RAFET), based in Dakar.^[4]

Amsatou Sow Sidibé
Born	1953 (age 71–72)
Nationality	Senegalese
Occupation(s)	academic, politician

In her various roles, Sidibé has diplomatically advocated for women's health, education and gender equality, helping to craft legislation around violence against women and to orchestrate Senegal's gender parity law in 2010, which requires political parties in local and national elections to have women for at least half of their candidates. Sidibé stated, "Women talk about parity everywhere, even in the bush,"^[4] and has said, "They need to be at the highest level for decisions; that is important."^[5]

Sidibé attended Université Paris II, where she earned a doctorate in law and political science.^[6]

References

1. Shryock, Ricci (2012-02-05). "Senegal's Female Presidential Candidate Has Equality Agenda". VOA. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
2. Amusa, Malena (2010-02-11). "For Peacemaking, Senegal Has Just the Woman". Women's eNews. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
3. Diouf, Nafi (2004-06-06). "On Thursday, It's Wife No. 3 in Polygamous West Africa". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
4. Politics, iKNOW (2012-06-21). "Amsatou Sow Sidibé". International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
5. Frantzman, Seth J (2016-03-19). "Senegalese women's message to the world". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
6. "AMSATOU SOW SIDIBÉ (Senegal)". wikipeacewomen.org. Retrieved 2018-07-20.