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A Malian NGO reported that at least 10 girls-—some below the age of 13—-lost their lives between 2005 and May 2007 because of medical complications resulting from early marriage. In Mali, about 75% of girls up to age 14 and 89% of women age 15-49 are estimated to have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), a practice which endangers ...
Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo née Coulibaly (23 September 1933 – 15 December 2015) was a Malian women's rights activist, pro-democracy activist and activist in the endogenous development of Africa. [1] She was involved in the popular uprising of January 3, 1966 in which she led a group of women and young girls who marched on the presidency with ...
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Malian This category exists only as a container for other categories of Malian women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa, located southwest of Algeria. It lies between latitudes 10° and 25°N, and longitudes 13°W and 5°E. Mali borders Algeria to the north-northeast, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso to the south-east, Ivory Coast to the south, Guinea to the south-west, and Senegal to the west and Mauritania to the ...
Her children are four boys named Muhammad, Bah, El Hadj and Oumar, and five girls named Adama, Hawa, Fatouma, Oumou, and Kadidia; they were all in "perfect health" as of their first birthday. [4] [6] According to the parents and medical staff, the nine babies were conceived naturally, unlike e.g. the Suleman octuplets (who were conceived by IVF ...
Fatoumata Coulibaly is a Malian film actress, director, journalist, and women's rights activist, ... to try to protect girls from female genital mutilation ...
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also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: By occupation: Malian This category exists only as a container for other categories of Malian women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.