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]
^"World Bank's women entrepreneur initiatives just "smoke and mirrors"". Bretton Woods Project. 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
^"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.
^ ab"Social Justice Leaders on What Matters: Hilary Pennington with Hakima Abbas". Ford Foundation. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
^McCollum, Niamh (2020-11-19). "What is a 'she-cession' and how will we recover?". Marie Claire. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
^Roohi, Elika (2021-04-01). "Ford Foundation commits $15 million to Black Feminist Fund". Alliance magazine. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
^"Are women occupying new movements?". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
^"LGBTIQ Africa: we are here and we are many!". New Internationalist. 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
^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.
^Truscott, Ross (January 2015). "Passing Time, Queering Progress: A Review of the Queer African Reader". JENDA.
HakimaAbbas is a political scientist, feminist activist, writer and researcher. In 2016, she became co-executive director of Association for Women's Rights...
of interim executive director in Oxford, while HakimaAbbas served as her deputy in Nairobi, Kenya. Abbas later became the executive director and was the...
Once married, hakimas were given the title of Effendi, the rank of second lieutenant, and a monthly salary of 250 piasters. Licensed hakimas treated women...
(2008): "Marking the 20th Anniversary of the African Commission". In: HakimaAbbas (Ed): Africa's Long Road to Rights/Long Trajet de l'Afrique vers les...
African Awakenings with Firoze Manji (2011), and Queer African Reader with HakimaAbbas (2013). Ekine was born in Nigeria to a Nigerian father and British mother...
violence towards black lesbians in South Africa. In Sokari Ekine and HakimaAbbas (eds), Queer African Reader. Fahamu Books, 343-354. Zethu Matebeni. 2012...
BRILL. pp. XIX. ISBN 9004107630. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help) Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa (1965). History of eastern Arabia, 1750-1800: the rise and...
politicians, business leaders, etc.): Abbas Babaei Jalil Zandi Yadollah Sharifirad Shahram Rostami Ali Eghbali Dogahe Abbas Doran Gregory "Pappy" Boyington...
telefilms. Her husband died in late 1970s. She has four daughters. Actor Samar Abbas Jaffri is her great grandson. "Shahzadi goes to eternal sleep". Dawn News...
Badawi; Nicaraguan opposition leader Felix Maradiaga; Moroccan politician Hakima El Haite; American journalist James Kirchick; human rights lawyer Juan Carlos...
Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. Aki Hakima. SPorts Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-22....
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