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Awa Thiam (born 1950) is a Senegalese politician, academic, writer, and activist. She serves as Senegal's Director of the National Center for Assistance and Training of Women under the Ministry of Women and Children. She is an advocate against female genital mutilation (FGM), which she speaks on in her 1978 book La Parole aux négresses (also published in English in 1986 as Black Sisters, Speak Out: Feminism and Oppression in Black Africa). She has a body of work published internationally, in both French and English. In 1982, she founded the Commission pour l'Abolition des Mutilations Sexuelles (CAMS, or Commission for the Abolition of Sexual Mutilation, in English), which fights for the abolition of FGM. Thiam is among the women featured in the anthology Daughters of Africa.

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  • Awa Thiam (born 1950) is a Senegalese politician, academic, writer, and activist. She serves as Senegal's Director of the National Center for Assistance and Training of Women under the Ministry of Women and Children. She is an advocate against female genital mutilation (FGM), which she speaks on in her 1978 book La Parole aux négresses (also published in English in 1986 as Black Sisters, Speak Out: Feminism and Oppression in Black Africa). She has a body of work published internationally, in both French and English. In 1982, she founded the Commission pour l'Abolition des Mutilations Sexuelles (CAMS, or Commission for the Abolition of Sexual Mutilation, in English), which fights for the abolition of FGM. Thiam is among the women featured in the anthology Daughters of Africa. (en)
  • Awa Thiam (* April 1950 in Dakar) ist eine senegalesische Schriftstellerin, Anthropologin, Politikerin und feministische Aktivistin. (de)
  • Awa Thiam también conocida como Hawa Dia Thiam o Awa Dia Thiam (Senegal, 1950) es una escritora, antropóloga y política feminista senegalesa. Es autora en 1978 de La parole aux négresses, el primer texto africano en el que se denuncian abiertamente la poligamia, la dote o la mutilación genital.​ En la actualidad es diputada de la Asamblea Nacional de Senegal y Presidenta de la Comisión de la Salud, la Población y Asuntos Sociales y de la Solidaridad Nacional.​ (es)
  • Awa Thiam, née au Sénégal en avril 1950, est une écrivaine, anthropologue et personnalité politique féministe sénégalaise. Elle est l'auteure de La Parole aux négresses, publié en 1978 et premier texte africain dans lequel sont ouvertement dénoncées des pratiques comme la polygamie, la dot ou les mutilations génitales. Elle est présidente de la Commission pour l'abolition des mutilations sexuelles fondée en 1982. (fr)
  • Awa Thiam também conhecida como Hawa Dia Thiam ou Awa Dia Thiam (Senegal, 1950) é uma escritora, antropóloga e política feminista senegalesa. É autora em 1978 La parole aux négresses, o primeiro texto africano no qual se denunciam abertamente a poligamia, o dote ou a mutilação genital. Na actualidade é deputada da Assembleia Nacional de Senegal e Presidente da Comissão da Saúde, a População e Assuntos Sociais e da Solidariedade Nacional. (pt)
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  • Black Sisters, Speak Out: Feminism and Oppression in Black Africa (en)
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  • Awa Thiam (born 1950) is a Senegalese politician, academic, writer, and activist. She serves as Senegal's Director of the National Center for Assistance and Training of Women under the Ministry of Women and Children. She is an advocate against female genital mutilation (FGM), which she speaks on in her 1978 book La Parole aux négresses (also published in English in 1986 as Black Sisters, Speak Out: Feminism and Oppression in Black Africa). She has a body of work published internationally, in both French and English. In 1982, she founded the Commission pour l'Abolition des Mutilations Sexuelles (CAMS, or Commission for the Abolition of Sexual Mutilation, in English), which fights for the abolition of FGM. Thiam is among the women featured in the anthology Daughters of Africa. (en)
  • Awa Thiam (* April 1950 in Dakar) ist eine senegalesische Schriftstellerin, Anthropologin, Politikerin und feministische Aktivistin. (de)
  • Awa Thiam también conocida como Hawa Dia Thiam o Awa Dia Thiam (Senegal, 1950) es una escritora, antropóloga y política feminista senegalesa. Es autora en 1978 de La parole aux négresses, el primer texto africano en el que se denuncian abiertamente la poligamia, la dote o la mutilación genital.​ En la actualidad es diputada de la Asamblea Nacional de Senegal y Presidenta de la Comisión de la Salud, la Población y Asuntos Sociales y de la Solidaridad Nacional.​ (es)
  • Awa Thiam, née au Sénégal en avril 1950, est une écrivaine, anthropologue et personnalité politique féministe sénégalaise. Elle est l'auteure de La Parole aux négresses, publié en 1978 et premier texte africain dans lequel sont ouvertement dénoncées des pratiques comme la polygamie, la dot ou les mutilations génitales. Elle est présidente de la Commission pour l'abolition des mutilations sexuelles fondée en 1982. (fr)
  • Awa Thiam também conhecida como Hawa Dia Thiam ou Awa Dia Thiam (Senegal, 1950) é uma escritora, antropóloga e política feminista senegalesa. É autora em 1978 La parole aux négresses, o primeiro texto africano no qual se denunciam abertamente a poligamia, o dote ou a mutilação genital. Na actualidade é deputada da Assembleia Nacional de Senegal e Presidente da Comissão da Saúde, a População e Assuntos Sociais e da Solidariedade Nacional. (pt)
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