Fartuun Adan: Difference between revisions
m Robot - Removing category Recipients of the International Women of Courage Award per CFD at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 July 28. |
Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead. #IABot (v2.0beta15) |
||
Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
==Career== |
==Career== |
||
Professionally, Adan is the Executive Director of the [[Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre]], a Mogadishu-based [[non-governmental organization|NGO]] established in honour of her late husband.<ref name=IWOC>{{cite web|title=2013 International Women of Courage Award Winners|url=https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2013/bio/|publisher=U.S. Department of State|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> She serves as the organization's Executive Director, while their daughter [[Ilwad Elman|Ilwad]] works alongside her.<ref name="Csoflors">{{cite news|title=Canadian sisters on front lines of rebuilding Somalia|url=http://hiiraan.ca/news4/2013/May/29479/canadian_sisters_on_front_lines_of_rebuilding_somalia.aspx|accessdate=9 February 2014|newspaper=Hiiraan|date=23 May 2013}}</ref> |
Professionally, Adan is the Executive Director of the [[Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre]], a Mogadishu-based [[non-governmental organization|NGO]] established in honour of her late husband.<ref name=IWOC>{{cite web|title=2013 International Women of Courage Award Winners|url=https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2013/bio/|publisher=U.S. Department of State|accessdate=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219093112/http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2013/bio/|archive-date=19 December 2013|dead-url=yes}}</ref> She serves as the organization's Executive Director, while their daughter [[Ilwad Elman|Ilwad]] works alongside her.<ref name="Csoflors">{{cite news|title=Canadian sisters on front lines of rebuilding Somalia|url=http://hiiraan.ca/news4/2013/May/29479/canadian_sisters_on_front_lines_of_rebuilding_somalia.aspx|accessdate=9 February 2014|newspaper=Hiiraan|date=23 May 2013}}</ref> |
||
Through the center, she also co-founded Sister Somalia, the country's first program for assistance of victims of sexual violence.<ref name="CNN"/> |
Through the center, she also co-founded Sister Somalia, the country's first program for assistance of victims of sexual violence.<ref name="CNN"/> |
Revision as of 06:55, 17 August 2019
Fartuun Adan فارتون آدن | |
---|---|
Born | |
Occupation | activist |
Title | Executive Director of the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre |
Spouse | Elman Ali Ahmed |
Children | Almas, Ilwad and Iman |
Fartuun Abdisalaan Adan (Somali: Fartuun Aadan, Arabic: فارتون آدن) is a Somali social activist.
Personal life
Adan grew up in Somalia. She was married to Elman Ali Ahmed, a local entrepreneur and peace activist.[1][2] The couple had four daughters.[2]
In 1996, during the height of the civil war, Adan's husband was killed near the family's home in southern Mogadishu.[2] Adan subsequently emigrated to Canada in 1999.[1]
In 2007, she returned to Somalia to advocate for peace and human rights.[1]
Career
Professionally, Adan is the Executive Director of the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre, a Mogadishu-based NGO established in honour of her late husband.[3] She serves as the organization's Executive Director, while their daughter Ilwad works alongside her.[4]
Through the center, she also co-founded Sister Somalia, the country's first program for assistance of victims of sexual violence.[1]
Awards
In 2013, Adan was presented an International Women of Courage Award from the United States Department of State.[3]
In 2014, she also received an award from the government of Germany for her work with the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre.[5]
Fartuun Adan, together with her daughter Ilwad Elman was among the finalists nominated for the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity in 2017.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d Nima Elbagir; Lillian Leposo. "Rape and injustice: The woman breaking Somalia's wall of silence". CNN. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ a b c "Documento - Somalia: Amnistia Internacional condena el asesinato de un pacifista". Amnesty International. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ a b "2013 International Women of Courage Award Winners". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
{{cite web}}
: Unknown parameter|dead-url=
ignored (|url-status=
suggested) (help) - ^ "Canadian sisters on front lines of rebuilding Somalia". Hiiraan. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "SOMALIA: Government Weekly Press Conference on the Progress". Gaafo. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Aurora Prize. 2017 finalists.