Habsana Jallow

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Habsana S. Jallow (* around 1988) is a Gambian women's rights activist and politician .

Life

Nianija constituency
General election be right Voting share
2012 000000000002009.00000000002,009 67.26%
2017 000000000000750.0000000000750 24.68%

The women's rights activist Habsana Jallow stood in the parliamentary elections in 2012 as a candidate for the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) in the constituency of Nianija in the Janjanbureh Administrative Area . With 67.26% she was able to win the constituency for herself. At that time she was the youngest member of the Gambian National Assembly. In July 2015 she became an appointed member of the Parliament of the West African Economic Community (ECOWAS). Before the 2017 parliamentary elections , Jallow joined the People's Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism in March 2017 and ran as a candidate. With 24.68% it could not win the constituency and lost it to Amadou Camara (NRP).

Awards and honors

In 2016 she was named one of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans , the 100 most influential young Africans.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Habsana Jallow. Retrieved August 31, 2018 (American English).
  2. ↑ a b c Youngest Gambian MP Wins African Young Achievers Award . In: Face2Face Africa . July 22, 2016 ( face2faceafrica.com [accessed August 31, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Lamin Saidy: Meet The Gambia's youngest and hottest National Assembly Member . In: What's On Gambia - Gambian Celebrity gossip, nightlife, entertainment news, culture & lifestyle . ( whatson-gambia.com [accessed September 1, 2018]).
  4. ↑ http://kibaaro.com/breaking-news-office-of-the-president-disregards-parliament-protocol-to-choose-this-years-gambian-ecowas-parliamentarians-with-no-opposition-mp-in -it /
  5. ↑ Ex-APRC parliamentarian is the PDOIS candidate for Nianija - SMBC GAMBIA . In: SMBC GAMBIA . March 18, 2017 ( smbcgo.com [accessed August 31, 2018]). Ex-APRC parliamentarian is the PDOIS candidate for Nianija - SMBC GAMBIA ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / gambia.smbcgo.com
  6. ^ Gambia's female MP among 'most influential Africans' - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. Retrieved September 1, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Jallow, Habsana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jallow, Habsana S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian politician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century