Union des Femmes du Niger

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The Union des Femmes du Niger ( UFN for short ) was a women's organization in Niger . It existed from 1959 to 1974.

history

Aïssa Diori , Honorary President of the Union des Femmes du Niger (1968)

The Union des Femmes du Niger ( French for "Union of the Women of Niger") was registered on March 17, 1959. It emerged from the Association des Femmes , founded in 1956 , the historically first women's association of Niger, which was an alliance of women from the capital Niamey . The UFN was affiliated with the ruling Nigerien Progress Party (PPN-RDA). Aïssa Diori , the wife of President Hamani Diori , acted as honorary chairwoman. The president of the UFN was the teacher Fatou Djibo . The two vice-presidents were also teachers. Another well-known member was the entrepreneur Jeannette Schmidt Degener .

Groups of women to help themselves had a long tradition in Niger. The Union des Femmes du Niger expanded this focus to include political demands. The overarching goal of the organization was equality between women and men. It promoted the education of women , the improvement of sanitary facilities and the creation of women-specific jobs. She was also one of the financial supporters of the Nigerien National Museum . The UFN was unsuccessful in its demands for legal reforms on marriage law and the bride price and for the introduction of family law . UFN members also tried to get on the list of candidates for the parliamentary elections of 1970 , in fact not a single woman was represented on it.

The end of the Union des Femmes du Niger came with the military coup of April 15, 1974, in which all existing political structures were dissolved. Under the rule of the Supreme Military Council , a successor organization was founded in 1975 with the Association des Femmes du Niger .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c François Martin: Le Niger du Président Diori. Chronology 1960–1974 . L'Harmattan, Paris 1991, ISBN 2-7384-0952-0 , pp. 27, 49 and 75 .
  2. ^ A b Roberta Ann Dunbar: Islamic Values, the State, and “the Development of Women” . In: Catherine Coles, Beverly Mack (Ed.): Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century . The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison 1991, ISBN 0-299-13020-7 , pp. 78 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Kathleen Sheldon : Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa . 2nd Edition. Scarecrow, Lanham 2016, ISBN 978-1-4422-6292-8 , pp. 291 .
  4. ↑ Claude Fluchard: Le PPN-RDA et la décolonisation du Niger, 1946-1960 . L'Harmattan, Paris 1995, ISBN 2-7384-3100-3 , pp. 153 .
  5. ^ Catherine Kéré: Biography de madame Ki-Zerbo . In: Yénouyaba Georges Madiéga, Oumarou Nao (ed.): Burkina Faso. Cent ans d'histoire, 1895–1995 . tape 1 . Karthala, Paris 2003, ISBN 2-84586-431-0 , pp. 1071 .
  6. ↑ Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 451 .
  7. ^ François Martin: Le Niger du Président Diori. Chronology 1960–1974 . L'Harmattan, Paris 1991, ISBN 2-7384-0952-0 , pp. 279 and 282 .