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]
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