Justice & Rights
Fatou Baldeh
Women’s-rights advocate and WILL founder
A Gambian legacyFatou Baldeh is a Gambian women’s-rights advocate and founder of Women in Liberation and Leadership. A survivor of female genital mutilation, she works to end gender-based violence through education, community engagement and advocacy. She also documented women’s experiences of abuses for The Gambia’s truth commission and received the International Women of Courage Award in 2024.
THEIR MARK ON HISTORY
01Founded Women in Liberation and Leadership in The Gambia in 2018.
02Received the U.S. State Department’s International Women of Courage Award in 2024.
SOURCES & FURTHER READING01Women in Liberation and Leadership: founder biography02U.S. Department of State: International Women of Courage 2024
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