Safia Elmi Djibril

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Safia Elmi Djibril (born 1963) is a Djiboutian politician and women's rights activist.

She is a member of the National Assembly from the People's Rally for Progress party, which is part of the ruling Union for the Presidential Majority coalition.

Political career[edit]

Safia Elmi Djibril first entered politics through her work on Djibouti's health programs.

She is a longtime opponent of female genital mutilation and other traditional practices that are harmful to women and children.[1][2][3][4]

National Assembly[edit]

Djibril is a member of the National Assembly from the People's Rally for Progress party, which is affiliated with the ruling Union for the Presidential Majority coalition.[5] She represents Quartier 7, an area of the eponymous capital city.[6]

She was first elected in the 2008 Djiboutian parliamentary election, joining a small number of other women in the chamber including Aïcha Mohamed Robleh and Hasna Barkat Daoud.[7]

Djibril is part of a wave of women who have entered Djibouti's political scene in recent years. There were no women in Djibouti's parliament in 2000, but now the law requires at least 25 percent of legislators be female, a threshold that was nearly met in the 2018 election.[8][9][10]

In 2019, Djibril helped form a women's caucus within the legislature.[11]

She serves as second vice president on President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh's cabinet and is a member of the High Court of Justice.[12][13][14]

Pan-African organizations[edit]

Djibril's focus continues to be women and children's health, and she is vice president of the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children, representing Djibouti's first lady Kadra Mahamoud Haid.[1][15]

She is a member of the Pan-African Parliament, previously serving as a vice president of the body until 2018.[1][16][17] She has also worked as part of the Pan-African Parliament's Women's Caucus.[18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Vice Presidents". Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices (IAC). Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  2. ^ Djama, Fatouma Youssouf; Djibril, Safia Elmi (November 2009). "MGF: plaidoiries pour la fin d'un fléau psycho-socio-culturel". Human Village (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  3. ^ "Conferenza sub-regionale per l'eliminazione delle mutilazioni genitali femminili". Radio Radicale (in Italian). 2005-02-02. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  4. ^ Saint-Jean, Arnaud (2001-01-25). "CONFERENCE SUR LES MUTILATIONS GENITALES FEMININES. A UNE SEMAINE DU GRAND JOUR LE MEDIA SE MOBILISENT". La Nation (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  5. ^ "8ème Législature". Assemblée Nationale de Djibouti (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  6. ^ Hared, Hassan Cher (2019-03-07). "Djibouti/Somalie : La branche Habar-Awale/Isaaq de la mafia djibouto-somalienne et sa connexion avec les islamistes de la Corne". HCH24 (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  7. ^ "6ème Législature". Assemblée Nationale de Djibouti. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  8. ^ Musau, Zipporah (2019-04-08). "African Women in politics: Miles to go before parity is achieved". Africa Renewal. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  9. ^ "IPU PARLINE database: DJIBOUTI (Assemblée nationale), Last elections". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  10. ^ "Djibouti ruling party claims landslide parliamentary win". Africanews. 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  11. ^ "CAUCUS DES FEMMES PARLEMENTAIRES DJIBOUTIENNES (CFPD)". Assemblée Nationale de Djibouti (in French). 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  12. ^ "Membre du bureau du Président". Assemblée Nationale de Djibouti (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  13. ^ "VISITE OFFICIELLE D'UNE DÉLÉGATION DE HAUT NIVEAU DU CONGRÈS DES ETATS-UNIS". Assemblée Nationale de Djibouti (in French). 2019-10-02. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  14. ^ "Commission de la haute cour de justice". Assemblée Nationale de Djibouti (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  15. ^ Semprini, Francesco (2018-10-12). "A Gibuti i militari italiani in prima linea su sicurezza e cooperazione". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  16. ^ "Pan African Parliament to swear in new legislators". Channel Africa. 2018-05-07.
  17. ^ "Parlement panafricain: le bureau recomposé". Cameroon Tribune (in French). 2018-05-15.
  18. ^ "UNFPA rallies parliamentarians". UNFPA ESARO. 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
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