page_title: Fatma El Mehdi
hierarchical_section_title: Fatma El Mehdi
caption_attribution_description: Español: Foto de Fatma El Mehdi tomada en la 41ª Conferencia Internacional de Apoyo y Solidaridad con el Pueblo Saharaui (EUCOCO)
context_page_description: Fatma El Mehdi is a Western Saharan activist. She is currently the secretary general of the National Union of Sahrawi Women. El Mehdi is also the first Western Saharan woman to attend a United Nations conference for women's rights. She has also served as president of the Women's Committee and Equality in Economic, Social and African Cultural Council. El Mehdi has lived in an Algerian refugee camp for about forty years.
context_section_description: Fatma El Mehdi (also Fatma Mehdi Hassan) is a Western Saharan activist. She is currently the secretary general of the National Union of Sahrawi Women. El Mehdi is also the first Western Saharan woman to attend a United Nations conference for women's rights. She has also served as president of the Women's Committee and Equality in Economic, Social and African Cultural Council (ECOSOCC). El Mehdi has lived in an Algerian refugee camp for about forty years.
caption: Mehdi in 2016
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