page_title: Aïcha Chenna
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context_page_description: Aïcha Chenna is a Moroccan social worker and women's rights advocate and activist. A registered nurse, she began working with disadvantaged women as an employee of the country's Ministry of Health. In 1985, she founded the Association Solidarité Féminine, a Casablanca-based charity that assists single mothers and victims of abuse. Chenna has received various humanitarian awards for her work, including the 2009 Opus Prize.
context_section_description: Aïcha Chenna (or Aïcha Ech-Chenna; born 14 August 1941) is a Moroccan social worker and women's rights advocate and activist. A registered nurse, she began working with disadvantaged women as an employee of the country's Ministry of Health. In 1985, she founded the Association Solidarité Féminine (ASF), a Casablanca-based charity that assists single mothers and victims of abuse. Chenna has received various humanitarian awards for her work, including the 2009 Opus Prize (worth US$1 million).
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