Fatimata Touré

Fatimata Touré is a women's rights activist and the head of the Regional Forum on Reconciliation and Peace in Gao, Mali. She is also the head of Women’s Action, Research, Study and Training Group, which works against fistula.  In 2014, she received the International Women of Courage Award.  https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/05/state-department-honors-international-women-of-courage

 Work 

During the 2012 and 2013 fighting in Mali, a hospital in Gao was attacked. Touré helped the fistula patients find a new place to live, and find medical help. Touré also gave care and shelter to those forced into marriages or raped. She also spoke against violence against women. She made a record of what happened, even as her own home was attacked.

 Awards 
2014 - International Women of Courage Award. 
In 2014, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, mentioned Touré in a speech in Mali.

 References 

 Other websites 

 2015 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr 
 Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)

Category:Women who received the International Women of Courage Award
Category:Living people
Category:Malian people