Khadidiatou Diallo

Khadidiatou Diallo
Diallo in 2016
Born	Senegal
Occupation	Advocate against female genital mutilation
Organization	Groupe de femmes pour l'Abolition des Mutilations Sexuelles
Website	gams.be

Khadidiatou Diallo (born in Senegal) is a Senegalese advocate and the founder of the Groupe de femmes pour l'Abolition des Mutilations Sexuelles (GAMS) in Belgium.

Biography

Diallo underwent excision at the age of seven. At 12, she was married without her consent to a man 33 years older than her.[1]

She arrived in Belgium in the 1980s. At 24, she learned how to read and write, and began writing her life story. Writing was an emotional outlet for her to help overcome her traumatic past.[2]

To fight against excision and female genital mutilation, Khadidiatou Diallo founded the Groupe de femmes pour l'Abolition des Mutilations Sexuelles (GAMS) in 1996.[3]

Awards

In 2005, she was awarded the "Prix femme de l'année Marie Popelin" from the Conseil des femmes francophones de Belgique.[4]

Publications

• Khadidiatou Diallo, Mon destin entre les mains de mon père, Bruxels, Ed. Collectif Alpha, 2016

Notes and references

1. Libre.be, La. "Le combat d'une femme contre les mutilations sexuelles" (in French). Retrieved 2017-11-12.
2. "Mon destin est entre les mains de mon père (tome 1) | Stratégies concertées de lutte contre les mutilations génitales féminines". www.strategiesconcertees-mgf.be (in French). Retrieved 2017-11-12.
3. "Khadidiatou Diallo - GAMS". gams.be (in French). Retrieved 2017-11-12.
4. Libre.be, La. "Des mutilations inacceptables" (in French). Retrieved 2017-11-12.

External links

• GAMS in Belgium