Fartuun Adan

Also known as Fartuun Abdisalaan Adan, Fartuun Aadan, فارتون آدن

Somali activist

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It is catalogued under topics including Ethnic Somali people, Living people and Recipients of the International Women of Courage Award.

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Key facts

Born: ( 1969-02-02 ) February 2, 1969 (age 57) , Somalia
Occupation: Activist
Title: Executive Director of the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre
Spouse: Elman Ali Ahmed
Children: 4: Almas , Ilwad and Iman

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Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: Somalia
Place of birth: Mogadishu
Spouse: Elman Ali Ahmed
Occupation: activist
Award: Right Livelihood Award
Image: Fartuunadan.jpg

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Encyclopedic overview

Fartuun Abdisalaan Adan (Somali: Fartuun Aadan, Arabic: فرتون آدن) is a Somali social activist. She is the executive director of the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre, a Mogadishu based organization that works on peace building and protecting and empowering marginalized groups . She is also the co-founder of Sister Somalia, which is Somali's first rape crisis and support program for survivors of gender-based violence.

Adan’s work has received multiple international honors, including the International Women of Courage Award from the United States Department of State in 2013 , a human rights award from the German government in 2014 , the Gleitsman International Activist Award from Harvard Kennedy School in 2015 , the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity in 2020 , and the Right Livelihood Award in 2022.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fartuun Adan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.