TEDxKhartoum- Balgees Badri-30/4/2011
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Professor Balghis Badri is an anthropologist and feminist. A pioneer in introducing women and gender studies and training in Sudan at undergraduate and graduate levels and in some Middle Eastern countries. She is also a fighter for abolishing Female Genital Mutilation, for ratification of CEDAW, Women's Rights, the quota in the electoral law, ... Read more
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- -: TEDxKhartoum- Balgees Badri-30/4/2011
June 2, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Professor Balghis Badri is an anthropologist and feminist. A pioneer in introducing women and gender studies and training in Sudan at undergraduate and graduate levels and in some Middle Eastern countries. She is also a fighter for abolishing Female Genital Mutilation, for ratification of CEDAW...
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