Bibata Adamou Dakaou (born 1941) is a

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in 1989.

Biography

Born in 1941, Dakaou was educated in

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and

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in Upper Volta before studying pedagogy and teaching in Niamey and

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. She worked as a teacher and primary school inspector from 1960 to 1986.Abdourahmane Idrissa (2020
Historical Dictionary of Niger
p162 Having become one of the leaders of the Association of Women of Niger, in 1986 she was appointed National Director for Women's Empowerment. A member of the

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(MNSD), Dakaou was nominated as a candidate for the National Assembly in Kollo in the

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. With the MNSD being the sole legal party, she was elected unopposed, becoming one of the first group of five women elected to the National Assembly.Alice J. Kang (2015
''Bargaining for Women's Rights: Activism in an Aspiring Muslim Democracy''
pp117–118 When the National Assembly was dissolved in 1991, she was appointed to the transitional High Council of the Republic. After multi-party politics was introduced she joined the

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, but was not re-elected in the 1993 elections. She subsequently returned to the civil service, becoming Technical Director for Population and Family Life, before retiring in 1996.

References

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