Fatou Sow (born 1941) is a

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

ese feminist sociologist specialising in

sociology of gender Sociology of gender is a prominent subfield of sociology. Social interaction directly correlated with sociology regarding social structure. One of the most important social structures is Social status, status. This is determined based on positio ...

Life and career

After Senegal gained independence in 1960, Sow was one of the first women to attend a university in the country. After she defended a thesis about the Senegalese elite, she kept researching in sociology. Sow became a professor at the

Cheikh Anta Diop University Cheikh Anta Diop University (french: Université Cheikh Anta Diop or UCAD), also known as the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, is a university in Dakar, Senegal. It is named after the Senegalese physicist, historian and anthropologist Cheikh ...

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...

. In the late 1980, she created the programme for Gender Education of the

Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is Pan-African research organisation headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. The current President of CODESRIA is Dzodzi Tsikata. Background CODESRIA was established in 197 ...

. In 1999, she organised the second International Congress for Feminist Research in Francophone Countries. In 1993, she became a research fellow of the

French National Center for Scientific Research The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 ...

(CNRS) at the

Paris Diderot University Paris Diderot University, also known as Paris 7 (french: Université Paris Diderot), was a French university located in Paris, France. It was one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was split into 13 universities in 197 ...

, in a research unit established by

Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch (born 25 November 1935 in Paris) is a French historian and Africanist. She is professor emeritus at Paris Diderot University. Biography She graduated from the ''École normale supérieure de'' ''Sèvres'' in 195 ...

. Sow participated in bringing gender-related studies to African research institutes and universities, and in raising awareness about the claims of African women's associations. She also developed partnerships with American universities. She is the head of the Gender Laboratory of the Dakar-based Fundamental Institute of Black Africa. Besides her researching career, Sow is a coordinator of the ''Femmes sous lois musulmanes'' (Women under Muslim law) network for

West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Maurit ...

and of the

Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) is a transnational feminist network of scholars, researchers and activists from the global South. DAWN works under the gender, ecology and economic justice (GEEJ) framework, which highlights ...

, an organisation that works with international institutions.

Works

* 2005: "Les femmes, l’État et le sacré", in ''L’islam politique au Sud du Sahara. Identités, discours et enjeux'', M. Gomez-Perez (ed.). Paris: Karthala. * 2005: "Penser les femmes et l’islam en Afrique : une approche féministe", contribution to ''Mama Africa. Mélanges offerts à Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch''. Paris: L’Harmattan. * 2005: "Mobilisation des femmes en Afrique de l’Ouest", in ''Gender Equality. Striving for Justice in an Unequal World,'' UNRISD, Geneva. * 2004: ''Notre corps, notre santé : la santé et la sexualité des femmes en Afrique subsaharienne'', Fatou Sow and Codou Bop (eds.). Paris, L’Harmattan. * 2002: ''Sexe, genre et société : Engendrer les sciences sociales africaines'', A. Imam, A. Mama, F. Sow (eds.), Fatou Sow's French translation of ''Engendering African social science''s. Dakar: CODESRIA/Karthala. * 2002: ''La marchandisation de la gouvernance'', Fatou Sow's French translation of ''Marketisation of Governance'', Viviene Taylor (ed.). Paris: DAWN-L’Harmattan

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Fatou Sow
Canal-U research database {{DEFAULTSORT:Sow, Fatou Senegalese women sociologists Senegalese sociologists Gender studies academics Academic staff of Cheikh Anta Diop University Senegalese feminists English–French translators 1941 births Living people People from Dakar