Zazi Sadou

Zazi Sadou is an Algerian women's rights activist. During the Algerian Civil War, she served as spokeswoman for the Algerian women's resistance movement from 1993 to 2004 as the founder of the Rassemblement Algérien des Femmes Démocrates (RAFD), member of the National Committee Against Forgetting and Betrayal and founding member of The Algerian Assembly of Democratic Women (AADW).

Biography

Sadou founded the Rassemblement Algérien des Femmes Démocrates (RAFD),[1] was a member of the National Committee Against Forgetting and Betrayal,[2] and was a founding member of The Algerian Assembly of Democratic Women (AADW).[3] She organised rallies of women in Algeria[4][5] and wrote for Algerian newspaper El Watan.[6] She was subjected to death threats from extremists for her activism.[3]

As spokeswoman for the RAFD from 1993 to 2004,[7][8][9] Sadou collected the testimonies of female survivors of violence perpetrated by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria during the Algerian Civil War, including kidnappings, rape and torture.[10] Internationally, she presented the testimonies to the world press[8][11][12] and Mary Robinson, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,[13] and attended events with Michel Tubiana, president of the French Human Rights League.[14] The testimonies collected by Sadou were also used in the Shadow Report on Algeria, which was presented to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) by the International Women’s Human Rights Law Clinic and Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) solidarity network in 1999.[15] In 2000, the RAFD established the "Women Resisters Against Fundamentalism and Oblivion Award" for women who resist fundamentalism.[16][17]

Awards

In 1997, Sadou was awarded the Human Rights Prize by the organization Women, Law and Development International (WLDI).[18]

In 2005, Sadou was named as a Nobel Peace Prize 1000 PeaceWomen Across the Globe (PWAG).[3][19]

References

  1. ^ "Zazi sadou : le combat féministe en Algérie". Canal Sud (in French). 19 October 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  2. ^ World Press Review. Vol. 46. Stanley Foundation. 1999. p. 31.
  3. ^ a b c "Zazi Sadou". PeaceWomen Across the Globe. 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  4. ^ Khelifi, Ghania (6 January 2021). "Feminism in Algeria: a brief overview". Medfeminiswiya. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Zazi Sadou: un grand moment d'émotion". L'Humanité (in French). 3 February 1995. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  6. ^ Benoune, Karima (6 July 2018). ""Our Ancestors Would Have Killed All These Women:" The Meanings of Jihadist Rape in 1990s Algeria". b2o: boundary 2 online. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  7. ^ Lieshout, Mary Van (1996). A Woman's World: Beyond the Headlines. Attic Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-85598-349-9.
  8. ^ a b Bennoune, Karima (26 August 2013). Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories From The Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 165, 187. ISBN 978-0-393-08158-9.
  9. ^ "Zazi Sadou: "Nuestro corazón palpita de nuevo"". EcuadorToday (in Spanish). 25 April 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  10. ^ Byrne, Bridget; Marcus, Rachel; Powers-Stevens, Tanya (1996). Gender, Conflict and Development: Case studies: Cambodia; Rwanda; Kosovo; Algeria; Somalia; Guatemala and Eritrea. Institute of Development Studies. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-85864-170-6.
  11. ^ Herbet, Bob (9 November 1997). "In America; Algerian Terror". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  12. ^ Kopola, Nelli (2001). The Construction of Womanhood in Algeria: Moudjahidates, Aishah Radjul, Women as Others and Other Women. Stockholm University, Department of Political Science. p. 182. ISBN 978-91-7265-317-7.
  13. ^ Carroll, Joe. "Robinson says violence in Algeria is intolerable". The Irish Times. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  14. ^ "Des futurs plus humains, un enjeu fortement politique". L'Humanité (in French). 16 December 2003. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  15. ^ Shadow Report on Algeria, To The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, Submitted by: International Women’s Human Rights Law Clinic and Women Living Under Muslim Laws January, 1999. Women Living Under Muslim Laws. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. pp. 18-24.
  16. ^ "ALGERIA: When Women's Human Rights Defenders Face Political Non-state Actors". PeaceWomen. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  17. ^ Lalande, Aude (8 January 2006). "le refus". Uproar (in French). 34: 175–176. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  18. ^ "Zazi Sadou: «Les clés de la solution sont chez nous»". L'Humanité (in French). 23 October 1997. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  19. ^ Elles font bouger l'Afrique (in French). Association française d'amitié et de solidarité avec les peuples d'Afrique, Éditions Tirésias. 2005. p. 11. ISBN 978-2-915293-22-7.
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