Amsatou Sow Sidibe
/Overview
Amsatou Sow Sidibé born Dakar, Senegal October 14, 1953. Professor and politician. Law Professor and Director of Institute of Human Rights and Peace, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Senegal. President of Rafet, the African Network for Promotion of Working Women. Advocated for nonviolent resolution of 30-year Casamance conflict, followed by truth and reconciliation. Pressed President Clinton on landmines, 1998. Peacemaker in 2007 election; mediated seafood strike, 2012. Presidential candidate, 2013. Nobel Peace Prize nominee, 2005.
Quotations
"Nothing lasting can be built without peace." (Peace Women Across the Globe: Sidibe; photo femmesdusenegal)