Congolese feminist
Ghislaine Nelly Huguette Sathoud (born 1969) is a Congolese (living in Canada since 1996) feminist, primarily concerned with domestic violence.
Life.
Ghislaine N. H. Sathoud was born on April 8, 1969, in Pointe Noire, Congo-Brazzaville. Her mother was a nurse. Her father, Victor Sathoud, worked in the timber industry and held political posts. She arrived in Canada in 1996 and lives in Montreal. She is a member of a number of literary associations including: the Association des Ecrivains de Langue Française, the Conseil International d'Etudes Francophones and the Union des Auteurs et Artistes Africains au Canada. Sathoud was one of the winners of the Naji Naaman Prize 2008 for her collection of short stories "Les trésors du terroir".
She holds an MA in International Relations and obtained a Masters in Political Science from the Université du Québec. She has conducted research for the City of Montreal as part of the preparation for the third summit of the citizens on the future of Montreal in 2004.
In 2000, she participated in the World March of Women with her play "The Evils of Silence". She worked for the Alliance of Cultural Communities for Equality in Health and Social Services (ACCESS). She wrote a play titled "Ici, ce n’est pas pareil chérie!" which served as a platform for awareness about domestic violence among immigrants.
She is interested in gender issues. She participated in 2005 in a collective book on the African Union and also participated in a collective book on immigration published in Argentina in 2005. Her essay entitled "Women of Central Africa in Quebec" was published in 2006 by Editions L'Harmattan. In 2007, she participated in a collective work titled "Imagine, French Without Borders" published by the American publisher Vista Higher Learning. In 2008, The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), founded in 1968 and located in Switzerland published the new "Market of Hope" on a CD-Rom.
Family.
Sathoud has three children.
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