HAJIRA OUMOURI

Oumouri was recruited in 1995 to work in family planning for the United Nations Population Fund in the Mbadjini region of Grande Comore, eventually becoming director of the NGO ASCOBEF from 2001 to 2014. She also became involved in women's rights activism, including through the organization L'Réseau National Femmes et Développement. She also founded the women's association Femme en Mouvement in the Mbadjini region. The former midwife eventually became more directly involved in local politics in her commune, Itsahidi, aiming to represent women in the country's largely male-dominated political scene.