Farida al-Abani

Farida Massaoud al-Abani (born 16 September 1988) is a Swedish politician who served as the co-leader of the Feminist Initiative political party from 2019 to 2022, serving alongside Gita Nabavi and Teysir Subhi. She previously was the party's spokesperson on social issues and migration policy.[1]

Farida al-Abani
Co-leader of Feminist Initiative
In office
10 February 2019  2022
Co-leading with Gita Nabavi (2019–2020), Teysir Subhi (2021–2022)
Preceded byGudrun Schyman
Personal details
Born
Farida Massaoud al-Abani

(1988-09-16) 16 September 1988
Tajura, Libya

Born in Tajura, Libya, al-Abani moved with her family to Sweden at the age of three. She has a degree in public health[2] and is active within the temperance movement. She was awarded the title Årets eldsjäl by IOGT-NTO in 2017.[3] al-Abani has previously served on the board of the women's organization Streetgäris.[4]

In February 2019, al-Abani succeeded Gudrun Schyman as one of two party leaders of Feminist Initiative.[5] She served alongside Gita Nabavi, incumbent since 2018, until Nabavi resigned on 8 March 2020. al-Abani remained as the sole leader of the party until 2021.[6] From 2021 to 2022 she served as co-leader alongside Teysir Subhi.

References

  1. Press release (10 February 2019). "Farida al-Abani och Gita Nabavi valda till Feministiskt initiativs partiledare". Feminist Initiative. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. Källdén, Sacharias (15 September 2017). "Farida skapar föreställning för att få fler att rösta". StockholmDirekt (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  3. Svensson, Emelie (16 January 2019). "IOGT-NTO-medlem kan bli partiledare". Accent (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  4. "Kvinnonätverk bojkottar Almedalen på grund av rasism" (in Swedish). 26 May 2017.
  5. "Hon tar över efter Gudrun Schyman". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 10 February 2019. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  6. Press release (8 February 2020). "2 ÅR SOM PARTILEDARE FÖR FEMINISTISKT INITIATIV, NU LÄMNAR GITA NABAVI UPPDRAGET". Feminist Initiative. Retrieved 14 May 2020.


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