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 (age 35)
Tajura, Libya

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]

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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