Aicha Touré

Director of African Programs, Journalists for Human Rights

Media development in sub-Saharan Africa, gender and race-mainstreaming in development, media and good governance, media and human rights, storytelling, democracy, women's rights, public policy

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Biography

Aicha Touré is an international development practitioner and a public-policy specialist. Her work is informed by a broad interest in the Human Rights – Media Development nexus. She has worked and volunteered for a wide-range of human rights organizations in North America and Sub Saharan Africa. Touré research and work centers around gender and race-mainstreaming in international development policies and the interplay between freedom of expression and development in sub-Saharan Africa.

Expertise

  • media development in sub-Saharan Africa
  • gender and race-mainstreaming in development
  • media and good governance
  • media and human rights
  • storytelling
  • democracy
  • women's rights
  • public policy

Languages spoken: English and French

Located in Toronto, Ontario

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