Mama Koite Doumbia
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Mama Kotie Doumbia is a Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

an politician
Politician
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 and a member of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council
Economic, Social and Cultural Council
The Economic, Social and Cultural Council is an advisory body of the African Union designed to give civil society organizations a voice within the AU institutions and decision-making processes...

 of the African Union
African Union
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, representing West Africa
West Africa
West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the UN definition of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries and an area of approximately 5 million square km:-Flags of West Africa:...

.

Mama Koité Doumbia was born in Thiès
Thiès
Thiès is the third largest city in Senegal with a population officially estimated at 320,000 in 2005. It lies 60 km east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and St-Louis...

, Senegal in 1950.
She holds a higher diploma in youth training.
She was elected chairperson of the African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) in 2003.
In this role she was a member of the Permanent Committee of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council
Economic, Social and Cultural Council
The Economic, Social and Cultural Council is an advisory body of the African Union designed to give civil society organizations a voice within the AU institutions and decision-making processes...

 of the African Union
African Union
The African Union is a union consisting of 54 African states. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established on 9 July 2002, the AU was formed as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity...

.
In February 2011 she received the 2011 FAMEDEV Gender Award.

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