Founder & CEO Fatou Baldeh MBE

Fatou holds an MSc in Sexual and Reproductive Health and a BSc in Health and Psychology from the UK. She has extensive experience in the area of Gender Justice and advocacy for the rights of women, girls and marginalised communities both in the UK and The Gambia. In recognition of her work with migrant communities and women who have experienced abuse in the UK, Her Majesty, the late Queen Elizabeth II, honoured Fatou with an MBE.

In 2018, Fatou moved back home and founded Women in Liberation & Leadership in The Gambia. She is a survivor of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and wants to eradicate all forms of abuse against women.