Agnès Kraidy (born February 10, 1965) is an Ivorian magazine editor and journalist. Since April 2014, she has been the President of the Network of Women Journalists and Communication in Ivory Coast.

Biography

In 1989, Kraidy was the first woman to join the editing staff of the Ivorian newspaper ''

Fraternité Matin ''Fraternité Matin'' or Frat' Mat' is an Ivory Coast, Ivorian newspaper headquartered in Abidjan. President of the Ivory Coast Félix Houphouët Boigny established the paper on 9 December 1964. "C'est le 09 décembre 1964, par la volonté du Pré ...

''. Now the paper's editor-in-chief, she is also editor of the women's magazine ''Femme d'Afrique''. She has interviewed several celebrities on television, including presidents

Laurent Gbagbo Koudou Laurent Gbagbo
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and

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and Prime Minister

Guillaume Soro Guillaume Kigbafori Soro (born 8 May 1972) is an Ivorian politician who was the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from April 2007 to March 2012. Prior to his service as Prime Minister, Soro led the Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire, and later ...

. Keen to improve the role of women in her country, in 2013 Kraidy provided details to the

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and Grant (money), grants to the governments of Least developed countries, low- and Developing country, middle-income countries for the purposes of economic development ...

on the practical problems women were subjected to. This led to the report "Etre femme en Cote d'Ivoire : quelles strategies d'autonomisation?" (Being a woman in Cote d'Ivoire : empowerment challenges). In 2004, Kraidy published her first book ''19 septembre : chroniques d'une guerre vaincue'', consisting of ten patriotic editorials written between 2002 and 2004 on the

First Ivorian Civil War The First Ivorian Civil War was a Civil war, civil conflict in the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) that began with a Armed Forces of the Republic of Ivory Coast, military rebellion on 19 September 2002 and ended with a peace agreement on 4 March 20 ...

. Later publications include ''Une journaliste et un prêtre en dialogue sur l'Afrique'' (2012) and ''Tu me fous les boules ! Vaincre le cancer!'' in 2016, on fighting breast cancer. On 8 March 2021, in connection with

International Women's Day International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March, commemorating women's fight for equality and liberation along with the women's rights movement. International Women's Day gives focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive righ ...

, a ceremony in honour of Agnès Kraidy was organized by the Maison du textile which selects a deserving woman each year. She was presented with a cheque for 3.5 million francs which would help her to support the Femmes dynamiques de Bonoua, an association in which she has been involved. She expressed her own feelings about

feminism Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...

stating: "Being a woman means fighting for ensuring femininity and not trying to become a man."

References

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