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Khalida Zahir
Sudanese physician and women's rights activist
Khalida Zahir (Arabic: خالدة زاهر; 1927–2015), also spelled Khalda Zahir, was one of the first female Sudanese doctors and women's rights activist.
Zahir was born in Omdurman. She graduated from the Kitchener School of Medicine, at what later became the University of Khartoum, in 1952, along with Z Serkisiani.[1]
Khalida and Serkisiani were the first female doctors of medicine in Sudan.[1]
Khalida treated poor people free of charge in her clinic. She became head of paediatrics at the Sudanese Ministry of Health. She retired in 1986.[2]
Khalida was the first female member of the student union in 1947 and she joined the peace negotiations in relation to southern Sudan the same year. Khalida was one of the few women who joined a political party in the 1940s. She founded the Young Women's Cultural Society with Fatima Talib in 1948.[3] The first Sudanese women's organization, it provided education for women on health, reading and writing.[2] She was among the founders of the Sudanese Women's Union (SWU) in 1952, an organization which campaigned for suffrage and labour rights.[2] Khalida was elected president of SWU in 1958.[4]
Khalida died 9 June[citation needed] 2015.[4]
- Mubarak, Khalid Al (2015-06-23). "Khalida Zahir obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- Turshen, Meredeth (2000-01-01). African Women's Health. Africa World Press. pp. xi. ISBN 9780865438125 – via Google Books.
- "1st January Sudan National Day: Women Role In Independence Movement". Sudanow. 2018-12-23. Archived from the original on 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
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