Dr. Aminata TRAORE Former Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Mali, Bamako
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| 1974-1988 | Assistant professor at the Anthropologic and Sociologic Institute of the University of Abidjan (Ivory Coast) |
| 1979-1988 | Director of studies and programs (DSP) at the Ministry of Women of the Ivory Coast |
| 1988-1992 | Regional coordinator of a UNDP project on the promotion of the role of women in the sectors of water and sanitation (PROWWESS/Africa) |
| 1997-2000 | Minister of Culture and Tourism of Mali |
| Author (see list of publications) | |
| Director, Centre Amadou Hampaté BA (west African research and training institution and conference centre; Bamako, Mali) | |
| Founder and owner of partnerships of cultural interest (Djenné, San-Toro, Dunanso - guest-house, restaurant, art gallery, artisan promotion - Bamako, Mali) aimed to develop local know-how | |
| Founder of "Self, neighbours and district", a grass-roots approach to local involvement of the inhabitants of the Missira district (Bamako) in the rehabilitation of infrastructures and of the local market, the promotion of youth and women and access to services | |
| Founder of the African Initiative for Ethics and Aesthetics, aiming to federate the African artists and intellectuals to build and structure an alternate Africa | |
| International consultant for several organisations (UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF, BAD, OXFAM/UK) | |
| Founder of "La Fibre africaine", the civil society forum on cotton |
Mitgliedschaften
| Member of the International follow-up Committee of the "Assisses de l Afrique", UNESCO, Paris (France), 1996 | |
| Member of the International Committee of the World Social Forum | |
| Member of the ILO Committee on the social dimension of globalisation, 2002 | |
| Member of de United Nations Secretary-General Panel of Personalities on the relations with the civil society, 2003 |
Publikationen
| A thousand weavers in search of future, EDIM, 1999 | |
| The vice (Africa in a world without borders), Actes-Sud, 1999 | |
| The rape of the imaginary, Actes-Sud/Fayard, 2001 | |
| Open letter to the President of France about the Ivory Coast and Africa in general, Fayard, April 2005 |
Auszeichnungen
| Chevalier de l Ordre National du Merite (France) | |
| Recipient of the "CIWARA" d Excellence, Mali, 1995 | |
| Chevalier dev l Ordre National du Mali, 1996 | |
| Recipient of the Prince Claus Award for Culture, The Nederland, 2004 | |
| Honorary degree - Gouvernorat du District de Bamako, 2005 | |
| Honorary degree of the Pan-African Organisation of Women, 2005 | |
| Honorary degree of the Pan-African Organisation of Women, 2005 |
