Khalida toumi biography channel

Khalida Toumi is one of the pioneers of the feminist movement in Algeria.

PERSONAL HISTORY

Toumi was known as Khalida Messaoudi before she reclaimed her maiden name.

She was born on 13 March 1958 in Ain Bessem, a village in the Berber region of Kabylie in Algeria (although her ancestral village is Sidi Ali Moussa). Her father sent her to school, and she later entered the University of Algiers in 1977 to pursue a degree in mathematics.

After graduating from the École Normale Supérieure in 1983, she taught mathematics from 1984 until 1991.

INFLUENCES AND CONTRIBUTIONS

In 1981, Toumi founded the Collectif féminin (Women's Grouping) not only to oppose the ministerial interdiction on Algerian women leaving the country unless accompanied by a male family member, but also to oppose state endorsement of the discriminatory Family Code, which the National Assembly eventually adopted in 1984.

Following the adoption of this code, Toumi presided over the Association