Lubna Hussein Strategizes Women's Rights Agenda

Lubna Hussein with former French president Jacques ChiracMeeting in Paris with former French president Jacques Chirac, Lubna Hussein says that she will press her case all the way to the African Court of Justice.

Sihem Habchi speaks on behalf of Ingrid Betancourt via Benjamin Lemaire at FlickrAccording to the chairwoman of the French women’s rights group “Ni Putes Ni Soumises” (Neither Whores Nor Submissives), Sihem Habchi, Hussein’s niqab-wearing journey to Paris took her from Sudan on September 18, 2009 and into Sanaa Yemen, Cairo and Amman before she arrived in France.

In each country, Lubna Hussein met with women’s rights activists.

Arriving in Paris on November 18, 2009. Lubna Hussein spoke at a gathering in Paris that evening, organized by NPNS.

According to Deutsche Welle, Lubna joined a NPNS protest with residents in a town east of Paris. The group was supporting a Muslim woman whose husband poured petrol over her, then set her on fire. Anne

France, Paris, June 7, 2008. After that a court allowed a Muslim groom to annul his marriage because he found out on his wedding night that his bride was not a virgin. The association ‘Ni Putes Ni Soumises’ organized a demonstration for the emancipation of women. De L to R : Patrick Gonthier UNSA Education, Laurence Laigo from CFDT, unknown, Dominique Sopo, president de Sos Racisme andt Sihem Habchi presidente de Ni putes Ni soumises.