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Rashida Yousuf

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Rashida Yousuf
Minister of Women's Affairs and Social Welfare
In office
1997–2002
Personal details
NationalityMaldivian
Political partyProgressive Party of Maldives

Rashida Yousuf (sometimes Yoosuf or Yusuf; her first name is sometimes transliterated Raashida) is a Maldivian politician and diplomat.

Yousuf first served in the cabinet of the Maldives as the Minister of Youth and Sports.[1] Appointed Minister of Women's Affairs and Social Welfare in 1997, she remained in the position until 2002.[2] In that year she attempted to open up discussion in the Maldives on the subject of domestic violence, but was unsuccessful.[3] In the same year she was appointed High Commissioner of the Maldives to Sri Lanka,[4] becoming the first woman to reach such a high rank in the Maldivian diplomatic corps.[5] Yousuf was reappointed to the cabinet in 2008 by Maumoon Abdul Gayoom,[6] a move that was not without controversy and which was described in some circles as nepotism.[7] In 2011 she became Dhivehi Dhaulathuge Minister, holding that position until 2013.[2] She is a member of the Progressive Party of Maldives.[8] In 2008 she received an award from the Maldivian government for her work in the field of women's issues over the previous quarter-century.[9]

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  1. ^ "OnlineWomen: Maldives". Online Women in Politics. Archived from the original on 2018-03-31. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Maldives Ministers". www.guide2womenleaders.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  3. ^ Emma Fulu (15 August 2013). Domestic Violence in Asia: Globalization, Gender and Islam in the Maldives. Routledge. pp. 28–. ISBN 978-1-136-01416-1.
  4. ^ "Online edition of Daily News - News". archives.dailynews.lk. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Raajje: Maldives appoints first female diplomat". raajje.blogspot.com. 13 February 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  6. ^ ". Maldives official website - Maldives News Bulletin". www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Maldives Dictator appoints the old guard to senior minister posts". doreview.blogspot.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  8. ^ "PPM does not belong to anyone in particular: Maumoon". Sun.Mv Online. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  9. ^ s.c., BCS. "High Commission of the Republic of MALDIVES - "Women have an equally important role to men in ensuring that the democratic reform agenda is completed successfully", says the President". www.maldiveshighcommission.org. Retrieved 6 November 2017.