Bouchra Chetouani
Bouchra Chetouani was a Moroccan woman human rights defender and cherished member of GCHR’s network. Chetouani, a presenter at Radio Joussour, was also educational coordinator at Association ANIR d’Aide aux Enfants en Situation Difficile (Aid to Children in Difficult Situations) and National Coordinator and founding member of Groupe des Jeunes Femmes pour la Démocratie (Group of Young Women for Democracy). In September 2022, she was an active participant in the MENA Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) Forum, organised by GCHR with the Innovation for Change (I4C) Network – Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In April 2023, she participated in the United Nations Consultation that GCHR organised between 27 human rights defenders and several UN experts. On 11 January 2024, she passed away during a surgery for a brain tumour, after fighting cancer for three years. She is remembered as a “friendly, educated, kind, affectionate friend” who “was strong, and her smile was permanent.”
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- Name Bouchra Chetouani
- Country : MENA
- Gender Female
- Profession NGO Staff Woman human rights defender Violations
- Status Deceased
