SenePlus has published a biographical piece on Penda Mbow, past Minister of Culture of Senegal, historian, and essayist. As a leading figure discussing Islamic gender studies and women’s rights in Senegal, her writings on women wearing traditional Islamic dress, freedom of expression, and other topics have been widely discussed. Mbow spoke at the World Movement’s Ninth Global Assembly in 2018, and is included in the assembly report here.

Read the biographical sketch here.