See Costa e Silva, 1989c, op. Long negotiations between the different political actors within the framework of an inter-Togolese dialogue, from 21 April to 6 July 2006, led to the signing of the Comprehensive Political Agreement (Accord politique global) and the organization of the anticipated legislative elections in 2007, from which three main parties in the Togolese Parliament emerged. All rights reserved. They carry out several activities on the field to raise the population’s awareness of issues related to women’s rights, reproductive health, access of girls to education and political participation, to cite a few. Watch Queue Queue. [1’]. Founder of CSFi Europe and CSFiAfr Togo. But politics is not her only crusade. Francisca Patterson) - s/d, Conselho paroquial da Catedral de Porto Novo constituído exclusivamente de “brasileiros". Efforts have been made to achieve this so that Togo would not relive the psychosis of the past right after the electoral processes. He put this poor performance down to the color of his skin and his foreign surname.9. Notable alumni. 2016 Composer entre la famille et le marché à Madagascar, Afrique contemporaine, 259: 23–39; DOI: 10.3917/afco.259.0023. Seven candidates, including one woman, are therefore part of the electorate, each trying to convince the population to choose him/her. | Chief Coordinator of both. Unlike other “Brazilians,” who had trouble keeping up with the competition and all the transformations introduced under French colonial rule, the De Medeiros were quick to learn how to conduct their affairs in this period of upheaval. [Google Scholar] Rite D'almeida is on Facebook. There are side tables arranged alongside armchairs similar to the one that can be seen in the foreground. www.liberta-togo.com During the six years the British were in Togo they instituted welcomed economic measures such as the suspension of the collection of all direct taxes and trading license fees. We hope that the candidate elected will back up his or her words in actions and create the necessary conditions for women’s access to a better life. Today, at 51 years old, Brigitte Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson, who will represent the CDPA during the 4 March elections, is the first women to run for the highest office of her country. Francisca Patterson) - c. 1920, Terms of Use These are the origins of the Ague branch of the De Medeiros family, which is fully integrated into the rest of the family, something that is not the case of all the Aguda families. Soc. This is indeed the deeply felt wish of the Togolese population. Djibril se plaignant de maux de ventre, Danialou lui propose un remède aux plantes pour calmer la douleur. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. It began on 21 August 2009, with the set-up of the Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante (CENI, National Independent Electoral Commission). “Today is a memorable day in the history of our country, Togo. He organized a big reception for the colony’s governor on his visit to Ouidah in 1895 and encouraged the “Brazilian” community to express their support for the French administration publicly. It is bordered on the west by Ghana (877 km), the east by Benin (644 km), the north by Burkina Faso (126 km) and to the south with a 50-km long coastal strip: the Gulf of Guinea. With a demographic growth rate estimated as 1.7 per year, it has approximately 5,155,000 inhabitants, with an average density of 61 people per km². Elle a auparavant été élue Miss Togo France Europe en 2015 [1].. Biographie. Zool. Okojie, of Economics and Statistics, University of Benin, Benin City Le Phénomène de Trafic: Modèles, Tendances, Expériences et Réponses au Togo. Bennoît d’Assumption, née Amorim (álbum de família da Sra. This black-and-white enlargement, measuring 40cm x 50cm, was taken in Paris in the 1920s, yet it is in a perfect state of conservation, which is indicative of its high quality. What is the situation of women’s rights in Togo just before these elections? Chief coordinator of a 60 person camp for the creation of 20 radio programs, diffused in the Francophone world. Bonfim Bourian – the Burrinha of Benin, Chacha VIII – Enthronement Ceremony in Ouidah, Chacha VIII – Introduction to the King of Dahomey. However, despite their limited resources, the defenders and organizers of women's rights in the country have succeeded in the following worthy activities: the gradual social recognition of the law of succession of women in case of death of their spouse; obligatory schooling until the age of 15 for boys and girls: In 2006, during the Inter-Tologese Dialogue, the two women’s organizations representing civil society organizations were success in bringing together the political parties signatory to the Comprehensive Political Agreement, committing themselves in writing to “ to be open towards ensuring the fair representation of women in the electoral processes and in the socio-political life” [3]. She became the Rapporteure générale of the Temporary Office of the National Sovereign Conference in August 1991, and gained the sympathy its President, Archbishop Philippe Fanoko Kpodzro, who was very adamant about protocol. The research was coordinated and the report written by Professor Christiana E.E. In the reception area, the entrance to which is on the right, with the windows to the left, both outside the frame, there is a rug covering the floor where the seating is arranged around a coffee table. For a long time, Kafui has been active in civil society. 2èmeJournées Médicales et Pharmaceutiques de Ouagadougou (BF); livre des résumés; 2005. p. 10. Francisca Patterson) - c. 1930, Sra. Francisca is depicted in a way that is completely at odds with how African women tended to be represented: she is wearing a dress, not a pagne; her hair has been straightened and it is not plaited or wrapped in cloths, as was the custom in Africa; and she is bare-headed because she is at home. The photographs of Leopold and Cesário and the one of Cândida with her husband and daughter were certainly taken in France, probably in the early twentieth century. Since then, the country has been ruled by five Presidents: Sylvanus Olympio, the father of independence and the first President of Togo, [1] from 1960 to 1963, the year of his assassination; Nicolas Grunisky, 1963 to 1967, overthrown following a military coup; Général Gnassingbé Eyadéma, 1967–2005, who died in power. http://www.assemblee-nationale.tg/spip.php?article66, http://wildaf-ao.org/fr/spip.php?article48, http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20100205144214/, http://www.apanews.net/public/spip.php?article115268, http://www.icilome.com/nouvelles/news.asp?id=3&idnews=14228&f. Measures to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings in Benin, Nigeria and Togo, Final Report – Nigeria. Simone de Souza. Sitting in Togo’s Parliament were the Union des Forces du Changement (UFC, Union of Forces for Change, with 27 seats) and the Comité d’Action pour le Renouveau (CAR, Action Committee for Renewal, with four seats), in the opposite, and the winning party, Rassemblement du Peuple Togolais (RPT, Rally of the Togolese People, with 50 out of 81 seats) [4]. Son fils ainé, Djibril Sagbohan, s’apprêtait, le lendemain, à sortir son deuxième album solo. p. 208. 0 Reviews. In 1875, the year when the photo seems to have been taken, when Cesário was around five years of age, the Aguda community was prosperous enough to cover the travel costs of a photographer. Cândida – the daughter of Francisco José and Francisca de Souza – married a mestiço from Porto-Novo called Achile Beraud, the son of a Frenchman. As a result of several negotiations under the aegis of the facilitator of the Inter-Togolese Dialogue, Blaise Campaoré, President of the Republic of Burkina Faso, the Presidential elections will be held on 4 March 2010, and under the one-round, single member constituency system. Because they have very insufficient resources to conduct activities, most of the organizations are small with low technical capacity to mobilize resources. cit. acervoaguda@gmail.com. Credits Patterson is rightly regarded one of the bastions of Aguda culture, and it is as such that she appears in photograph where she is depicted in the reception room of her house in Porto-Novo in February 1996. An inventory concerning traditional African hepatoprotective remedies has been compiled, from information published in a number of different reports. Togo has several organizations that promotion women’s rights, including around 20 working to promote the access of women to decision-making spheres, notably Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF)/Femmes, droit et développement en Afrique (FeDDAF Togo), the Groupe de réflexion et d’action (Group of Reflection and Community Action), Femme, Démocratie et Développement (GF2D, Women's Democracy and Development), the Conseil Consultatif des Femmes du Togo (CCOFT, Advisory Council of Women of Togo), the Réseau des Femmes Africaines Ministres et Parlementaires Togo (REFAMP, Network of African Women Ministers and Parliamentarians of Togo), the Association des Femmes Africaines pour la Recherche et le Développement Togo (AFARD, Association of African Women for Research and Development of Togo), Femmes de Demain (Women of Tomorrow) and Marche Mondiale des Femmes du Togo (World March of Women in Togo), among others. As there is no record of Francisca travelling to Europe with her children, it is most likely that the photograph of her with Cesário was taken in Africa. Celebration of N.S. L’équipe que dirigeait le sous-officier d’Almeida Emmanuel devait, elle, ... Nangbéto au Togo, Akossombo au Ghana, Taabo et Kossou en Côte d ... Pour la bonne cause : famille, relations, amis, parenté dont chacun peut, à loisir, avoir sa part de la jouissance de ce lieu commun. cit. The mere fact that a photograph was taken in nineteenth century Africa of a woman seated on a chair with her child on her lap is already indicative of a high standard of living and an absolutely European conception of social life and its portrayal. She is wearing a dress, not a pagne, albeit made of African cloth, and she is wearing her hair in European style, without the typical braids or head-wrap. The first African from a French colony to graduate in medicine in France was Virgílio de Medeiros, great-grandson of the Chacha, son of Leopoldo de Medeiros and Délia Olympio, of the powerful Aguda family of Ague. 90: 57-65 d'Almeida, 1939 Revisão do gênero Appias (subgên. In 1891, at a turning point in the war between the Fon kingdom and France, he apparently managed to get over 5,000 rifles plus ammunition and two canon delivered directly from Berlin to the African forces in Abomey. C abane, Lydie and T antchou, Josiane (eds) Chercher un nom parmi 7 milliards d'individus. Seven candidates are running, including the outgoing President Faure Essozimna GNASSINGBE, as the candidate of the party that has been power for over 40 years, as well as a woman candidate. The women’s organizations face many problems, especially financial, in carrying out their work. Togo will hold its Presidential elections on 4 March 2010. The De Medeiros family is one of the most aristocratic of the Aguda families in Benin, since their lineage can be traced back to a Portuguese nobleman, Francisco José de Medeiros, son of the governor of Madeira island, and his wife, Francisca Sikè Kpève, the youngest daughter of the powerful Francisco Félix de Souza, holder of the titles of Chacha and Viceroy of Dahomey in Ouidah.1. Join the conversation and stay connected with the community: Receive a regular selection of feminist analysis, resources and ways to get involved with the movements. Melissa d’Almeida, qui a été élue Miss Togo-France Europe 2013, est d’origine togolaise par son père et franco-martiniquaise par sa mère. This is explained by several factors, including general indifference of the population with respect to voting and its results, and a laxity that borders on indifference. In her opinion, Togo must exit from the crisis situation that had lasted too long in order to tackle the tasks of sustainable development. Join Facebook to connect with Rite D'almeida and others you may know. Gayibor N.L. Nominated member of the High Council of the Republic, she then became Minister of Welfare, Human Rights and National Solidarity in 1991, for three short months. This picture was reproduced in 1995 from a relatively recent enlargement of the original, touched up by the author using the techniques of the day. From 1967 to 1993, Togo has been led by General Gnassingbé Eyadéma, first under a military regime, and then following the National Sovereign Conference of 1991, which favoured the advent of a multi-party civil regime (1993–2005). Titulaire d'un baccalauréat de gestion et d'administration, Balbina d'Almeida est étudiante en 2 e année de journalisme. Kafui — which means “happiness” in Ewé — says she is serene. Since 2007, these three parties have dominated as the main actors of Togolese political life. They have now come into their own, significantly changing the intransigent view of the established patriarchal literary canon. Pascal Kossivi ADJAMAGBO (b. This paper explores the concept of homeland among Afro-Brazilians families like De Souza, Aguda, D’Almeida, Antonio, Olympio, and Baéta in Togo and South-Eastern Ghana. This pressure resulted in the undersigning of 22 commitments on 14 April 2004 by the Togolese Government following consultation with the European Union, with the aim of consolidating democracy, national reconciliation and social peace [3]. How on earth we pack everything into our France travel guide is beyond me however, pack it all in we do and if you’re looking for what we rate & what we don’t as well as Responsible Travel’s best & worst high and low lights then read on to discover France like a local, cuisses de grenouilles and all. 12: 129-152 Boisduval, 1832 They are completely consistent with the way the cultivated bourgeoisie portrayed themselves at the time. After the war, the French were in control and the De Souza family’s influence waned because of its association with the king of Abomey. Her skin is noticeably fairer than that of the African population in general, which is often the case amongst the Agudas. a law was adopted against sexual discrimination and harassment in the workplace (December 2006), and another authorizing abortion under certain conditions (in the case of rape, incest, if the life of the unborn child is threatened) [6]; trafficking of children (including young girls) was criminalized by a law passed by National Assembly in August 2005 [7]; For the first time in its history, in 2010, a women represents a political party for the Presidential elections — Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson, candidate of the Convention démocratique des peuples africains (CDPA, Democratic Convention of African Peoples), which is one of the five signatory parties to the Comprehensive Political Agreement. Au Maroc on est plus responsable. Togo's territory was eventually partitioned between the French and the British, and Lomé was located in the British zone (Marguerat 1999 : 409-432). Lomé, the political-economic capital on the coast, has the highest density, with a population of around 1 100 000 inhabitants. Your go-to source for the latest trends impacting gender justice and women’s rights around the world, Togo will hold its Presidential elections on 4 March 2010. Bordering the Gulf of Guinea, Togo is a French-speaking country, covering a surface area of 56 790 km2. Togo, a former French colony, gained its independence on 27 April 1960. République Togolaise (2006), Dialogue intertogolais - Accord Politique Global (Comprehensive Political Agreement). Our members are part of a powerful base of feminist, women’s rights and gender justice defenders, activists and allies, connecting, exchanging, learning and acting together for transformative change. To date, Togo has had approximately 70 political parties classified into three large “families”: the party in power, or the parliamentary majority; the extra-parliamentary political parties. Glutophrissa Butl.) From inside the book . “She is jovial and never gets angry", assures one of her party colleagues of CDPA. Paris: L'Harmattan. La famille de Souza du Bénin-Togo. Interviews with Francisca Berthe Djidé Patterson, née De Medeiros, and Francis d’Almeida on September 25 and February 12, 1995, and February 19, 1996, in Porto-Novo. Francisca Patterson) - s/d, Achille Berraud e Cândida (álbum de família da sra. L’UA contre toute somalisation de … The room she is in has two distinct areas: the reception area, visible in the photo, and the dining area, hidden from view behind a divider at the back of the picture on the left-hand side. She serenely climbed her party’s ranks, where she is now National Secretary, after being responsible for women’s issues, and where she has the reputation of being poised and reflective. Balbina d'Almeida, née le 1 er avril 1996, est un mannequin et reine de beauté franco-togolaise.Elle a été élue Miss Togo 2016 au Palais des Congrès de Lomé. The pictures of Francisca and her daughters are telling of their wealth and reflect in every detail the codes of representation observed by the Brazilian elites and French bourgeoisie at the time. pp 41-46, and 1994, op. This is a gamble in Togo, but it doesn’t matter. Mme. 1956) (Male) 1981 (Doctorat 3ème cycle) Déterminant non-communicatif et systèmes differentiels [Skew determinant and differential systems], Université de Paris 6 (France); Advisor: Jean Vaillant. She inherited from her aunt Cândida the largest bakery of Porto-Novo and one of the city’s finest buildings, with the living quarters on the upper floor and the bakery on the ground floor, which continued to operate until the end of the twentieth century. View Ayi Johannès Félix Laurier d'ALMEIDA’S profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. In addition to heavy and structural constraints to the economy, there is the negative impact of a deep and long socio-political crisis stemming from the particularly difficult democratic transition. He married the youngest daughter of Francisco Félix de Souza, Francisca “Sikè Kpèvi”, with whom he had three children: Leopoldo (1863), Cândida (1865), and Cesário (1867).6. This is a list of notable persons who have had ties to Panthéon-Assas University.. 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Since 1994 TFI missionary in 12 different countries on three continents. “I am an indulgent mother. 2015 BRIDGESTONE OTR Tires Training, Lomé (TOGO) - Fleets Management - Technics of OTR fleets aproach - Audit : • Reorganization of the workspace and the methods quality However, a different branch of the family took Behanzan’s side. Nevertheless, for the future of women’s rights, it is important to point out that all the candidates have included in their election campaigns the improvement of living conditions and the promotion of women’s rights. Agé de 67 ans, Valère Somé nous a quitté alors qu’il était hospitalisé en France pour des soins. Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin Novit. Agossou J, Adedemy JD, D'almeida-Hounnou M. Evaluation de la prise en charge des urgences néonatales dans le service de Pédiatrie du Centre Hospitalier Départemental et Universitaire de Parakou (Bénin). This group includes descendants of original returnees and others who were adopted into the group. Mme. Francisca Patterson) - s/d, Cândida de Medeiros com seu esposo Achilles Beraud e a filha Clotilde (álbum de família da sra. Ayi Johannès Félix Laurier has 23 jobs listed on their profile. 177-191. Seven candidates are running, including one woman, Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson, the first in the history of the country. Officially regarded as one of the advisors of Mr. Coly, the French resident commissioner at the time, he became a kind of spokesman, representing the interests of the Africans to the colonial authorities and vice-versa.8, However, the De Medeiros, like most of the “Brazilians,” lost much of their trading advantages as the French in Porto-Novo gradually organized what soon became the colony of Dahomey. Au Togo, on a moins de chance de côtoyer des étudiants d’autres nationalités et on gagne moins en maturité parce que la famille est toujours prête à nous venir en aide en cas de besoin.