Hajja Kashif Badri

Hajja Kashif Badri (1933–2018) was a pioneer in Sudanese feminist movements and was a political activist who worked to increase awareness of women's issues and enhance women's positions in the country.

Early life and education Hajja Kashif Badri was born and raised in Omdurman, near Khartoum and attended the Omdurman Secondary School. She went on to graduate from the University of Khartoum in 1956 and then earned an MA in history from Cairo University, Egypt. which was started with the goal of "creating a strong and effective movement to serve the family, working women, school girls, and in particular emphasis was on rural women. The main demands of the Union were focused on their social, economic and civil rights." In 1956, she founded a monthly cultural magazine called al-Qafila, but it quickly ceased publication.

Political career She was chairwoman of the Sudanese Social Welfare Council as a cabinet minister. (Her husband also held a government position as former Agriculture Minister Ali Altoam and her son, Dr. Akram Ali Altoam, became Sudan's Minister of Health, after the December Revolution, in 2019. and was a founding member of the Sudanese Red Crescent.

Selected works Badri's first name is sometimes spelled Haga. Badri, Haga K. Al-ḥarakah Al-Nisāʼīyah Fī Al-Sūdān. al-Kharṭūm: Dār Jāmiʻat al-Kharṭūm, 1984. Print. Badri, Haga K. Women's Movement in the Sudan. New Delhi: Asia News Agency, 1986. Print. Badri, Haga K. My Experience As a Female Researcher. New Delhi, 1987. Print.