Ahfad University for Women

Ahfad University for Women (AUW)
جامعـــة الأحفـــاد للبنـــات
Motto	Women's Education Since 1907
Type	Private
Established	1966
President	Prof. Gasim Badri
Location	Omdurman, Khartoum, Sudan
Website	www.ahfad.edu.sd

private university
Year dem found am	1966
Motto text	Women's Education Since 907
Country	Sudan
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Omdurman
Coordinate location	15°38′41″N 32°28′17″E
Member of	Association of African Universities
Dema official website	http://www.ahfad.edu.sd

Ahfad University for Women (Arabic: جامعة الأحفاد للبنات, romanized: Jāmiʻat al-Aḥfād lil-Banāt) be private women's varsity insyd Omdurman, Sudan^[1] wey dem found am insyd 1966, by Yusuf Badri, son of de Mahdist soldier Babiker Badri. De varsity begin plus 23 students den 3 teachers per. Na ebe de first Sudanese women's college.^[2] De current presido be Prof. Gasim Badri, Yusuf Badri ein son.^[3]

History

Dem found Ahfad University for Women insyd familial tradition of make dem dey educate girls insyd Sudan. After de battle of 1898 wen de Anglo-Egyptian army, Babiker Badri — a Sudanese survivor — defeat Sudanese Mahdist forces dem settle insyd de village of Rufu'a. Ebe der wey he gbele secular school for boys. Insyd 1904, he biz de British authorities for permission make dem gbele elementary school give girlies — wey he sanso believe dem need make dem be educated. Dem deny ein request twice, before na finally James Currie, de Director of de Educational Department of de British administration insyd Sudan grant am. Insyd 1907, Babiker Badri gbele ein secular school give girlies for mud hut insyd plus nine of ein own daughters along plus eight neighborhood girlies.^[4]^[5]

De Badri family carry on dis tradition of private education for three generations insyd Sudan. Babiker ein son Yusuf establish Ahfad University insyd 1966, wey e start plus 23 students den three faculty members per, wey dey include Yusuf.^[6]

Na dem grant de varsity full varsity status insyd 1995 by de Sudan National Council for Higher Education, due to ein expansion of curriculum den student body. Ebe de oldest den largest private varsity insyd Sudan to date.^[7]

For 2018 interview, British-Sudanese journalist Zeinab Badawi talk about ein great-grandfather Babiker Badri:^[8]

At that time, girls were not educated but my great-grandfather wanted to change this, and he started with his own daughters. Despite the hostility from the British authorities and the Sudanese community, he established a school for his children in his own house.

— Zeinab Badawi, “My hyphenated identity is an advantage”

Schools

School of Management Studies (formerly School of Organizational Management)
School of Health Sciences
School of Psychology and Pre-School Education
School of Rural Extension Education and Development
School of Medicine
School of Pharmacy.

Edey offer graduate programs insyd:

Human Nutrition
Gender and Development
Gender and Peace Studies
Sustainable Rural Development
Business Administration
Microfinance
Counseling and Heath Psychology
High Diploma in Teaching of English as a Foreign Language
High Diploma in Teaching of Family Sciences

References

↑ "Ahfad University for Women". Ahfad University for Women. Archived from the original on 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
↑ "History of the University". Ahfad University for Women. 2007. Archived from the original on 2021-10-04.
↑ "Prof. Gasim Badri". Ahfad University for Women. 2007.
↑ "In 1907 Sheikh Babikr Bedri, a Sudanese headmaster of a village boys’ school, petitioned the government for permission to open a school for Sudanese girls. The first class was made up of just seventeen girls, nine of whom were from Bedri's own family. The school proved a success, and in 1911 the Anglo-Egyptian government officially took control of girls’ education. Sudanese were divided over the appropriateness of girls’ education. Many believed that Islam allowed for women to be educated in order to better instruct their children, but critics were concerned that a Sudanese woman who was too educated would not willingly carry out her domestic responsibilities or submit to the demands to her husband. Nevertheless, the popularity of girls’ education grew. By the 1940s a Sudanese girl with some level of education was considered a better marriage prospect than her unschooled sisters. Source: Marie Grace Brown (2013 ) Sudan. In Natana J. DeLong-Bas (ed.) The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199764464
↑ Badri, Dr Amna E. (June 2001). "Educating African women for change". Ahfad Journal. 18 (1): 24–35. Gale A84344533 ProQuest 211125701.
↑ Abusharaf, Rogaia Mustafa (2007-01-22). Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-1941-8.
↑ "Ahfad University for Women: About Us". www.ahfad.org. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
↑ UNESCO (2018-01-24). "Zeinab Badawi : "My hyphenated identity is an advantage"". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2021-07-06.

Read further

Marie Grace Brown (2013) Sudan. Natana J. DeLong-Bas (ed.) The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199764464
Enrico Ille (2016) Political, financial and moral aspects of Sudan's private higher education. Rethinking private higher education. Ethnographic perspectives, edited by Daniele Cantini. Leiden: Brill, 98-130

[1] "Ahfad University for Women". Ahfad University for Women. Archived from the original on 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2011-09-17.

[2] "History of the University". Ahfad University for Women. 2007. Archived from the original on 2021-10-04.

[3] "Prof. Gasim Badri". Ahfad University for Women. 2007.

[4] "In 1907 Sheikh Babikr Bedri, a Sudanese headmaster of a village boys’ school, petitioned the government for permission to open a school for Sudanese girls. The first class was made up of just seventeen girls, nine of whom were from Bedri's own family. The school proved a success, and in 1911 the Anglo-Egyptian government officially took control of girls’ education. Sudanese were divided over the appropriateness of girls’ education. Many believed that Islam allowed for women to be educated in order to better instruct their children, but critics were concerned that a Sudanese woman who was too educated would not willingly carry out her domestic responsibilities or submit to the demands to her husband. Nevertheless, the popularity of girls’ education grew. By the 1940s a Sudanese girl with some level of education was considered a better marriage prospect than her unschooled sisters. Source: Marie Grace Brown (2013 ) Sudan. In Natana J. DeLong-Bas (ed.) The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199764464

[5] Badri, Dr Amna E. (June 2001). "Educating African women for change". Ahfad Journal. 18 (1): 24–35. Gale A84344533 ProQuest 211125701.

[6] Abusharaf, Rogaia Mustafa (2007-01-22). Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-1941-8.

[7] "Ahfad University for Women: About Us". www.ahfad.org. Retrieved 2016-10-18.

[8] UNESCO (2018-01-24). "Zeinab Badawi : "My hyphenated identity is an advantage"". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2021-07-06.

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