Biography
Samia Hassan Siedahmed, a member of Sudan’s national assembly, serves on the foreign affairs committee. She has been involved in women’s organizations throughout her career. Recently elected as the first chair of the assembly’s new women’s caucus, Ms. Siedahmed also serves on the national committee of the Great Lakes Region’s women’s task force. As a member of the Arab transitional parliament, she serves on the committee on culture, women, and youth.
Ms. Siedahmed served as director of the Women Activities Center from 2003 to 2005, and as a member of the National Press Council from 2003 to 2004. From 2001 to 2005, she was a member of the assembly’s community and development committee. Ms. Siedahmed has also served as general secretary assistant for political affairs and politics secretary of the Sudanese Women’s General Union (SWGU). From 1995 to 1997, she directed the Women Training Center in Khartoum. As a student at Zagazig University in Egypt, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in science, Ms. Siedahmed was a member of the general Sudanese student union, and for two years, she was responsible for Sudanese student girls. She has also participated in numerous national and international conferences.
(1.2007)