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Assita Kanko, the Glossary

Assita Adoua Kanko (born 14 July 1980) is a Burkinabè-born Belgian journalist, human rights activist and politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019 representing the New Flemish Alliance.^[1]

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21st-century women MEPs for Belgium
Belgian human rights activists
Belgian people of Burkinabé descent
Belgian women journalists
Belgian women's rights activists
MEPs for Belgium 2019–2024
MEPs for Belgium 2024–2029
New Flemish Alliance MEPs
Violence against women in Burkina Faso

Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.

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Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment (also the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) was the intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and the 18th centuries.

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AHA Foundation

The AHA Foundation is American nonprofit organization founded by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, its namesake.

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Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (abbreviated as AFU) are the military forces of Ukraine.

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Lady Ferguson (Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali: Ayān Ḥirsi 'Alī; born 13 November 1969) is a Somali-born, Dutch-American writer, activist and former politician. Assita Kanko and Ayaan Hirsi Ali are activists against female genital mutilation, American Enterprise Institute, Critics of multiculturalism and Victims of human rights abuses.

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Bambi (character)

Bambi is the title character in Felix Salten's 1923 novel, Bambi, a Life in the Woods, and its sequel, Bambi's Children. The character also appears in Salten's novels Perri and Fifteen Rabbits.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Border control

Border control comprises measures taken by governments to monitor and regulate the movement of people, animals, and goods across land, air, and maritime borders.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.

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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa.

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Chair (officer)

The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Citizenship

Citizenship is a membership and allegiance to a sovereign state.

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Columnist

A columnist is a person who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions.

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Councillor

A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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De Standaard

() is a Flemish daily newspaper published in Belgium by Mediahuis (formerly Corelio and VUM).

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Dutch language

Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.

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Dutch-speaking electoral college

The Dutch-speaking electoral college is one of three constituencies of the European Parliament in Belgium.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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European Conservatives and Reformists

The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) is a soft Eurosceptic, anti-federalist political group of the European Parliament.

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European Parliament

The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Facebook

Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by American technology conglomerate Meta.

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Female genital mutilation

Female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision) is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva.

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Forced marriage

Forced marriage is a marriage in which one or more of the parties is married without their consent or against their will.

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Godyr Department

Godyr is a department or commune of Sanguié Province in central Burkina Faso.

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Human rights

Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,.

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Human trafficking

Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation.

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Illegal immigration

Illegal immigration is the migration of people into a country in violation of that country's immigration laws, or the continuous residence in a country without the legal right to.

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Instagram

Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms.

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Ixelles

italic (French) or italic (Dutch) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.

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Journalism

Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree of accuracy.

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Member of the European Parliament

A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.

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Multiculturalism

The term multiculturalism has a range of meanings within the contexts of sociology, political philosophy, and colloquial use.

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Multilateralism

In international relations, multilateralism refers to an alliance of multiple countries pursuing a common goal.

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Municipal council

A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Neutral country

A neutral country is a state that is neutral towards belligerents in a specific war or holds itself as permanently neutral in all future conflicts (including avoiding entering into military alliances such as NATO, CSTO or the SCO).

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New Flemish Alliance

The New Flemish Alliance (Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie,, N-VA) is a Flemish nationalist, conservative and Eurosceptic political party in Belgium.

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Norbert Zongo

Norbert Zongo (31 July 1949 – 13 December 1998), also known under the pen name of Henri Segbo or H.S., was a Burkinabé investigative journalist who managed the newspaper L'Indépendant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

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Politico

Politico (stylized in all caps), known originally as The Politico, is an American political digital newspaper company.

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Reformist Movement

The Reformist Movement (Mouvement Réformateur,, MR) is a liberal French-speaking political party in Belgium.

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Republic of Upper Volta

The Republic of Upper Volta (République de Haute-Volta) was a landlocked West African country established on 11 December 1958 as a self-governing state within the French Community.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014.

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Social norms are shared standards of acceptable behavior by groups.

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Sustainable Development Goals

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations members in 2015, created 17 world Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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The Parliament Magazine

The Parliament Magazine is a monthly EU politics, policy and culture magazine.

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Theo Francken

Theo Francken (born 7 February 1978) is a Belgian politician who has been a member of the Chamber of Representatives since 2010.

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Twitter

X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, is a social networking service.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Ukraine–European Union relations

International relations between the European Union (EU) and Ukraine are shaped through the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA).

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is the president of Russia.

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Western culture

Western culture, also known as Western civilization, European civilization, Occidental culture, or Western society, includes the diverse heritages of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems, artifacts and technologies of the Western world.

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Wikimedia Commons, or simply Commons, is a wiki-based media repository of free-to-use images, sounds, videos and other media.

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Women in government

In many countries, women have been underrepresented in the government and different institutions.

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Women's rights

Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide.

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2019 European Parliament election in Belgium

An election was held on 26 May 2019 in the three Belgian constituencies (the Dutch-speaking electoral college, the French-speaking electoral college and the German-speaking electoral college) to elect the Belgian delegation to the European Parliament.

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2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel

On 7 October 2023, Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups launched coordinated armed incursions from the Gaza Strip into the Gaza Envelope of southern Israel, the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assita_Kanko

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See also

21st-century women MEPs for Belgium

Belgian human rights activists

Belgian people of Burkinabé descent

Belgian women journalists

Belgian women's rights activists

MEPs for Belgium 2019–2024

MEPs for Belgium 2024–2029

New Flemish Alliance MEPs

Violence against women in Burkina Faso

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