# Fadhila Chitour

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| name         = Fadhila Chitour
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| office       = President of [Amnesty International](/source/Amnesty_International) Algeria
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| birth_date   = 2 March 1942
| birth_place  = [Blida](/source/Blida)
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| birth_name   = Fadhila Boumendjel
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| alma_mater   = [University of Algiers](/source/University_of_Algiers)
| occupation   = Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Algiers and [human rights activist](/source/human_rights_activist)
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'''Fadhila Boumendjel-Chitour''' (born 2 March 1942, in [Blida](/source/Blida)) is a professor at the [Faculty of Medicine of Algiers](/source/Faculty_of_Medicine_of_Algiers) and an Algerian [human rights activist](/source/human_rights_activist). She is the former head of the CHU Bab El Oued ([Algiers](/source/Algiers)). Born into a revolutionary family, Bowmanel-Chitour is the daughter of [Ahmed Boumendjel](/source/Ahmed_Boumendjel) and the niece of [Ali Boumendjel](/source/Ali_Boumendjel).

==Biography==
Boumendjel studied at [Jules Ferry](/source/Jules_Ferry) High School in [Paris](/source/Paris), where her father was a lawyer. She studied Latin in secondary school and college, while being determined to become a doctor. She has said, "Of course, philosophy was my crazy love. But I felt that I needed to be able to concretely and effectively contribute to build my country. I had to put myself at the service of others, hence the choice of medicine: a choice that I do not regret, since I had a passion for this job."<ref>{{cite web|title=Portrait d'une femme extraordinaire, au coeur de tous les combats de l'Algérie : Fadhila Boumendjel – Maghzine|url=http://www.ert.tn/maghzine/index.php?page=au-coeur-de-tous-les-combats-de-l-algerie|website=www.ert.tn|language=fr|access-date=2018-05-19|publication-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519204454/http://www.ert.tn/maghzine/index.php?page=au-coeur-de-tous-les-combats-de-l-algerie|archive-date=19 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Career ==
From 1988 to 1990, she was the president of the Medical Committee Against Torture<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.djazairess.com/fr/liberte/228188|title=Bio express|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TORTURE ET HISTOIRE – socialgerie|url=http://www.socialgerie.net/spip.php?article1347|website=www.socialgerie.net|language=fr|access-date=2018-05-19|publication-date=}}</ref> before helping to found the Algerian branch of [Amnesty International](/source/Amnesty_International),<ref>{{cite web|title=Qui sommes-nous?|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deSV2FMFLFw&feature=youtu.be|last=Amnesty International Algerie| website=[YouTube](/source/YouTube) |date=2017-04-09|access-date=2018-05-19}}</ref> which she chaired between 1991 and 1993. A [feminist](/source/feminism) activist, she founded the [Wassila Network](/source/Wassila_Network),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/culture/algerie-droits-des-femmes-les-violences-les-plus-frequentes-sont-familiales-et-conjugales-09-03-2018-2201165_3.php|title=Algérie – Droits des femmes : " les violences les plus fréquentes sont familiales et conjugales "|last=Zmirli|first=Amayas|date=2018-03-09|website=Le Point|language=fr|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref> which fights [violence against women](/source/violence_against_women) and children.<ref>[https://www.cairn.info/revue-naqd-2017-1-page-127.htm L’enfant dans le système de santé algérien]</ref> She represented Amnesty International Algeria between 2000 and 2009 and became its vice-president in 2009.<ref>[https://www.cairn.info/publications-de-Fadhila-Chitour-Boumendjel--127128.htm# Fadhila Chitour-Boumendjel]</ref>

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