Cissé Hadja Mariama Sow has been working for women’s causes for more than 50 years and advocates education and training for women to learn to defend their rights as wives and mothers. This encourages the mobilisation and sensitisation of women by the women’s associations of Guinean civil society. Its success is measured by the place held by Guinean women in the African women’s movement. The Guinean struggle under the first president appointed after independence (1958-1984) was so well conducted that Mariama served as an example to women from other African countries, especially those from francophone countries. President of the Union of Women Ulama of Guinea and the Coordinating Office of Muslim Women’s Associations of Guinea, she works tirelessly for religious participation and the creation of interreligious spaces. It is campaigning for the unification and consolidation of peace in the Mano River region. The purpose of its organisation is to promote the Muslim religion in the country, while fighting religious fanaticism.

Cissé Hadja Mariama Sow has worked extensively with youth organisations, particularly in the youth wing of the African Democratic Rally (GDR) and the National Organization of Free Trade Unions of Guinea. She was elected general secretary of the Union of Revolutionary Women of Guinea. In 1972, she was elected to the National Assembly, where she sat for 12 years. She was the first president of the West African Women’s Association (WAFA), which examines the concept of West Africa under the auspices of the Economic Community of West African States. The West (ECOWAS).

Cissé Hadja Mariama Sow has been at the forefront of the women’s movement in her country and has worked tirelessly to ensure that women in Guinea have the same rights as men.