Fartuun Adan Net Worth

Background and career

Fartuun Abdisalaan Adan (Somali: Fartuun Aadan, Arabic: فرتون آدن) is a Somali social activist. She is the executive director of the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre, a Mogadishu based organization that works on peace building and protecting and empowering marginalized groups. She is also the co-founder of Sister Somalia, which is Somali's first rape crisis and support program for survivors of gender-based violence.

Adan’s work has received multiple international honors, including the International Women of Courage Award from the United States Department of State in 2013, a human rights award from the German government in 2014, the Gleitsman International Activist Award from Harvard Kennedy School in 2015, the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity in 2020, and the Right Livelihood Award in 2022.