Mariama Diallo

• Licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in New York.

• Co-Program Director of the non-residential services at Sanctuary for Families, where she supervises clinicians who are working with survivors of gender based violence, including FGM/C.

• Founder and Chair of the New York Coalition to end FGM/C.

 

Expert on FGM/C, Intimate Partner Violence, and Forced Marriage

• Provides trauma-informed individual and group therapy to survivors of FGM/C and other types of gender-based violence.

• Develops curricula, conducts community outreach and education, provides trainings to doctors, nurses, social workers, law enforcement, and teachers on the issues of FGM/C.

• Provides expert knowledge and testifies in courts on issues of FGM/C.

• Facilitates a leadership group training for African girls who are survivors of or at risk of FGM/C.

 

Education

• Doctorate in Social Work (DSW) from Rutgers University.

• Master of Science degree in Social Work from Columbia University.