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07ANTANANARIVO102
2007-02-01 12:40:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Antananarivo
Cable title:  

INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN MADAGASCAR AND COMOROS

Tags:  PHUM KWMN PREL PINR MA CN 
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UNCLAS ANTANANARIVO 000102 

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DEPT FOR S/WE SASHA MEHRA AND GERDA LANE
DEPT FOR AF/E - MBEYZEROV

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM KWMN PREL PINR MA CN
SUBJECT: INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN MADAGASCAR AND COMOROS

REF: 06 SECSTATE 202341

UNCLAS ANTANANARIVO 000102

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DEPT FOR S/WE SASHA MEHRA AND GERDA LANE
DEPT FOR AF/E - MBEYZEROV

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM KWMN PREL PINR MA CN
SUBJECT: INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN MADAGASCAR AND COMOROS

REF: 06 SECSTATE 202341


1. Per reftel, the following is Post's recommendation of the five
most influential women in Madagascar and The Union of the Comoros.
Post officer following women's issues in both countries is Silvana
Rodriguez. She can be reached at (261) 20 22 21257, Ext 2409 or by
email at RodriguezSD@state.gov.

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MADAGASCAR
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-- Monique Andreas Esoavelomandroso, Secretary General of the
Commission for the Indian Ocean (COI) and Member of the Committee
for the Safeguard of Integrity (CSI). She is a former Minister of
Decentralization and Development of Autonomous Provinces and
Communes and a former Director General of the National Office of
Tourism. Her contact information is: (telephone) (230) 4251652 /
4259564; (fax) (230) 4252709; (email) coi7@intnet.mu; and (address)
Q4, Avenue sir Guy Forget, BP 7, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius.

-- Bakolalao Ramanandraibe, Magistrate, President of CSI, and
Director General of the National School for Magistrates and Tribunal
Clerks (ENMG). Her mobile number is: (261) 320444712. Her contact
information at CSI is: (telephone) (261) 202229170; (email)
cslcc.ptd@wanadoo.mg; and (address) Villa Analamanga pres de la
Banque Centrale Antaninarenina, BP 873, Antananarivo 101,
Madagascar. Her contact information at ENMG is: (telephone/fax)
(261) 202233712; (email) pgenmg@wanadoo.mg; and (address) 17, rue
Patrice Lumumba Tsaralalana, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar.

-- Onitiana Realy, Chief Editor of TV PLUS and political columnist.
Her contact information at TV PLUS is: (telephone) (261) 202267673 /
202238792; (mobile) (261) 320212230 / 331466167; (email)
tvplus@simicro.mg / onirealy@yahoo.fr; and (address) TV PLUS, LOT I
V W 3 D, Anosizato - EST, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar.

-- Elia Ravelomanatsoa, Founding President of Synergy
Communications, Honorary President of Madagasikarantsika political
party, and Member of Foot Cone Belding (a New York-based advertising
company). She won approximately two percent of the vote in the
December 2006 presidential election as the only female candidate.
Her contact information is (telephone) (261) 202245634; (fax) (261)
202245633; (mobile) (261) 331107734 / 331179177; and (email)
raveltosca@wanadoo.mg.

-- Hanta Rabetaliana, Regional Chief of Haute Matsiatra. Her
educational background is in environmental studies and management of
development programs. Her contact information is (telephone) (261)
207551031; (fax) (261) 207550131; (mobile) (261) 320439392; (email)
matsiatra@wanadoo.mg; and (address) Hotel de la Region,
Tsianolondroa, 301 Fianarantsoa, Madagascar.

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THE UNION OF THE COMOROS
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-- Zahara Toyb, Member of the Network of Women and Development
("Reseau Femmes et Developpement"). An active promoter of children
and women's rights, she also owns a restaurant that serves as a
local meeting place for young intellectuals and junior politicians.
Her contact information is (telephone) (269) 39194; (mobile) (269)
335554; (email) ztoyb@hotmail.com; and (address) P.O. Box 5457,
Moroni, Comoros.

-- Assoumany Chaharizadi, Diplomatic Advisor to the Ministry of
Foreign Relations and Cooperation, Responsible for the Diaspora, the
Francophonie and the Arab World. Her contact information is:
(telephone) (269) 744100 / 738281; (fax) (269) 735802; and (address)
B.P : 1017, Moroni, Comoros.

-- Siti Kassim, Minister of Agriculture, Fishing, Industry, Artisan
Artifacts and the Environment. Her contact information is:
(telephone) 269 (75) 00-02; (fax) 269 (75) 00-03; (mobile) 269 (33)
06-67; (email) kassimsiti@yahoo.fr; and (address) B.P. 29 - Moheli,
Comoros.

-- Nakchamy Nailani, Office of the Presidency. Her contact
information is: (mobile) (269) 330111 and (email) nakchamy@yahoo.fr.


-- Fatima Bacar, President of the University of Anjouan. Her
contact information is (mobile) (269) 716323 and (email)
fatimabacar01@yahoo.fr.

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