2022 Recipient
Mariama Diallo
Dr. Mariama Diallo is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New York. Currently, Dr. Diallo is an Adjunct Professor at Hunter College (NYC) and The Montclair State University in New Jersey. Dr. Diallo has over 20 years of experience in the field of gender-based violence, including Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), Intimate Partner Violence, and Early and Forced Marriage.
Dr. Diallo provides trauma-informed individual and group therapy to survivors of gender-based violence. She has extensive experience in federal and State Advocacy for policy changes on behalf of survivors of FGM/C, which involved working closely with the U.S. House of Representatives in connection with the “Girls Protection Act” that was signed into law by President Obama in 2013.
In addition, Dr. Diallo worked closely with New York State Assembly Woman Amy Paulin in connection with State laws that protect victims of gender-based violence. Dr. Diallo conducts research studies and develops curricula and other training materials; provides expert knowledge and testifies in courts regarding FGM/C, forced marriage, and domestic violence. She facilitates leadership group training for African girls survivors or at risk of experiencing gender violence.
Dr. Diallo is the founder and Chair of the New York Coalition to End FGM/C; a member of the NYC Mayor’s Office Advisory Board on FGM/C, where she is co-chairing the subcommittee on training and education; a recipient of the Global Woman Award from P.E.A.C.E Foundation in 2022; a member of the UN working group on Girls.
Dr. Diallo was born in Guinea and started her career at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Department of Universal Values in Paris. She received her Master of Science in Social Work (MSW) from Columbia University and her DSW from Rutgers University.