Fatou Sow (born 1941) is a Senegalese feminist sociologist specialising in sociology of gender.

After Senegal gained independence in 1960, Sow was one of the first women to attend a university in the country.

In the late 1980, she created the programme for Gender Education of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa.

[1] She is the head of the Gender Laboratory of the Dakar-based Fundamental Institute of Black Africa.

[3][4] Besides her researching career, Sow is a coordinator of the Femmes sous lois musulmanes (Women under Muslim law) network for West Africa[1] and of the Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era, an organisation that works with international institutions.