Hawa Ahmed Youssouf (Somali: Xaawa Axmed Yuusuf) (born November 9, 1966) is a Djiboutian civil servant and politician.
She gained a master's degree in international relations from the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne,[1] and began working in banking in 1991.
[2] She was elected in Djibouti Region as a representative of the Union for the Presidential Majority, one of seven successful female candidates who became the first women in the National Assembly.
In August 2017, she presented a series of talks at a three-day visit to Norway on the subject after remarking earlier at a United Nations conference that while Article 333 of the Djiboutian Penal Code in the last seven years severely sanctioned perpetrators of female genital mutilation, "still some 90 percent of the 7 to 8-year old girls are exposed to this harmful tradition" in Djibouti.
[4] Youssouf has also served on international committees interested in bringing an end to political destabilization in sub-Saharan Africa.