Khalda Zahir

Born in Omdourman in 1926, Khalda was the eldest daughter to Zahir Alsadati, the commander of the Sudanese Armed Force Battalion that took part in Palestine war in 1948. Khalda Zahir was the first female university student, first woman doctor, first chairperson of the Sudanese Women Union, first Sudanese women jailed for political reasons during colonization reign and the first women obtained an official membership in a Sudanese political party. She joined Gordon College as the first female student allowed to reach university. Khalda continued her medical study in Gordon College till she graduated in 1952 from Kitchener Medical School as the first Sudanese woman doctor. She did her postgraduate study in Slovakia and UK where she specialized in pediatrics. She upgraded in the profession scale till she became an undersecretary in the ministry of Health. Throughout her work she moved and went to all Sudan’s regions ;fully committed to her profession’s duties in disseminating awareness on woman and child health ,child rights and combating detrimental practices.