Berthe Raharijaona (1908–2003) was a lawyer in Madagascar.
She attended Jules Ferry High School and later served as honorary president of the school's alumni association. She became the first Malagasy woman to receive a degree when she was awarded a bachelor's degree in 1929.[1] She was a member of the Malagasy Young Women's Christian Union and later in life, she commissioned studies into the bible and its translation into Malagasy.[2][3]
Raharijaona was the first female lawyer to be called to the bar in Madagascar.[4] She was an honorary advocate at the Court of Appeal and also represented clients at the Supreme Court of Madagascar.[5][6]
Raharijaona was also an academic writer, writing articles for the Malagasy Academy's journal on Malagscy law and also having works published on the historical rulers of Madagascar, particularly women rulers.[7][8] She was vice-president of the Moral and Political Sciences Section of the Malagasy Academy.[5] The academy held events in 1987 to celebrate Raharijaona's 55 years in academia.[9]
Raharijaona was married to Jean and had a daughter, Suzanne, who is a sociologist working with the Malagasy Institute of Scientific Research (a local branch of the Institut de recherche pour le développement).[8] Berthe died in early 2003.[1]
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- ^ a b "Madagascar: Berthe Raharijaona décédée à 95 ans !". Afrique de l'Est. All Africa. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Combeau-Mari, Evelyne (1 August 2011). "The Protestant Mission and Youth Movements". The International Journal of the History of Sport. 28 (12): 1625–1646. doi:10.1080/09523367.2011.592756. ISSN 0952-3367. S2CID 144352989.
- ^ Lupo, Pietro (2006). Dieu dans la tradition malgache: approches comparées avec les religions africaines et le christianisme (in French). KARTHALA Editions. p. 63. ISBN 9782845866621.
- ^ "Défaitiste". La Depeche de Madagascar. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ a b Bulletin de l'Académie malgache (in French). Impr. officielle de la colonie. 1987. p. xviii.
- ^ "Madagascar, Cour suprême, Chambre administrative, 01 août 1984, 85/82-ADM". Juricaf. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Sermet, Laurent (2009). Une anthropologie juridique des droits de l'homme: les chemins de l'Océan Indien (in French). Archives contemporaines. p. 28. ISBN 9782914610926.
- ^ a b Nativel, Didier (2004). "Les héritiers de Raombana. Érudition et identité culturelle à Madagascar à l'époque coloniale (fin XIXème siècle-1960), Abstract". Revue d'Histoire des Sciences Humaines (in French). 10 (1): 59–77. doi:10.3917/rhsh.010.0059. ISSN 1622-468X. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Communication jubilaire pour les cinquante cinq ans de vie académique de Mme Berthe Raharijaona-vice président de la section des sciences morales et politiques-avocat honoraire prés la Cour d'appel". Bulletin de l'Académie Malgache. Africabib. 1987.