Patricia McFadden
Patricia McFadden (an haife ta a shekara ta 1952) 'yar Afirka ce mai tsattsauran ra'ayi, masaniyar ilimin zamantakewa, marubuciya, malama, kuma mawallafiya daga eSwatini.  Ita ma 'yar gwagwarmaya ce kuma ƙwararriyar da ta yi aikin yaƙi da wariyar launin fata fiye da shekaru 20.  McFadden ta yi aiki a cikin ƙungiyoyin mata na Afirka da na duniya ma. A matsayinta na marubuciya, an zalunce ta a siyasance.  Ta yi aiki a matsayin editan Binciken Mata na Kudancin Afirka da Ra'ayin Mata na Afirka.   A halin yanzu tana koyarwa, kuma tana ba da shawarwari ga al'amuran mata na duniya.  McFadden ta yi aiki a matsayin farfesa a Jami'ar Cornell, Kwalejin Spelman, Jami'ar Syracuse da Kwalejin Smith a Amurka.  Har ila yau, tana aiki a matsayin "mai ba da shawara kan mata", tana tallafa wa mata wajen samar da wuraren zama na mata masu dorewa a cikin Afirka ta Kudu.

Rayuwa ta sirri 
Ta halarci Jami'ar Botswana da Swaziland inda ta karanta harkokin siyasa da gudanarwa, tare da ilimin tattalin arziki da zamantakewa tun tana karama.  Sannan ta tafi Jami'ar Dar es Salaam don yin digiri na biyu a fannin zamantakewa.  Ta sami digiri na uku a Jami'ar Warwick da ke Burtaniya a shekarar 1987.

Sana'a 
Ta yi aiki a matsayin jami'ar shirye-shirye a Cibiyar Nazarin Siyasa ta Yankin Kudancin Afirka (SARIPS) a Zimbabwe, daga shekarun 1993 zuwa 2005.  Ta yi aiki a matsayin editan Binciken Mata na Kudancin Afirka daga shekarun 1995 zuwa 2000. Ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar kasa da kasa a Jami'ar Mata ta Duniya (IFU) daga shekarun 1998 zuwa 2000 a Hanover.  Ta kuma koyar a cikin shirin Masters in Social Policy (MPS) wanda SARIPS ke bayarwa tsawon shekaru bakwai da suka gabata. Ta kasance mataimakiyar farfesa a shirin Nazarin Jami'ar Syracuse a ƙasashen waje a Zimbabwe sannan daga baya a wurin iyaye a Syracuse New York a matsayin mamba a Sashen Nazarin Amirka da Afirka.

Aiki 
A matsayinta na marubuciya, manyan wuraren binciken hankali na McFadden sune: jima'i, lafiyar haihuwa da jima'i, da kuma ainihi, cin zarafi da zama ɗan ƙasa ga matan Afirka.  Ta gabatar da kasidu da dama a jami'o'i da tarurruka da tarurrukan karawa juna sani na duniya a kasashen Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Namibiya, Afirka ta Kudu, Ghana, Djibouti, Kenya, Uganda, Brazil, Sin, Jamus, Habasha, Birtaniya da sauransu.

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Kasidu 

 "Zama Bayan Mulkin Mallaka: Matan Afirka Suna Canza Ma'anar 'Yan Kasa" - 2005. 
 "Kalubalen HIV da AIDS: Juriya da Ba da Shawara a cikin Rayuwar Mata Baƙar fata a Kudancin Afirka" 
 "Yaki Ta hanyar Lens na Mata" 
 "Tsakanin Dutse da Wuri Mai Wuya: Matsayin Mata a cikin 'Muhawarar Afirka,' da 'Patriarchy'"
 "Sexualism and Globalization"

Littattafai 

 "Gender a Kudancin Afirka: Ra'ayin jinsi" (Sapes Books) - 1998 
 "Tunani kan Batutuwan Jinsi a Afirka" (Sapes Books) - 1999 
 "Sake Tunanin Iyali a Canjin Muhalin Kudancin Afirka" tare da Sara C. Mvududu (Cibiyar Afirka ta Kudu), 2001.

Kyauta 

 Hellman/Hammett lambar yabo ta Human Rights Watch ( Human Rights Watch ) - 1999
 Mai magana mai mahimmanci a AFEMS 2019,  a Jami'ar Witwatersrand

Manazarta 

Haifaffun 1952
Rayayyun mutane