Marie-Angélique Savané is a Senegalese sociologist, political activist and feminist. Spouse of the political leader Landing Savané, she had, among other things, led the journal Famille et Développement. From 1978 to 1988, she was Research Manager at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). From 1990 to 1992, she was Special Adviser to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). From 1992 to 1994, she was the Director for West and Central Africa of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). From 1994 to 1997, she was Director of the Africa Division of UNFPA. In 1981, she was a member of the secretariat of AndJëf/Mouvement Révolutionnaire pour la Démocratie Nouvelle. In 1984, she was one of the founders of the Association of African Women for Research and Development (AAWORD).