Florence Thomas

Florence Thomas
Born
Florence Marie Therèse Thomas

1943 (age 80–81)
Rouen, France
NationalityFrench
Colombian
Occupation(s)academic, journalist, feminist
Years active1967–present

Florence Thomas (born 1943) is a French-Colombian social psychologist and feminist academic. She was a co-founder of the Programa de Estudios de Género, Mujer y Desarrollo (Gender, Women and Development Studies Program) at the National University of Colombia. She is also a journalist for the newspaper El Tiempo. Thomas was honored with the Premio Nacional de Periodismo Simón Bolívar [es] (Simón Bolívar National Journalism Award) in 2005. In 2017, Thomas was decorated as a Knight in France's Legion of Honour.