About this episode
Nimco Ali shares her journey as an FGM survivor and her advocacy work against female genital mutilation.
This week's Difficult Woman is Nimco Ali, co-founder and CEO of The Five Foundation, a global partnership working to end female genital mutilation. An FGM survivor herself, Nimco tells Rachel about her experience returning to the UK after she was cut in Djibouti at just six-years-old, where her teacher told her “this is what happens to girls like you”. Nimco was later inspired to speak out publicly against the procedure, after meeting a classroom full of girls in the UK who had undergone FGM.
People in this episode
Host: Rachel Johnson
Guest: Nimco Ali
Topics covered
- female genital mutilation
- FGM
- survivor stories
- advocacy
- women's rights
Keywords
- Nimco Ali
- FGM
- female genital mutilation
- The Five Foundation
- advocacy
- survivor
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Five Foundation
Places: Djibouti, UK
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