Waris Dirie was the first person in history to publicize to the world, the violence of FGM and saved millions of lives by taking a leading role in promoting anti-FGM campaign. She raised the issue of FGM as an international human rights agenda and assisted in passing a worldwide resolution banning its practice. General Background […]
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Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, a globally renowned development economist, has been a leader in agricultural innovation in Africa for over 30 years, bringing significant improvement to Africa’s food security, and the establishment of strategic and far reaching agricultural policies to transform agriculture into a business, and to create wealth for millions of poor farmers. Currently, he serves as the President
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Leading the Campaign to Eradicate FGM by Raising Worldwide Awareness of FGM as a Violence and Human Rights Issue Waris Dirie is the first person to draw the world’s attention to FGM as a human rights issue, because of its cruelty. In addition to causing extreme pain, this practice leads to many deaths due to
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What Peace Means to Me I’m from Somalia, a country where the longest and bloodiest civil wars of our time is going on since 1991. Somalia, it is a country plagued by drought and famine. Somalia, a country with one of the highest birth rates and one of the highest child and mother mortality
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For Africa’s Bright Future It is such a great honor to be awarded the prestigious Sunhak Peace Prize. I am grateful to the Committee members of the Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation and the thousands of nominators around the world for their confidence and recognition. I am humbled that my contributions over the years are
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The Sunhak Peace Prize was established based upon the vision of “One Family Under God,” promoted by the founders, Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, to bring peaceful future for humanity. Today, we are facing intensifying problems caused by global inequality. In this era, international effort is necessary to pave a
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