The Trailblzaer Award named Waris Dirie as one of their 50 award nominees. The Afri50 Trailblazer Awards will take place on May 1, 2023, in Johannesburg, South Africa, coinciding with Workers Day. The event will recognize 50 African trailblazers who have made a significant impact in their respective fields. These figurs are leaders in the […]
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Waris Dirie is featured as one of the “11 Inspiring Women Around the World You Should Know About” by Evie. Evie Magazine Evie is an online magazine born in 2019 to celebrate women with the mission to empower, educate, and entertain young women. Its publication covers interesting and important subjects for young women to help
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The CAMERA WORK Virtual Gallery presents the Beauty of Women IV Exhibition, and portrait of Waris Dirie is part of the exhibition. The exhibition presents 45 works by more than 20 artists from 1949 to 2018. Beauty is not only defined by idealized imgaes. In “Female Beauty IV,” Yousuf Karsh’s portrait of Mother Teresa and
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The collaboration between Waris Dirie and HEIMAT to launch a women’s private fitness club is a perfect reflection of her mission to empower women. Waris Dirie is an inspiring woman who is known as a supermodel, bestselling author, and a human rights activist. With her strength and sense of aesthetics, she embodies female empowerment at
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Did you know that at least 200 million girls and women have undergone Female Genital Mutilation or FGM? FGM is included in the UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 Gender Equality. The practice of FGM is decreasing but still has a high prevalence in Northern Africa, Eastern Africa, and West Africa. COVID-19 may also affect the
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1 million schoolbooks for Africa From Waris Dirie’s Facebook 2019.11.12 In Africa, only one out of 30 schoolchildren owns a schoolbook. Many pupils can neither read nor write even after four years of school attendance due to the severe lack of school supplies. 42% of the African population are still illiterate – most of them
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The first Desert Flower Library will open November 28th in Sierra Leone. Education will stop Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Africa! Source from: Desert Flower Foundation
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FGM is violence that can lead to death Waris Dirie, A Human Rights Activist Who Publicized the Issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to the World Do you know what genital female mutilation is? They cut the women’s clitoris. They cut the women’s inner vagina and they sew the vagina lips together. That process in
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15 books that immerse you into fascinating worlds Stern 2019.08.15. There are books that are so well written that we can not help but recommend them to everyone. They enrich the heart and mind and immerse you in new worlds. We will show you 15 of our favorite books. Books open doors to new, exciting
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A supermodel who became an activist Waris Dirie, A Human Rights Activist Who Publicized the Issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to the World (Interviewer) So you became a model and you decide to become a human activist to fight against FGM, and you revealed your experience with FGM, so why did you decide to
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