ST. GALLEN, Switzerland (Reuters) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) is still occurring because the world is turning a blind eye to a crime against children, Waris Dirie, the Somali nomad turned ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Supermodel turned campaigner against female genital mutilation Waris Dirie said on Thursday she was optimistic that FGM could be eradicated in her lifetime, ...

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Waris Dirie was born into a nomad family and she was subjected to FGM at the age of 5. In 1997, she shared her experience to the world and was appointed as the Special Ambassador to the UN for the ...

Girl in the Meadow celebrates IWD by honouring Waris Dirie, a Somali model who campaigns against FGM. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to ...

This year the Women of the Year Campaigning Award goes to campaigner and former supermodel, Waris Dirie. She talks to Anita Anand about her own experiences and the Desert Flower Foundation she started ...

National Geographic Entertainment has acquired the film “Desert Flower” for U.S. distribution and plans an early 2011 release. “Desert Flower,” which unspooled at the Venice Film Festival last year, ...

Dirie brands female genital mutilation "a cruel and perfidious war on little girls". LONDON, Jan 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Supermodel turned campaigner against female genital mutilation Waris ...