Nimco Ali

Nimco Ali
علي نيمو
Born 1982/1983 (age 31–32)
Somalia
Alma mater University of Bristol
Occupation social activist, independent training consultant
Title Co-founder and Director of Daughters of Eve
Religion Islam

Nimco Ali (Somali: Nimco Cali, Arabic: علي نيمو‎) is a Somali social activist and independent training consultant. She is a co-founder and the Director of the Daughters of Eve non-profit organization.

Personal life

Ali was born between 1982 and 1983 in Somalia. When she was four, her family moved to Manchester, England, where she was raised.[1][2]

For her post-secondary education, Ali attended the University of Bristol.[3]

Career

Ali previously worked as a civil servant. She also served as a women's rights activist and an independent training consultant for a number of years.[3]

In 2010, Ali along with psychotherapist Leyla Hussein founded Daughters of Eve.[1][4] The non-profit organization was established to help young women and girls, with a focus on providing education and raising awareness on female genital mutilation (FGM).[5] Ali underwent the procedure at age seven at a hospital in Djibouti while on vacation with her family.[1][6] She later suffered health complications and had to undergo reconstructive surgery.[7] The experience and meeting other females who had been incised inspired her to assist at risk girls and to call for the practice's eradication.[1][2]

Additionally, Ali serves as a Network Coordinator for the End FGM/C Social Change Campaign. The program is sponsored by the UK government, with a mandate to eliminate FGM. She has also written extensively on national gender rights.[3]

Awards

In 2014, Ali and Hussein received a community/charity award at the 2014 Red Magazine Woman of the Year awards for their work with Daughters of Eve.[5] They also placed sixth in the Woman's Hour Power List 2014.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Onyanga-Omara, Jane (29 July 2011). "Men 'must help stop female genital mutilation'". BBC. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Poon, Linda (5 August 2014). "Fighting Genital Cutting Of British Girls: A Survivor Speaks Out". NPR. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "6. Leyla Hussein and Nimco Ali". BBC. 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (May 2014). "Towards ending female genital mutilation". CBT Today 42 (2): 16–17. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Powell, Emma (4 September 2014). "Lauren Laverne, Sadie Frost and Olivia Inge attend the Red Woman of the Year Awards". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Bentham, Martin (18 February 2013). "Met will prosecute parents who send their girls abroad to be 'cut'". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Banneman, Lucy (13 January 2014). "'It's child abuse that has gone mainstream'". The Times. Retrieved 2 October 2014.

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