May 07 2010
Africa Rising: The Grassroots Movement to End Female Genital Mutilation is a short film about the grassroots movement in Africa working to end the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Meanwhile, blogger Andrew Sullivan, among others, is horrified to learn that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has endorsed a ‘kinder gentler’ form of FGM: [...]
Apr 09 2010
The Daily Beast has kindly provided Edna with a photo of herself with Hillary Clinton. Edna missed getting a photo of the encounter, herself, but happily somebody else did. The two go way back. I had a longish chat about FGM [Female Genital Mutilation] with Hilary Clinton and reminded her of our first meeting in [...]
Mar 26 2010
Edna Adan has shared some photos from the recent Women in the World Summit in New York City. Here are four of the best of what was taken. There are many (many!) more photos in the Edna Hospital Photo Gallery.
Mar 13 2010
Lynn Sherr has published a new article profiling Edna Adan at the Daily Beast. “The biggest gift I want to leave behind is not a building, but the skills I leave with the women. I want to train 1,000 midwives.” Her progress so far is astounding. Since the hospital opened, they have delivered more than [...]
Feb 05 2010
February 6 is the International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and a panel was convened by Nicholas Kristof at the conference last week in Davos, Switzerland to discuss the issue: An estimated 120 to 140 million women have been subject to this harmful and dangerous practice and 3 million girls continue to be at risk [...]
Dec 13 2009
Edna Adan was at the University of Pretoria this past Thursday to accept the Chancellor’s Medal for her outstanding contribution to humanity, and particularly with regard to helping the under-privileged people of Somaliland to realize their right to health. Here is the original article by Saeed Mohamed Dr. Edna Adan spoke at the university’s graduation [...]
Apr 15 2009
Iraqi Kurdish four-year-old Shwen screams during her circumcision in Suleimaniyah on April 14, 2009. The parliament in Iraq’s northern autonomous region of Kurdistan is preparing to outlaw female circumcision, according to a woman MP and a doctor who had long battled to halt the widespread practice. The German non-government group Wadi carried out research in [...]
Sep 27 2008
Edna Adan has published a new article which summarizes the health issues facing women and infants in Somaliland. Here are a few excerpts: My theory is that women in Somaliland die because of ignorance on their part and on the part of those assisting them. Poverty is a strong factor that prevents women from seeking [...]
Feb 19 2002
This report appeared previously on the main web site and has been transferred here Reported by Jennie Goutet, HOPE worldwide The first regional consultative seminar on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was held for the countries of the Horn of Africa February 19-21, 2002. Seminar attendees gathered from Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somaliland and Somalia (Bosaso, Mogadishu) to [...]