‘I speak for the rights of children, I speak for the rights of women, rights that I myself was denied.’ #rightofthechild #notoviolence #womensrights #stopfgm #fgm #somaliland Edna Adan @Evan_Hadfield The War Against Mutilation youtu.be/jINCHWO9Z5I via YouTube

Listening to Edna Adan at #RCOG #AfricaDay about #FGM #FemaleGenitalMutilation It is estimated this affects around 200 million women and girls. Starting the dialogue during pregnancy is essential. #WomenAndGirls #WomensHealth

Sorely miss my students in #Somaliland! #Teaching is a most rewarding job! #TeachingJobs

“This is what this site has become. From being a killing ground to a place where a group of women doctors and surgeons can come and save lives”. Edna Adan of Edna Adan Foundation tells us how she built a hospital from rubbles where Somalilanders were killed by the Siad barre regime.

Urgent! From: Edna Adan #Somaliland To: World Health Organization (WHO) & UNICEF "Dear colleagues..." #CongenitalMalformation #spinabifida #hydrocephalus

So if you're sitting around, full of turkey, thinking about how to give back this holiday season, this is the gift guide for you: nyti.ms/2DtoDzg. At a grim time, these organizations will remind you of hope and courage and give you a chance to perform miracles as well.

.Nicholas Kristof has seen Edna Adan’s work on two visits to Somaliland and been awed by what she does. “Readers, consider a gift to the Edna Adan University Hospital — and help save a woman’s life.” nyti.ms/2Y2yFRh

It’s a tremendous honor to be recognized by Nicholas Kristof & presented with the 2019 HolidayImpactPrize. This will make a HUGE difference in our ability to end preventable child & maternal death in Somaliland and beyond. #FGM #midwives #midwifery #maternalhealth #Somaliland #nurses

#Somaliland is the African miracle reducing maternal mortality day by day. Listen to Edna Adan at #Tedx #Amsterdam #Women #health #stopfgm m.youtube.com/watch?v=AjGsnD…

‘Circumcision holidays must be over. With the support of nations everywhere, fathers, parents, grandparents, we have a good chance of winning this war’ See Video nos.nl/artikel/231487… Edna Adan #aWomanOfFirsts #somaliland #activism #EndFGM #notoviolence #InspiringWomen

Edna Adan meets Malala Yousafzai ‘s parents at the #EmiratesLitFest #inspiringpeople #awomanoffirsts #somaliland #pakistan #humanrights #womensrights #EducationForAll #HealthForAll #EqualityForAll #NobelPeacePrize #NobelPrize #pioneers #EndFGM #ENDviolence #endviolenceagainstwomen

The paperback is almost here! A Woman of Firsts about the incredible Edna Adan Known as the Muslim Mother Teresa and BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week it is “The remarkable story of an extraordinary woman.” Not to be missed and soon to be a film. HQ Stories Peters Fraser+Dunlop

If you'd like to know more about Edna Adan, the midwife who changed the world, then watch this. Our book, A Woman of Firsts, is out in paperback Sept 3 @hqstories @pfdagents #somaliland #FGM @ted #womenshealth m.youtube.com/watch?feature=…

So many amazing books out today, including #AWomanofFirsts from Edna Adan Wendy Holden! Congratulations!

Happy paperback publication day to us Edna Adan! 📖🥂

Interested in Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences? Check out the Faculty at Edna Adan University #Hargeisa #Somaliland #University ⁦Edna Adan⁩ #vet #agriculture #africa #eastafrica youtube.com/watch?v=mMdPik…

Exciting!!

Today is the Day of #InternationalSolidarity with the #PalestinianPeople. November also marks one year since my friend and Arabic teacher Heba was displaced from her home in #Gaza. X seems like the last place I'd find solidarity but I gotta try gofundme.com/f/help-heba-le…