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FGM breaches all human rights and has no place in any 21st century society.
Waris Dirie
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Waris Dirie
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 21
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Mama tied a blindfold over my eyes. The next thing I felt my flesh was being cut away. I heard the blade sawing back and forth through my skin. The pain between my legs was so intense I wished I would die.
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Personal style? I don't really believe in that. Whatever is comfortable.
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We need to empower women: provide them with work for their own income, and teach them to become independent of men so they will never have to have their children suffering the same torture.
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Because women and girls are not valued equally as human beings, they are treated as less than such. Female genital mutilation is one example of this that has to be stopped.
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My mother named me after a miracle of nature: Waris means desert flower. The desert flower blooms in a barren environment where few living things can survive.
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I don't know what a supermodel is. If they call me that, I might have to punch them. It's just so vain and so unreal.
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I belong nowhere and to no one.
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I love the truth. Tell the truth and live the truth, because we've seen enough lies and look what it's doing.
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Every day, women move mountains. It is an insult to have an international women's day.
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I know what I am fighting for. I am fighting for the most basic rights of innocent children. And that is why I never take the criticism too deep under my skin.
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Somalia is facing many problems, I don't even know where to start.
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My family is and will always stay the most important to me.
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Fashion is fun, ridiculously fun. But it's base and it's wrong. You're not doing anything good for the world. You're just saying, 'Buy it, buy it, buy it.
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I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or disappointed. If anything, I am very grateful for where I come from. I have absolutely no regrets.
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Laws are important. But they can only be effective if the people know about the particular laws.
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I am strong, determined, impulsive, happy, and emotional.
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Don’t do to your daughters what has been done to you! They are perfect and beautiful.
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I've never been one to stay still. I was born a nomad, and I still am a nomad and always will be.
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I always knew, from the very day of my own mutilation, that I would one day fight against this practice. I did not know how and when, but I knew that I would fight it.
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In the current situation, it is very difficult for foreign NGOs to work in Somalia because it is so unstable and dangerous. I really hope that my country will one day rise out of this mess and reach the potential it has.
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