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Ghanaian-British activist (1949–2014)
Efua Dorkenoo , OBE (6 September 1949 – 18 October 2014), affectionately known as "Mama Efua",[1] Ghanaian -British campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM) who pioneered the global movement to end the practice[2] [3]
Early years
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She was born in Cape Coast , Ghana , where she attended Wesley Girls' High School .[4] London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and a research fellowship at City University London .[5] Royal Free ,[4] [1] [6]
Campaigning work
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She joined the Minority Rights Group and travelled to various parts of Africa to gather information for what was one of the earliest reports published on FGM in 1980.[1] Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development (FORWARD), a British NGO that supports women who have experienced FGM and tries to eliminate the practice.[7] [8] World Health Organization (WHO) in 1995 and was the acting director for women’s health there until 2001.[5] [9] [10] Equality Now (an international human rights organization).[5] Alice Walker , advising on and featured in the documentary film Warrior Marks (1993) made by Walker and Pratibha Parmar [11] Gloria Steinem , who wrote an introduction to Dorkenoo's 1994 book Cutting the Rose: Female Genital Mutilation .[5]
Honours and recognition
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In 1994, Dorkenoo was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire .[5] Equality Now 's international human rights award.[12] honorary senior research fellow in the School of Health Sciences at City University London , and in 2013 she was named one of the BBC 's 100 Women.[4] [13]
Dorkenoo's Cutting the Rose: Female Genital Mutilation (1994) was selected by an international jury in 2002 as one of the "Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century".[4] [8] [14]
Dorkenoo died of cancer in London at the age of 65 on 18 October 2014,[15] [9]
Selected publications
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Cutting The Rose: Female Genital Mutilation the Practice and its Prevention (Minority Rights Group, 1994).
Report of the First Study Conference of Genital Mutilation of Girls in Europe/ Western World (1993)
Child Protection and Female Genital Mutilation: Advice for Health, Education, and Social Work Profession (1992)
Female Genital Mutilation: Proposals for Change (with Scilla Elworthy) (1992)
Tradition! Tradition: A symbolic story on female genital mutilation (1992)
As Stella Efua Graham with Scilla McLean (eds), Female Circumcision, Excision, and Infibulation (Minority Rights Group Report 47, 1980)
References
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^ Alexandra Topping, "Efua Dorkenoo OBE, the ‘incredible African female warrior’, has died" , The Guardian , 20 October 2014.
^ "Efua Dorkenoo remembered: 'My mother, mentor and wisdom'" , BBC World News, 27 October 2014.
^ a b c d Leyla Hussein , "Efua Dorkenoo obituary" , The Guardian , 22 October 2014.
^ a b c d e Jane Kramer, "Postscript: Efua Dorkenoo, 1949-2014" , The New Yorker , 23 October 2014.
^ Emma Batha, "Anti-FGM campaigners mourn death of pioneer Efua Dorkenoo" , Reuters, 20 October 2014.
^ "About Us" , FORWARD.
^ a b "Efua Dorkenoo" Archived 2015-03-04 at the Wayback Machine , Equality Now.
^ a b Douglas Martin, "Efua Dorkenoo, Who Campaigned Against Genital Cutting, Dies at 65" , The New York Times , 27 october 2014.
^ Ella Alexander, "Efua Dorkenoo dead: Influential FGM women’s rights campaigner dies, aged 65" , The Independent , 20 October 2014.
^ Tobe Levin, "Founder of FORWARD: Efua Dorkenoo" , Our Bodies Ourselves.
^ "Remembering our friend and colleague, Efua Dorkenoo" , Culture of Peace News Network (CPNN), 28 October 2014.
^ "100 Women: Who took part?" , BBC World News, 22 November 2013.
^ "Africa's 100 best books of the 20th Century" , Africa Studies Centre Leiden.
^ Emily Langer (23 October 2014). "Efua Dorkenoo, who fought female genital mutilation, dies at 65" . Washington Post .
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