Iriscepero wrote: "[I am voting for] Waris Dirie for her work concerning female genital mutilation.
The case was initially dropped after an official medical report claimed that Sohair had been treated for genital warts, and that she died from an allergic reaction to penicillin.
Last week's report by HM Inspector of Constabulary (HMIC), the police inspectorate, on the inconsistency of approach to rape allegations across different regional police forces, the recent drop in the number of prosecutions for rape and domestic violence, and the fact that there has not been a single prosecution for female genital mutilation (FGM) only add to the concern.
Some female genital mutilation involves sewing up the vagina to leave a small hole and childbirth causes considerable bleeding that requires rapid repair.
On the other were NGO workers who complained that I had failed to mention female genital mutilation and maternal mortality, in their view central features of the African sexual experience.
The same explanation sustains female genital mutilation (FGM).
A doctor will stand trial for the first time in Egypt on charges of female genital mutilation, after a 13-year-old girl died following an alleged operation in his clinic last year.
Owen Gibson Waris Dirie has done more than any other person to raise awareness about the dreadful practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), which potentially affects millions of women, principally in Africa and Asia but also increasingly in the UK and other west European countries.
It's an especially efficient form of vampirism, one with its own official beer and a mascot that invariably ends up looking like some sort of obliterated genital.
The Guardian's campaign has put female genital mutilation firmly on the political agenda, with Michael Gove, Ban Ki-Moon and Malala Yousafzai throwing their weight behind it.
On Tuesday of this week, 17-year-old Fahma Mohamed took a train from Bristol to London to meet Michael Gove to talk about female genital mutilation.
