Following text in EN & DE For current topic in Germany - female circumcision Zum aktuellem Thema in Deutschland – Frauenbeschneidung Filmtipp: Wüstenblume https://youtube/watch?v=7siKLyzMZQg Waris Dirie (born in 1965) is a Somali model, author, actress and social activist. From 1997 to 2003, she served as a UN Special Ambassador. In 1997, Waris abandoned her modeling career to focus on her work against FGM. That same year, she was appointed the UN Special Ambassador for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation. In 2002, she founded the Desert Flower Foundation in Vienna, Austria, an organization aimed at raising awareness regarding the dangers surrounding FGM. Waris followed that in January 2009 with the establishment of the PPR Foundation for Women’s Dignity and Rights’, an organization she founded along with French tycoon François-Henri Pinault (CEO of PPR) and his wife, Hollywood actress Salma Hayek. Waris has also started the Desert Dawn Foundation, which raises money for schools and clinics in her native Somalia, and supports the Zeitz Foundation, an organization focused on sustainable development and conservation. Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waris_Dirie Waris Dirie (* 1965 in der Region von Gaalkacyo) ist ein österreichisches Model somalischer Herkunft, eine Bestseller-Autorin[2] und Menschenrechtsaktivistin im Kampf gegen Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), die Weibliche Genitalverstümmelung. Sie war von 1997 bis 2003 UN-Sonderbotschafterin gegen die Beschneidung weiblicher Genitalien. 2002 gründete sie ihre eigene Organisation, die Desert Flower Foundation. Wiki: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waris_Dirie https://youtube/watch?v=0K9e3quF1pM
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