Nahid Toubia

Nahid Toubia (Arabic:ناهد طوبيا(born 1951) is a Sudanese Surgeon and women's health rights activist, specializing in research into female genital mutilation. Toubia is the co-founder and director of RAINBO, the Research, Action and Information Network for Bodily Integrity of Women.She is an associate professor at Columbia University School of Public Health. She sits on scientific and advisory committees for the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and UNDP. She is also vice-chair of the advisory committee of the Women's Rights Watch Project of Human Rights Watch. Quotes So one of the things we did very early and we still continue to do, even in a place like Sudan, is to bring forth the voice, number one, the first person who is important in this, the woman, herself, the girl who was cut. newsecuritybeat The cutting of healthy genital organs for non-medical reasons is at its essence a basic violation of girls’ and women’s right to physical integrity. UN press Currently there are fuel shortages and long daily power cuts as well as rising infections of COVID-19. Theguardian ABC news External links Category:Living people Category:Activists from Sudan Category:Women's rights activists Category:Women from Sudan