Asma El Dareer

Asma El Dareer (born c. 1949) is a Sudanese physician known for her research in the 1980s into female genital mutilation. She was one of the first Arab women and feminist doctors to speak out publicly against the practice. Quotes I was circumcised in 1960, at the age of 11 years. I remember every detail of that operation, and that the worst part was when the wound became infected and I had to be given five injections of penicillin by the operator, a qualified nurse. If you were to stand in Khartoum’s United Nations or Abu Ginzeer Square at 7 a.m., you would see about 30% of the crowd are women on their way to work. External links Category:1949 births Category:Living people Category:Academics from Sudan Category:Women's rights activists