Mariam Dahir is a doctor and health system specialist who is passionate about gender equality, sexual and reproductive health, and human rights. Warning: This post deals with FGM and might be distressing for some readers.
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Mother, expat, feminist and wanna-be writer are some of the ways I would describe myself. I have worked for the United Nations for the last five years, most recently in Beirut where I worked on advancing gender equality and women’s rights in the Arab region. On the 4th of August 2020, my two year old son Isaac was killed in the Beirut explosion, the biggest non-nuclear explosion in history. I was pregnant at the time and have since returned to Australia with my husband, where I gave birth to my second son Ethan. This piece was originally published here.
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Amna is a journalist and researcher from Pakistan, currently living in Sydney. She is a recent
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Safaath Ahmed Zahir is a leading women's rights activist in the Maldives. She founded the non-profit organization Women and Democracy to help promote gender diversity in workplaces across the country. She received the Queen's Young Leaders Award at Buckingham Palace for taking the lead in transforming the lives of others and making a lasting difference in her community.
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