Person Open DS/UK/21741 Ali; Nimco (1983); OBE; Somali-British activist and author Ali Nimco 1983 Somali-British activist and author Female (cisgender) Nimko Al Somaliland, Somalia (born)

Manchester, England (residence)

British Somali Activist | Women's Rights, UK Conservative Party, UK Women's Equality Party Black No known disability No known religious affiliation Unknown Nimko Ali OBE is a British social activist of Somali heritage. She is the co-founder and CEO of The Five Foundation, the global partnership to end female genital mutilation (FGM). Ali underwent female genital mutilation in Djibouti, and later went on to form the Daughters of Eve organization with Leyla Hussein to campaign against FGM. She released her first book in 2019 that contains 42 stories from 152 interviews that Ali collected from women across 14 countries. Later that year she co-founded The Five Foundation with Brendan Wynne, and in 2020 she co-founded the Ginsburg Women's Health Board with Mika Simmons. Awards, Honours and Legacy: In 2014, Ali and Hussein received a community/charity award at the 2014 Red Magazine Woman of the Year awards for their work with Daughters of Eve. She was named one of BBC's 100 Women during 2018. On International Women's Day 2019 it was announced that the 2019 Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy’s International Women’s Rights Award would be awarded to Ali for her "approach to ending FGM by offering holistic support to survivors of the practice". Ali was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to tackling female genital mutilation and gender inequality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimco_Ali (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSKeyte 3/27/2018 RAHAKirkbride 6/21/2022 cc8aad46-214e-40f5-ac1e-58c500018abb