Vital Voices: Hawa Abdi

Dr. Hawa Abdi is Somalia's first female gynecologist. When the central government collapsed in 1989, Dr. Abdi's one-room clinic on her family farm began treating and housing local people fleeing the fighting. In time, the population living on her land reached 90,000 people. Dr. Abdi worked with international NGOs and her own resources to feed and house all who came to her with the caveats that first, no one could bring clan fighting into the camp, and second, no man could beat his wife. Vital Voices Global Partnership, the sponsor of this film, identifies and invests in extraordinary women leaders working in the fields of Human Rights, Economic Opportunity, and Political Participation. Dr. Abdi was honored by Vital Voices with the 2013 Fern Holland Award.

  • Directed by: Aaron Kisner
  • Written by: Aaron Kisner
  • Produced by: Cassie Hamilton
  • Edited by: Aaron Kisner

Posted: May 8
Length: 3:25

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