Jacaylbaro Posted April 15, 2008 Edna Adan Ismail, former Foreign Minister of Somaliland, will be interviewed as a part of Newswatch on Wednesday, April 16. Newswatch airs weekdays at 6:30 p.m. Ismail will be participating in the African Health Summit organized by the Insitute for African Child. She will be giving the keynote address "Female Genital Mutilation: Where are we after 30 years of struggle against it?" on April 18 in Bentley Hall on the campus of Ohio University. Ismail, who is a certified nurse and midwife, served as the Republic of Somaliland's Foreign Minister and Minister of Family Welfare and Social Development before beginning construction on the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital in 1998. Her goal was to improve health standards for the Somali people, whose lives have been traumatized by ongoing regional conflicts and the civil war that was the focus of the 2001 film Black Hawk Down. While in Athens, Ismail will tour O'Bleness Memorial Hospital's facilities and will meet with the Athens Birth Circle -- a community support organization for new and expectant parents. SOURCE: woub.org radio and tv Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
