# Amina Warsame (Aamina Maxamuud Warsame)

> Amina Warsame: Somali social scientist, early campaigner against FGM, former director of Nagaad.

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## Who is she?

Amina Mahmoud Warsame is a Somali social scientist ([Wikipedia, Amina Warsame](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amina_Warsame)). She holds a master's degree in human development from the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague (same source).

## Campaigning against FGM

She co-wrote *Social and Cultural Aspects of Female Circumcision and Infibulation: A Preliminary Report* (1985), and was one of the early African voices against female genital mutilation, alongside Raqiya Abdalla, Asma El Dareer, Efua Dorkenoo and Nahid Toubia ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amina_Warsame)).

## Women's groups in Hargeisa

She lived in Sweden after leaving Somalia during the civil war ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amina_Warsame)). She helped found the [Somaliland](/en/states/somaliland-1991-to-2026/) Women's Research and Action Group and served as executive director of Nagaad, a women's network in Hargeisa (same source). In 2005 she was one of the first women to stand for a seat in Somaliland's parliament (same source). Somaliland declared independence in 1991; Israel recognised it on 26 December 2025; most states and the AU regard it as part of Somalia.

## In short

A social scientist who spoke out early against FGM and later led women's organising in Hargeisa.

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