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Ujuni Ahmed (Ujuuni Axmed)
Ujuni Ahmed is a Somali-Finnish activist and writer who works with immigrant women and young people in Finland. She has directed Fenix Helsinki since 2017, presented news on Yle during COVID-19, campaigns against FGM and honour violence, and wrote the 2022 book Tytöille, jotka ajattelevat olevansa yksin, staged at the Finnish National Theatre.
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- Known as one of
- Women who led
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
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Who is she?
Ujuni Ahmed is a Somali-Finnish activist and writer whose work centres on immigrants in Finland (Wikipedia, Ujuni Ahmed). She was born in Somalia, underwent FGM at two, and moved to Finland with her family in the early 1990s at three (same source). She went to school in Helsinki and trained in practical nursing and youth counselling (same source). See Somalis in Finland.
Work
In 2017 she became director of Fenix Helsinki, which serves immigrant women and children (Wikipedia). In 2020 she worked for the broadcaster Yle as a news anchor and producer of COVID-19 content, and proposed presenting pandemic news in Somali (same source). She speaks out against FGM and honour violence, work for which the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture gave her an award (same source).
Book and awards
Her 2022 book Tytöille, jotka ajattelevat olevansa yksin ("For girls who think they are alone"), written with Elina Hirvonen, covers her school years and her work with young immigrants; she also translated it into Somali, and a play based on it was staged at the Finnish National Theatre (Wikipedia). She received the Finnish PEN freedom of speech award in 2020 and was writer in residence at the Finnish National Theatre in 2021 (same source).
In short
A Helsinki activist and author who works with immigrant girls and campaigns against FGM.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Ujuni Ahmed · en.wikipedia.org
Ujuni AhmedUjuuni Axmed
- Known as one of
- Women who led
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
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