Asha hagi biography

Elmi was born in 1962 in Somalia.
Asha Haji Elmi is a Somali politician and peace activist.
Asha Hagi (ur.

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The Prize for African Peace goes to a group or individual who has selflessly devoted themselves to bring about peace in their community and one that significantly impacts the lives of the people for a better future.

The acts of heroism of such a person celebrated on a global platform, lends to all Africans the hope that through mentorship, we can live in harmony with each other to bring about African Unity amongst ourselves.

This year's recipient, Asha Hagi has dedicated her life to gaining a better and more peaceful future for her war-torn country, Somalia.

At great personal risk, she has fought for women to have a voice in the decisions that affect them. She has mobilized women in the cause of peace across clan and political divides and continues to play a vital role in mediating across warring clans in the on-going peace process.

Women in Somalia are in a much stronger position today because of her courage, persistence and compassion.

Born in 1962, Asha Hagi graduated in economics from Somalia National University and holds a Master's degree in Business Administration

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Asha Hagi

Asha Hagi (ur. 1962 w Galguduud) – somalijskafeministka i pacyfistka, zaangażowana w działania na rzecz pokoju i praw kobiet. Prowadzi m.in. kampanię przeciw obrzezaniu kobiet.

Ukończyła ekonomię na Narodowym Uniwersytecie Somalii. Po wybuchu wojny domowej w Somalii założyła w 1992 roku organizację Save Somali Women and Children (Ratujcie Kobiety i Dzieci Somalii), wspierającą kobiety w dążeniu do przełamania marginalizacji, biedy i przemocy. W roku 2000 zainicjowała powstanie organizacji Szósty Klan, zrzeszającej kobiety z pięciu tradycyjnych klanów i z różnych ugrupowań politycznych. Szósty Klan skutecznie domagał się włączenia kobiet w rokowania pokojowe i zagwarantowania im 12% parytetu w Tymczasowym Parlamencie Federalnym i 30% parytetu w organach władzy regionalnej i samorządowej.

Od czasu interwencji wojsk etiopskich w Somalii Asha Hagi przebywa na emigracji politycznej w Nairobi.

W roku 2008 otrzymała nagrodę Right Livelihood – „za olbrzymią odwagę, z jaką przewodzi udziałowi kobiet w procesie budowy pokoju i pojednania w zniszczonym przez wojnę k

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Born in 1953 in Kerala, a state in southern India, Amma is today a humanitarian and spiritual figure of international stature. From an early age, animated by an immense love for humanity, Amma comes to the aid of all the suffering people she meets. She brings them food, care and clothing and begins to hug them to console them. This gesture, this maternal embrace called Darshan, she has never stopped implementing. She has hugged more than 36 million people around the world to date. She also spreads her message of love and tolerance all over the planet during major world tours.
Finally, the NGO she founded, Embracing the World, has grown enormously through a network of charities: orphanages, dispensaries, hospitals, social services, schools, training centers, micro-credit programs, ecological projects… As a specialist in emergency relief, ETW has the status of consultant within the UN.
So, for all she has accomplished, Amma has received numerous awards, most notably the Gandhi-King Prize for Nonviolence in 2002.