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Birth Name:

Efua Dorkenoo

Female

Birth Date:

Tue, Sep 06, 1949

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Cape Coast, Central, Ghana

Age:

75

Zodiac Sign:

Virgo

Astrology Data:

Sun

13°

Vir

33'

About Efua Dorkenoo

Efua Dorkenoo, OBE (6 September 1949 – 18 October 2014), affectionately known as "Mama Efua", was a Ghanaian-British campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM) who pioneered the global movement to end the practice and worked internationally for more than 30 years to see the campaign "move from a problem lacking in recognition to a key issue for governments around the world."

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Equality Now home page

• African Review of Books on "Cutting the Rose"

• FORWARD home page

• Efua Dorkenoo and others addressing the issue at the Scottish Parliament in 2004

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Efua Dorkenoo: Sun 13 Virgo, Moon 3 Pisces, Mercury 10 Libra, Venus 20 Libra, Mars 29 Cancer, Jupiter 22 Capricorn, Saturn 10 Virgo, Uranus 4 Cancer, Neptune 13 Libra, Pluto 17 Leo, Mercury Conjunct Neptune, Sun Semi Square Mars, Sun Conjunct Saturn, Sun Semi Sextile Neptune, Mercury Semi Sextile Saturn, Venus Square Jupiter, Venus Conjunct Neptune, Venus Sextile Pluto, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Uranus Semi Square Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Efua Dorkenoo: 2014 deaths, People from Cape Coast, 1949 births, Deaths from cancer in England, Officers of the Order of the British Empire, September 6 births, BBC 100 Women, Activists against female genital mutilation, Ghanaian emigrants to England, Ghanaian feminists, Ghanaian health activists, Ghanaian womens rights activists