East Africa: Somali Nurse-Midwife Wins Templeton Prize for Genital Mutilation Fight

[Templeton Prize] The winner of the 2023 Templeton Prize is Dr. Edna Adan Ismail, a nurse-midwife, hospital founder, and healthcare advocate who has worked courageously to change cultural, religious, and medical norms surrounding women's health in East Africa, improving the lives of thousands of women and girls in the region and beyond. Drawing from the resources of her Muslim faith, she receives this year's award in recognition of her extraordinary efforts to harness the power of the sciences to affirm the dign