Nimco Ali
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Nimco Ali is a prominent activist known for her powerful campaigns against violence towards women and girls. This interview highlights her ability to engage with political leaders while maintaining her principles, showcasing her as a dynamic force for social change.
“As somebody that has kind of fought my way in order to have a voice and actually really believes in integrity and also democracy is something that I've worked for and it's something that the Home Secretary when she said that she was going to do a violence against women and girls strategy came to me with and then I said I would be more tha…”
“It's actually quite embarrassing that no senior government person has actually stood out like the Canadians have and said that the right to an abortion is a fundamental human right.”
“You know what, at the time, and I think this is one of the things that's been quite successful for him as a campaigner, is the fact that I wasn't seeing him in his political kind of element. I was seeing him as somebody that was going to go into power and be able to kind of make change. I wasn't really actually expecting him to win.”
“No, no, no, no, no. I've just read the Constitution of this country, the sum I written, Constitution of this country. And the whole, I think the thing that people don't necessarily understand about me is the fact that I am a product of civil war, so I know how when you don't respect the due process of a country, things can actually kind o…”
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson — The Nimco Ali One
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