'The Muslim Mother Teresa' Huffington Post Imprisonment. Mutilation. Persecution. Edna Adan Ismail endured it all - for the women of Africa.

Edna Adan Ismail retained a focus on her work as a midwife throughout becoming a politician and a leading light of the World Health Organisation as well as First Lady of Somalia. Her inspirational story is given here, co-written with Wendy Holden.