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Nawal Nour is the Director of the African Women’s Health Center and other initiatives at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and a foremost expert in combatting female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) internationally. She has been recognized for establishing the only U.S. health facility focused on meeting both the physical and emotional needs of women who have undergone FGM/C. Dr. Nour has the ultimate objective of eradicating FGM/C and decreasing maternal mortality.