![]() ![]() Liya has served as the WHOs Ambassador for Maternal. You want those you are helping to take the effort over later, and then it can become self-sustaining. Liya Kebede is an Ethiopian-born model, maternal health advocate, clothing designer, and actress. That was amazing, to reach out to people and show them something and teach them without being forceful or shoving it down their throat.Ī lot of it has to be about education. But we also went back to Djibouti, in the desert where we shot, and put up this huge screen and invited the whole village to come watch this movie. After completing her education, she moved to Paris. He put her in touch with a modeling agent. When she was in school at the French International School in Addis Ababa, Lycée Guebre-Mariam, a film director noticed her unusual and exotic beauty. We are showing it in Western countries and really raising awareness on this issue. Liya Kebede was born in 1978 in Ethiopia. ![]() She is an actress and producer, known for The Good Shepherd (2006), The Best Offer (2013) and. We shot a lot of it in Djibouti, a place where a lot of FGM happens. Kebede has also been a Goodwill Ambassador for the World Health Organisation’s Maternal, Newborn and Child health division since 2005. Liya Kebede was born on 1 March 1978 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I just acted in this film about female genital mutilation (FGM). A flashlight, for example, can change people's lives if it allows a midwife to get to the house of a woman who is delivering in the middle of the night where there is no electricity. It's because there is no access to clean water or electricity or a doctor. Every minute, one woman dies and not because of issues that are difficult to fix. ![]() 1 killer of women in developing countries is childbirth- and pregnancy-related issues. ![]()
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