Nahid Toubia

Who is Nahid Toubia?

Nahid Toubia is a Sudanese surgeon and women's health rights activist, specializing in research into female genital mutilation.

Toubia is the co-founder and director of RAINBO, the Research, Action and Information Network for Bodily Integrity of Women. She is an associate professor at Columbia University School of Public Health. She sits on scientific and advisory committees for the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and UNDP. She is also vice-chair of the advisory committee of the Women's Rights Watch Project of Human Rights Watch.

Focusing on reproductive health and gender inequality in Africa and the Middle East, Toubia is the author or co-author of several books, including Women of the Arab World: The Coming Challenge, Female Genital Mutilation: A Call for Global Action, and Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide to Worldwide Laws and Policies.