Caravan of hope | Rüdiger Nehberg | TEDxTUHHSalon

This talk was held at a local TEDx event and was produced independently of the TED conference. Rüdiger Nehberg fights against the crime of female genital mutilation with his human rights organization Target. He wants to put an end to this terrible tradition, which costs the lives of thousands of girls and women every year. In his lecture, he tells his breathtaking story, which takes him through deserts and conference rooms in Arab countries, and how he successfully shares his idea in Islam.

Rüdiger Nehberg, Germany's best-known survivalist and human rights activist, has declared war on the crime of female genital mutilation. Not in any way. But Survivor-style: against the zeitgeist and in close cooperation with Islam. And with his own organization (www.target-nehberg.de). It spares him discussions with doubters.

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