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Dr. Leyla Sirad Hussein (Somali: Leyla Xuseen), OBE[a 1], (born 1980, Somalia), is a British psychotherapist in London and a multi-award winning campaigner on FGM and gender rights.
Hussein is a qualified counsellor at Post-Graduate level and has been working with vulnerable young people and women who have experienced sexual violence or any other harmful practice; such as female genital mutilation for the past 8 years. She works from a person-centred and existential orientation. She works within the BACP Ethical Framework and is a member of BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy).
She is the founder of the Dahlia Project which is a specialist service for women who have undergone female genital mutilation, run by her and the Manor Gardens Health Advocacy Service.
External links
Facebook page. Retrieved 18 March 2022.- Facebook profile. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
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Dahlia Project
. Retrieved 18 March 2022. - Wikipedia article: Leyla Hussein. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
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Order of the British Empire
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 18 March 2022. (The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service.)