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Olayinka Koso-Thomas (born 1937) is a Nigerian -born doctor who lives in Sierra Leone . She is known internationally for her efforts to abolish female genital cutting . In 1998, she shared a Prince of Asturias Award for this work.[1]
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Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation
1981: José López Portillo
1982: Enrique V. Iglesias
1983: Belisario Betancur
1984: Contadora group
1985: Raúl Alfonsín
1986: University of Salamanca and University of Coimbra
1987: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
1988: Óscar Arias
1989: Jacques Delors and Mikhail Gorbachev
1990: Hans-Dietrich Genscher
1991: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
1992: Frederik W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela
1993: United Nations Blue Berets stationed in Ex-Yugoslavia
1994: Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat
1995: Mário Soares
1996: Helmut Kohl
1997: Government of Guatemala and the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
1998: Emma Bonino , Olayinka Koso-Thomas , Graça Machel , Fatiha Boudiaf , Rigoberta Menchú , Fatana Ishaq Gailani , and Somaly Mam
1999: Pedro Duque , John Glenn , Chiaki Mukai , and Valeri Polyakov
2000: Fernando Henrique Cardoso
2001: International Space Station
2002: The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
2003: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
2004: The European Union's Erasmus Programme
2005: Simone Veil
2006: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2007: Al Gore
2008: Manhiça Centre of Health Research (Mozambique), Ifakara Health Institute (Tanzania), Malaria Research and Training Centre (Mali), and Kintampo Health Research Centre (Ghana)
2009: World Health Organization
2010: The Transplantation Society and the Spanish National Transplant Organization
2011: Bill Drayton
2012: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
2013: Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
2014: Fulbright Program
Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation
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