Introducing a person at a Journalist's Awards Ceremony

I have the honour of presenting to you Mae Azango who is one of the most heroic and charismatic journalists who has contributed to free speech. She lives in Liberia, a small nation in the West Africa. She has experienced many hardships during her life due to some (scattered?) practices among powerful Liberian  societies.

This tough experience inspired her as a journalist to make changes, also to break the silence by shedding the light on sensitive issues such as the genital mutilation. Mae Azango’s brave writing about the risks and dangerous effects of this procedure turned her life into a minefield, she has even received many death threats from traditional people who organized a society for women called Sande. When you graduate from there, you will be circumcised. Many girls at an early age are forced to undergo female genital mutilation against their will. What is more, the cutting tool is a knife which is used on countless girls.

However, in spite of all these threats and being accused of selling their culture to the West for money, Mae Azango couldn’t back down, she is energetic to the extent that she sacrifices her life for the sake of others who haven’t undergone it. The purpose of Azango, indeed, is educating her community as well as banning this Sande activity. After a lot of effort to bring it up internationally, she succeeded in being the person behind the government’s announcement which declared the banning of this activity.

Hello Imad,

I have just looked at this text, I could understand everything but there is one word that makes no sense in the context (scattered) - I think that this can safely be left out without affecting the meaning.

Most of the corrections were just for structure.

All the  best

Bob

Intoducing a person at a Journalist's awards Ceremony

I have the honour to present to you Mae Azango as one of the most heroic and charismatic journalists who have contributed to free speech. She lives in Liberia, a small notion nation in the West Africa. She has experienced many hardships during her life due to some scattered practices among Liberian powerful societies. This tough experience inspired her as a journalist to make the change, also to break the silence by shedding the light on sensitive issues such as the genital mutilation. Mae Azango’s brave writing about the risks and dangerous effects of this matter made her life in a state of minefield, she even received many death threats from traditional people who organized a society called Sande. It’s for women. When you graduate from there, you will be circumcised. Many girls at an early age forced into the female genital cutting against their will, what is more, the tool of the cutting is a knife which is mostly used for countless girls. However, In spite of all these threats and the accusing for selling their culture to western for plenty of money, Mae Azango couldn’t back down, she is energetic to the sense that she sacrifices her life for the sake of others who haven’t undergone it. The purpose of Azango indeed is educating to educate her community as well as banning this Sande activity. After a lot of efforts to bring it up internationally, she succeeded to be the person behind the government’s announcement which declared to prevent this activity.