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Just IN: Somali-Dane Indicted for Forcibly Circumcising And Selling His 12-Year-Old Daughter As Sex Slave In #Kenya And #Somalia!
#Denmark: A 44-year-old Somali-Dane has been indicted by a Danish court for selling his 12-year-old daughter into sexual slavery in Kenya and Somalia
#Denmark: A 44-year-old Somali-Dane has been indicted by a Danish court for selling his 12-year-old daughter into sexual slavery in Kenya and Somalia
and forcibly circumcising her.
The trial against the 44-year-old, who was arrested in January of 2022, began this week on Tuesday at a Danish court and is related to allegations that the man abused his daughter and his son in Africa between June 2017 and December 2021.
The
The trial against the 44-year-old, who was arrested in January of 2022, began this week on Tuesday at a Danish court and is related to allegations that the man abused his daughter and his son in Africa between June 2017 and December 2021.
The
indictment claims that the 44-year-old took his two children, aged nine and 12, from their home in the Odense district of Vollsmose to Africa where both were subjected to Muslim “re-education” with the aid of family members.
The girl was forcibly subjected to #FGM by her own
The girl was forcibly subjected to #FGM by her own
Feb. 6 is International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting.
In #Egypt, my country of birth, 87% of girls and women aged 15-49 years have undergone FGM/C. feministgiant.com/p/endfgm #EndFGM #ZeroToleranceToFGM
In #Egypt, my country of birth, 87% of girls and women aged 15-49 years have undergone FGM/C. feministgiant.com/p/endfgm #EndFGM #ZeroToleranceToFGM
With a population of 100 million, that horrific percentage means that Egypt has the greatest number of women and girls who have experienced FGM/C of any country in the world.
#EndFGM #ZeroToleranceToFGM
#EndFGM #ZeroToleranceToFGM
We hack away at perfectly healthy parts of our girls’ genitals because we’re obsessed with female virginity and because women’s sexuality is a taboo.
#EndFGM #ZeroToleranceToFGM
#EndFGM #ZeroToleranceToFGM
Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
FGM is an extreme form of discrimination against women, violates #HumanRights, and causes serious health harms.
It must be prevented: #EndFGM!
👉 bit.ly/40qHLHE
FGM is an extreme form of discrimination against women, violates #HumanRights, and causes serious health harms.
It must be prevented: #EndFGM!
👉 bit.ly/40qHLHE
At least 2⃣0⃣0⃣ MILLION women & girls alive today have experienced female genital mutilation (FGM).
Immediate complications of FGM include:
♦️ excessive bleeding
♦️ severe pain
♦️ problems urinating
♦️ infections
♦️ death
👉 bit.ly/3tl7G2J
#EndFGM
Immediate complications of FGM include:
♦️ excessive bleeding
♦️ severe pain
♦️ problems urinating
♦️ infections
♦️ death
👉 bit.ly/3tl7G2J
#EndFGM
Women & girls living with female genital mutilation can face serious & lifelong threats to their health & well-being, including:
♦️ psychological trauma
♦️ sexual problems
♦️ recurrent infections
♦️ complications during childbirth
♦️ other chronic health issues
Let's #EndFGM
♦️ psychological trauma
♦️ sexual problems
♦️ recurrent infections
♦️ complications during childbirth
♦️ other chronic health issues
Let's #EndFGM
Just IN: Father Of 6-Month-Old Girl Subjected To #FGM To Remain In Custody💪🏽
#Kenyan: A couple who subjected their 6-month-old daughter to female genital mutilation in Leparua, Isiolo North, last week had rushed her to a local hospital with a severe fever before she was sent to
#Kenyan: A couple who subjected their 6-month-old daughter to female genital mutilation in Leparua, Isiolo North, last week had rushed her to a local hospital with a severe fever before she was sent to
Isiolo Referral Hospital, where health workers discovered that she had been “cut”.
Ms Linda Kiruki, a clinical officer at Isiolo Referral who handled the case, said the #child had a deep wound and her genitals were covered with tea leaves to ostensibly reduce bleeding.
Appearing
Ms Linda Kiruki, a clinical officer at Isiolo Referral who handled the case, said the #child had a deep wound and her genitals were covered with tea leaves to ostensibly reduce bleeding.
Appearing
before Isiolo Chief Magistrate Lucy Mutai, Ms Kiruki said the child’s clitoris had been cut and that the labia majora had a deep wound that showed the illegal procedure was carried out with a blunt object.
“The child cried uncontrollably while we assessed the wound. The severe
“The child cried uncontrollably while we assessed the wound. The severe
#ICYMI: A Mother's Cry - Save Me, He's Been Beating me Because I Refused #FGM On Our Daughter!
#Nigeria: Naomi Jolly (an accountant at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital) has cried out to the police how her husband (a medical doctor) has been serially battering her over
#Nigeria: Naomi Jolly (an accountant at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital) has cried out to the police how her husband (a medical doctor) has been serially battering her over
her refusal to circumcise their daughter.
She told police interrogators that when she was subjected to FGM, she almost bled to death years ago.
“It all started in December 2015 when I gave birth to my daughter, Amanda. After delivery, my husband asked me what I know about female
She told police interrogators that when she was subjected to FGM, she almost bled to death years ago.
“It all started in December 2015 when I gave birth to my daughter, Amanda. After delivery, my husband asked me what I know about female
circumcision and I told him I don’t like it at all. I narrated my own experience to him. That was when I was 12 years. My parents did it and I bled to the point of death. So I said to him that I will not want anyone to have such an experience.
“He said that’s why he wants our
“He said that’s why he wants our
The Biden Admin violates Federal anti #FGM laws and endorses genital mutilation of children daily by calling it "Gender Affirmation."
No one on the left objects.
Trans radicals are no different from the brutality of FGM practicing muslims. Tragic victims from both. #EndFGM
No one on the left objects.
Trans radicals are no different from the brutality of FGM practicing muslims. Tragic victims from both. #EndFGM
My #FGM TORTURE🩸
"My Genitals Were Sewn Up With Acacia Thorns (the image)!"
Malko Jama Recalls Hers:
""I was nine. A woman came to the house. They held me down and held my legs apart and she cut me with a razor and stitched me back up with acacia thorns.
She cut out the clitoris
"My Genitals Were Sewn Up With Acacia Thorns (the image)!"
Malko Jama Recalls Hers:
""I was nine. A woman came to the house. They held me down and held my legs apart and she cut me with a razor and stitched me back up with acacia thorns.
She cut out the clitoris
and the inner labia and then she cut out the flesh from the outer labia and sewed up the skin that was left.
Now they have a more modern way for stitching girls back up but at the time they used thorns like pins.
She cut out the clitoris and the inner labia and then she cut out
Now they have a more modern way for stitching girls back up but at the time they used thorns like pins.
She cut out the clitoris and the inner labia and then she cut out
the flesh from the outer labia and sewed up the skin that was left.
When it was finished they took a big sheet and a cord and they bound my thighs together... so that I had to stay there with my legs together. They brought me small pieces of bread but refused to allow me water or
When it was finished they took a big sheet and a cord and they bound my thighs together... so that I had to stay there with my legs together. They brought me small pieces of bread but refused to allow me water or
My #FGM TORTURE🩸
"My Baby Died Because Of FGM!"
Mrs C Foday Recalls Hers:
"I'm a Nigerian married to a Sierra Leonean man. I refused to be circumcised even in the face of being heavily threatened and publicly mocked by my husband's family and friends.
Then, I became pregnant and
"My Baby Died Because Of FGM!"
Mrs C Foday Recalls Hers:
"I'm a Nigerian married to a Sierra Leonean man. I refused to be circumcised even in the face of being heavily threatened and publicly mocked by my husband's family and friends.
Then, I became pregnant and
in the process of delivery, some #women came to help me but when they opened my wrapper and saw my 'uncut private part', they washed their hands and abandoned me that I and the baby were #cursed!
I was in pain but they showed me no mercy and were about to leave the house when my
I was in pain but they showed me no mercy and were about to leave the house when my
mother-in-law told me to give my consent to be circumcised or else I will die with the baby and we will both be thrown into the forest.
I have never seen very heartless people like that - my husband came into the room and ordered the circumcision.
They came back into the room and
I have never seen very heartless people like that - my husband came into the room and ordered the circumcision.
They came back into the room and
Just IN: After A Woman’s Death From #FGM, Court Frees Cutter On Bail🤦🏾
#SierraLeone: Magistrate Momoh Lanasana in Bonthe District has granted bail to a #woman accused of manslaughter after the death of a 21-year-old she subjected to FGM.
The Magistrate released the Sowei known as
#SierraLeone: Magistrate Momoh Lanasana in Bonthe District has granted bail to a #woman accused of manslaughter after the death of a 21-year-old she subjected to FGM.
The Magistrate released the Sowei known as
Sowo Sandy who is said to be in her 60s after the prosecution, for the second time, failed to bring forth their witnesses.
21-year-old Maseray Sei, a #mother of two, died in December 2021 a day after undergoing the procedure at the hands of the Sowei.
An autopsy report says she
21-year-old Maseray Sei, a #mother of two, died in December 2021 a day after undergoing the procedure at the hands of the Sowei.
An autopsy report says she
died after bleeding profusely from the procedure.
Sandy is charged with manslaughter and not directly for carrying out FGM because the practice itself is not outlawed outright even though the country’s child rights law forbids children from being subjected to “harmful treatment”.
Sandy is charged with manslaughter and not directly for carrying out FGM because the practice itself is not outlawed outright even though the country’s child rights law forbids children from being subjected to “harmful treatment”.
My #FGM Heartbreak💔
"I Wanted To Kill Myself!"
Cecilia Ogore Recalls Hers:
"I was in my teen years when FGM was done to me; two women held my hands, one sat on my chest while the cutter squatted between my legs to circumcise me.
I felt a very sharp pain in my genitals; I cried
"I Wanted To Kill Myself!"
Cecilia Ogore Recalls Hers:
"I was in my teen years when FGM was done to me; two women held my hands, one sat on my chest while the cutter squatted between my legs to circumcise me.
I felt a very sharp pain in my genitals; I cried
and bled a lot. I was confined to a room to recover because I wasn't #circumcised in the festive period.
You are expected to go out during festive periods and show that you are cut - that you are #mature!
As time progressed, I noticed that without knowledge, certain parts of my
You are expected to go out during festive periods and show that you are cut - that you are #mature!
As time progressed, I noticed that without knowledge, certain parts of my
clothing always became wet with stench of urine!
I will sometimes come down from a bus to discover that some areas on my skirt were stained and smelt of urine!
On close examination by a hospital in Uyo, #Nigeria, I was told I had VVF!
I did not know what it meant at first, it was
I will sometimes come down from a bus to discover that some areas on my skirt were stained and smelt of urine!
On close examination by a hospital in Uyo, #Nigeria, I was told I had VVF!
I did not know what it meant at first, it was
Just IN: More than 100 #FGM Victims In #Liverpool Seen By #NHS Services Last Year🤦🏾
#uk: More than 100 victims of female genital mutilation were seen by NHS services in Liverpool in the year to March, new figures show.
NHS Digital figures show around 130 FGM #survivors in the NHS
#uk: More than 100 victims of female genital mutilation were seen by NHS services in Liverpool in the year to March, new figures show.
NHS Digital figures show around 130 FGM #survivors in the NHS
Liverpool CCG area were seen by health professionals in the year to March – up from roughly 90 the year before.
Of these, approximately 100 were having their injuries reported for the first time.
Only approximate numbers are recorded in the #data to prevent the identification of
Of these, approximately 100 were having their injuries reported for the first time.
Only approximate numbers are recorded in the #data to prevent the identification of
individual women.
Across England, roughly 6,380 #women who attended GP practices or other health services were identified as having undergone FGM in 2021-22 – and around 2,735 were newly-identified individuals.
In the UK, FGM has been banned since 1985.
#uk #BorisJohnson #Johnson
Across England, roughly 6,380 #women who attended GP practices or other health services were identified as having undergone FGM in 2021-22 – and around 2,735 were newly-identified individuals.
In the UK, FGM has been banned since 1985.
#uk #BorisJohnson #Johnson
My #FGM Heartbreak💔
"I Watched My Daughter Suffer!"
Mrs Amburo Recalls It:
"Jamilah was 7 years old when my husband's mom said it was time for her to be infibulated.
I tried to buy time for her to have it done when she was older but my mother-in-law refused.
I knew how torturous
"I Watched My Daughter Suffer!"
Mrs Amburo Recalls It:
"Jamilah was 7 years old when my husband's mom said it was time for her to be infibulated.
I tried to buy time for her to have it done when she was older but my mother-in-law refused.
I knew how torturous
it was to be infibulated because I had mine when I was 6 years old. I can't forget how I almost died from pain when my husband broke me up after I was wedded to him age 14.
I wept through the night before the day of my daughter's infibulation because I knew the pain she will face
I wept through the night before the day of my daughter's infibulation because I knew the pain she will face
and the poor me that couldn't save her.
The next day, I watched as her little hands and legs were pinned down by two women while the cutter began to cut.
Her first scream broke my heart and I ran out in tears as she looked at me and started crying, "Mummy, come! Mummy help me..."
The next day, I watched as her little hands and legs were pinned down by two women while the cutter began to cut.
Her first scream broke my heart and I ran out in tears as she looked at me and started crying, "Mummy, come! Mummy help me..."
Just IN: 'Medicalised #FGM' - #Uganda Indicts #Kenya and #Sudan 😯
Ugandan girls and women are being mutilated from hospitals in the neighbouring Kenya and South Sudan, a senior Govt official has revealed.
The State Minister for Gender and Culture, Ms Peace Regis Mutuuzo, says
Ugandan girls and women are being mutilated from hospitals in the neighbouring Kenya and South Sudan, a senior Govt official has revealed.
The State Minister for Gender and Culture, Ms Peace Regis Mutuuzo, says
some girls and women from Karamoja and Sebei sub-regions sneak into Kenya and South Sudan to secretly undergo medical mutilation.
Ms Mutuuzo said she got to know about the horrible stories of medicalised mutilation last year in September when she led a delegation of legislators
Ms Mutuuzo said she got to know about the horrible stories of medicalised mutilation last year in September when she led a delegation of legislators
for a field mission in the FGM practising districts.
She said whereas some girls and women were voluntarily seeking medical mutilation, others were being mutilated against their will during child birth.
“Medicalised genital mutilation is not happening in Uganda. It is happening
She said whereas some girls and women were voluntarily seeking medical mutilation, others were being mutilated against their will during child birth.
“Medicalised genital mutilation is not happening in Uganda. It is happening
‼️ En #España hay más de 3.600 niñas en riesgo de sufrir mutilación genital femenina (#MGF)
Hoy, 6 de febrero, se conmemora el Día Internacional de #ToleranciaCero con la Mutilación Genital Femenina
Abro🧶con más datos
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Hoy, 6 de febrero, se conmemora el Día Internacional de #ToleranciaCero con la Mutilación Genital Femenina
Abro🧶con más datos
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➡️En #España viven casi 70.000 mujeres procedentes de países donde se practica la mutilación genital femenina
➡️De ellas, más de 15.000 son menores de 14 años y 3.600 están en riesgo de ser mutiladas cuando viajan con sus familias de vacaciones a sus lugares de origen
➡️De ellas, más de 15.000 son menores de 14 años y 3.600 están en riesgo de ser mutiladas cuando viajan con sus familias de vacaciones a sus lugares de origen
➡️Según datos de @FundacionWassu y @DelGobVG estas niñas proceden principalmente de zonas del África subsahariana: #Nigeria, #Senegal, #Gambia, #Guinea y #Ghana
➡️En #Europa la cifra ronda las 500.000 niñas, según datos de @parlamentoUE y de varias oenegés expertas en la materia
➡️En #Europa la cifra ronda las 500.000 niñas, según datos de @parlamentoUE y de varias oenegés expertas en la materia
It's the Int. Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
Over 2⃣0⃣0⃣ MILLION women & girls alive today have suffered FGM. FGM has no health benefits & can cause life-long suffering.
Let's #EndFGM!
👉bit.ly/2Tunu0B
Over 2⃣0⃣0⃣ MILLION women & girls alive today have suffered FGM. FGM has no health benefits & can cause life-long suffering.
Let's #EndFGM!
👉bit.ly/2Tunu0B
Women & girls living with female genital mutilation face serious threats to their health & well-being.
These include:
🔴 infections
🔴 bleeding
🔴 psychological trauma
🔴 chronic health conditions that can occur throughout life
🔴 death
Let's #EndFGM
👉bit.ly/2Tunu0B
These include:
🔴 infections
🔴 bleeding
🔴 psychological trauma
🔴 chronic health conditions that can occur throughout life
🔴 death
Let's #EndFGM
👉bit.ly/2Tunu0B
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is internationally recognized as a #HumanRights violation of girls and women.
WHO is opposed to all types of FGM. It should never be performed.
Let's #EndFGM
👉bit.ly/2Tunu0B
WHO is opposed to all types of FGM. It should never be performed.
Let's #EndFGM
👉bit.ly/2Tunu0B
A 13-year-old girl, Fartun Hassan Ahmed, died after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) on 11th July 2021 in a small village of Jeerinle, roughly 160km from Galkayo, the capital of the north-central Mudug region Galmudug regional state in Somalia...
A thread...
A thread...
“We didn’t know what to do when we saw the bleeding. We booked a car to take the girl to hospital but unfortunately, she died when the car arrived”, her 45-year-old mother Nadifo Ahmed said. The girl bled to death around 4.00 PM, having been cut at 6.00 AM. Cc. @melindagates
FGM in Somalia has been carried out for hundreds of years because most people believe it is a religious obligation, though Christian and Muslim religious scholars have repeatedly condemned it. The message that #FGMNotMyReligion has not reached many across Africa and Asia.
WHO pledges extensive commitments towards women’s empowerment & health with focus on:
✅ ending gender-based violence
✅ advancing sexual & reproductive health & rights
✅ supporting health workers, as well as feminist movements & leadership
bit.ly/3qKvYlW #ActForEqual
✅ ending gender-based violence
✅ advancing sexual & reproductive health & rights
✅ supporting health workers, as well as feminist movements & leadership
bit.ly/3qKvYlW #ActForEqual
WHO recognizes the health sector has an important role to play in preventing and responding to gender-based violence against women and girls bit.ly/3qKvYlW
WHO also committed to investing in the evidence base for sexual & reproductive health and rights, incl. delivering comprehensive sexuality education outside school settings; improving access to quality & rights-based family planning; access to & use of contraception
#ActForEqual
#ActForEqual
As we always say, Fridays are for the #AmnestyBookClubKE ! Click on the link below to join us as we discuss our May/June read: A Thousand Splendid Suns with @Rahel_O, @OchiengAmy, and @kevmwachiro! Don’t miss out on the fun, join us! Bit.ly/SplendidSunsAB…
“What I liked most was how it touched on patriarchy oppresses both men and women,”@OchiengAmy on what she liked about our #AmnestyRead A Thousand Splendid Suns #AmnestyBookClubKE
“Patriarchy doesn’t just silence women, it oppresses men as well. They know how to do the right thong but they keep silent because they want to retain their status,” @OchiengAmy #AmnestyBookClubKE
Gender equality in health means that everybody should have equal opportunities for realizing their full rights and potential to be healthy ⚧
WHO joins global leaders and activists at the #GenerationEquality Forum to #ActForEqual & accelerate progress bit.ly/3x4we1n
WHO joins global leaders and activists at the #GenerationEquality Forum to #ActForEqual & accelerate progress bit.ly/3x4we1n
Without advancing gender equality in the health workforce, across communities and across the world 🌍 we cannot attain #HealthForAll
👉 bit.ly/35VWpeH
👉 bit.ly/35VWpeH
WHO has teamed up with @bmj_latest and @UNU_IIGH to produce a special series of the BMJ podcast, bringing together experts and advocates reflecting on progress 26 years on from the #BeijingPlatform
More info 👇
who.int/initiatives/be…
More info 👇
who.int/initiatives/be…
1. Traditional rulers have proven to be crucial stakeholders to led the campaign to end FGM in Nigeria, as group gatekeepers in the local environment. #endcuttinggirls
2.In general, most movements that have effectively modified unhealthy cultures/ traditions and social norms in the past have benefited from traditional rulers' vital power in the local setting in one way or the other. #endcuttinggirls
3.For example, most communities in Nigeria that has publicly declared the abandonment of FGM, a thorough investigation will always reveal that traditional rulers led the process. #endcuttinggirls
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Female genital mutilation is the partial or total removal of female external genitalia for non medical reasons.
In Kenya, over 4, in Africa 125, while Globally 200 million survivors are living with scars of FGM. Not just data but women & girls who were mutilated!
#EndFGM
Female genital mutilation is the partial or total removal of female external genitalia for non medical reasons.
In Kenya, over 4, in Africa 125, while Globally 200 million survivors are living with scars of FGM. Not just data but women & girls who were mutilated!
#EndFGM
It is hard to justify the pain, trauma, complications & suffering we endure in silent.
What if the 200 million survivors were walking without their lips & noses? What if the scars were visible on the face rather than hidden genitalia?
Why isn’t #EndFGM a Global priority yet?
What if the 200 million survivors were walking without their lips & noses? What if the scars were visible on the face rather than hidden genitalia?
Why isn’t #EndFGM a Global priority yet?
Every day a girl is mutilated in the name of culture.
Others use Religion as an excuse.
We have left our traditional attire, food & houses but want to justify FGM as culture.
Double standards!
How is harming a girl’s genitalia even cultural?
Humanity is lost. Prioritize #EndFGM
Others use Religion as an excuse.
We have left our traditional attire, food & houses but want to justify FGM as culture.
Double standards!
How is harming a girl’s genitalia even cultural?
Humanity is lost. Prioritize #EndFGM
#Egypt now has the region’s first ever multidisciplinary center for #FGM survivors, where services include clitoral reconstruction surgery and therapy. Thank you @SanamF24 for highlighting co-founder Dr. Reem Awwad’s work to help survivors and #EndFGM
So many women I love in #Egypt - in my extended family and outside of it - have been subjected to the torture that is female genital mutilation/cutting. It crushes my heart.
And so I am so glad to know of the work of Dr. Reham Awwad and the centre she co-founded to help survivors
And so I am so glad to know of the work of Dr. Reham Awwad and the centre she co-founded to help survivors
🔔Happening Now
Talk 3 of the @baadon1 event with @morissanda and our Director @AnnaWidegren talking about "Sexual Rights and Healthcare Advocacy in the movement against FGM"
You can still tune in by registering here: m.facebook.com/events/4660909…
#EndFGM #EndFGM4All
Talk 3 of the @baadon1 event with @morissanda and our Director @AnnaWidegren talking about "Sexual Rights and Healthcare Advocacy in the movement against FGM"
You can still tune in by registering here: m.facebook.com/events/4660909…
#EndFGM #EndFGM4All
"Access to information for Survivors of FGM in Europe, especially if they are asylum seekers, is critical."
"There's a lack of services particularly targeting Children and Youth, and this is a problem as most (not all) cases of FGM happen before the age of 15."
@AnnaWidegren
"There's a lack of services particularly targeting Children and Youth, and this is a problem as most (not all) cases of FGM happen before the age of 15."
@AnnaWidegren
"Community members have a key role in advocating against the practice as well as in ensuring access to information. Our Youth Ambassadors are a great example of this, they created the #PurpleChair YouTube series specifically to raise awareness and empower others to speak up."
Hello everyone,
Thank you for joining this tweetchat.
We will be discussing "The Link between FGM and culture: Consequences and Solutions"
#DontCut #EndFGM
Thank you for joining this tweetchat.
We will be discussing "The Link between FGM and culture: Consequences and Solutions"
#DontCut #EndFGM
Today marks FGM AWARENESS DAY as well and we are excited to learn from an expert in the person of @elizabethtalatu.
This session is being moderated by @Moleyeann , Team Lead, Women Development @SustyVibes
#DontCut #EndFGM
This session is being moderated by @Moleyeann , Team Lead, Women Development @SustyVibes
#DontCut #EndFGM
@elizabethtalatu has seven years’ experience in the development sector with specialist knowledge of project management, stakeholder engagement, high-level advocacy, behavioral change communication, and research.
#DontCut #EndFGM
#DontCut #EndFGM
