Earlier this week a story was reported in the media highlighting that over 100 girls in the Mara region of Tanzania had escaped to a safe camp after fleeing Female Genital Mutilation exercises back at their villages. As the story was running on BBCs radio news hour with interviewed local sources expressing optimism that the event pointed to gains being made in the fight against FMG it also dawned on me that for a long…
"When girls take matters into their own hands"Tag: FGM
Ade Mamonyane Lekotje, the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations system in The Gambia, said it is estimated that over 125 million women in the world today have undergone FGM and that 30 million more girls are at risk over the next decade on the African continent alone. Madam Lekotje made this disclosure while delivering a statement at the National Youth Forum on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) held from 6 to 8 October 2014 at…
"’30 Million More Girls Are At Risk Over the Next Decade’ Says the UN Resident Coordinator"