Late last year I experienced crazy happenings in Kuria. I must admit being new to this experience it was shocking to me. Men and women came out in large numbers; they…
In the recent past we have had very many women speaking of their horrific experiences with female genital mutilation. Girls and survivors from all over the world have shared their…
Young girls from the age of 9 years and above in my village undergo FGM. After the cut, in most cases they don’t continue with education, instead they become deviant…
What has become of our communities? Community members willingly contribute cows to be slaughtered during FGM ceremonies but they can’t offer even a single cow to support girl child education.…
The clitoris is the human female’s most sensitive erogenous zone and the primary source of female sexual pleasure in humans and other mammals. It contains at least 8,000 sensory nerve endings, and that…
There has been a raging debate among the Anti FGM/C crusaders on which is the best approach in combating Female Genital Mutilation/ Female circumcision. On one side there those who…
Here are some of the major reasons cited over and over again by different communities as to why they perform Female Genital Mutilation/ Female Circumcision (Myths that support FGM/C) In…
WHO defines FGM as all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons, and includes:…