Masooma – India
March 17, 2020
Masooma Ranalvi is the founder of WeSpeakOut, an organization working to end FGM/C in India. My mutilation happened when I wa...
Jenny – US
March 17, 2020
FGM/C is widely known to take place amongst diaspora communities in the United States. Less known are the stories of FGM/C oc...
Tasneem – Sri Lanka
March 17, 2020
In Sri Lanka, FGM/C takes place amongst the Moor, Malay, and Bohra communities. There is little research available on the pre...
Aisha – Singapore
March 17, 2020
FGM/C is documented amongst the Malay community in Singapore, where it is known as ‘sunat’. The Malay community makes up ...
Darya – Iran
March 17, 2020
Whilst there is no nationally representative data on FGM/C prevalence in Iran, various studies surveying women and girls from...
Mubaraka – India
March 17, 2020
In India, FGM/C is mainly prevalent in the Bohra community, with a 2018 study estimating 75% of daughters (aged 7 and above) ...
Madam K – Sierra Leone
March 12, 2020
People know me as Madam K. I am 42 years old. I am a teacher by profession and love working with girls because I know how inv...
Favour – Sierra Leone
December 9, 2019
I like being called Favour because it has a divine meaning. I enjoy reading different books but really liked English, math, a...
Admire – Sierra Leone
December 9, 2019
My name is Admire and I am now 18 years old. I have two brothers and two sisters. My father and stepmother have always been b...
Joyful – Sierra Leone
December 9, 2019
My friends call me Joyful. I just turned 18. I hope to become the first female pilot in Sierra Leone someday. I co...
Faith – Kenya
October 18, 2019
Having your period isn’t always straightforward. It can be annoying, even debilitatingly painful. But for some of the poore...
Beatrice – Kenya
October 16, 2019
Beatrice came from a humble background. She dreamt of becoming a doctor. But when her parents separated and moved away, she h...