NOTE: The longer, full interview with Marietou has been posted and is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo-IelOLBZY
Marietou Diarra, a Senegalese woman, closed the panel with a powerful story of what her society calls "the tradition." She spoke in her native language of Wolof, translated by Melching. After a string of tragedies, Diarra's family and in-laws banded together to reject the procedure. Her entire village followed suit. She eventually helped to convince over 40 neighboring villages—through education and community deliberation—to abandon genital cutting.
youtube.com/watch?v=Q65vgiJenS4
Orchid Project. Working together for an end to female genital cutting.
katunzel 9 months ago
Where is the outcry? If Baptists were doing this, folks would be protesting in front of churches with torches and pitchforks!
AmosPressley 1 year ago
where is the rest of the video? i was just wondering what happened to the other daughter
LuckyLemmons 2 years ago
This made me cry
xXMissFoxyXx 2 years ago