Female Genital Mutilation and the Samburu tribe

Rebecca Lolosoli , chief of an all-women's Samburu village in Kenya, talks about the dangers of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and how members of her community are advocating for change. Produced by Kate Cummings, a Peace Fellow with the Advocacy Project and a field correspondent for Vital Voices.

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• FGM
• Africa
• Women's Rights
• Vital Voices
• Kenya
• Samburu
• Umoja Uaso

[nekesa69]

keep up our strong women and culture we need to sift through the western culture not everything brought to africa is the best , watch out

[nekesa69]

FGM is not a correct term but coined by the west so degrading fair term could be used

[mereje]

Circumcision of both men and women is a cultural practise that is thousands and thousands of years old. I personally think it should abandoned by all cultures, the jewish version included.

[awakejupiter]

The reason they cut girls is to protect their virginity. By doing this procedure, sex is going to be painful for her and not particularly pleasurable. Some men have their opinions changed when they find out their wife won't enjoy sex but the majority of men refuse to marry uncut girls because they are impure and 'ruined'. It's very hard to change a deeply ingrained cultural belief about female virginity.

[TheGmgirl77]

If God provided women with female parts.... why on earth would he then condone then barbaric removal of them????? please explain??????

[1310125]

poor girls god bless them<3

[madiovich]

what kind of man would ask a girl to cut herself otherwise he wouldnt marry her???rtarded

[ntrelief5277]

Wow it great to see educated woman fighting this against this terriable pratice that abuses children.