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Somali survivors of female genital mutilation advocate to change minds – and lives

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UNFPA and UNICEF’s Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation works with grassroots activists to encourage communities to abandon the practice. © UNFPA Somalia
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Senegal: Beyond Tradition

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Senegal: Beyond Tradition

Senegal: Beyond Tradition

Dialyma's father had forbidden his mother to cut his daughter.  The grandmother cut Dialyma against her wishes.  Now her father has joined a growing movement fighting to end female genital mutilation. He says change must come from the grassroots.

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