A sideways look at FGM
What if certain forms of childhood female genital alterations/mutilations were legalised? Would this be enough to bring the really horrid forms of FGM down? Two gynaecologists thin
Christmas, the circumcision season….part II
I have obsessed about the Christmas/circumcision season 2014 - finding all the little stories from across the country. Thousands of girls have undergone the 'cut' this year - we h
Christmas….it’s the season……..the circumcision season
'Irῖgũ’ is a very derogative term that refers to uncircumcised girls among the Kikuyu. So when my friend and her sisters were being referred to as ‘irῖgũ cia Njambi –
Fighting FGM- Part II
The female circumcision debate has heated up in the media and in parliament . I have followed the discussion in The Daily Nation and there are some rather interesting tit bits. Tak
Fighting FGM – part 1
I was caught – as I always am – by the small little articles that are squashed into the briefs in ‘The Daily Nation’. I saw this little one about a campaign aimed at ta