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
Trying to end FGM in the UK – it’s not easy.
In the last two years - 1,700 girls have undergone FGM in the United Kingdom. As we struggle to eliminate FGM in Africa, we are not alone in our search for solutions that actually
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