In Hargeisa, Somaliland, Safia Ibrahim demonstrates for the camera the tools she uses to perform female genital mutilation, which she learned at the age of 15 and has been practicing for 35 years. Government officials, health workers and advocates say instances of female genital mutilation, or FGM, rose alarmingly during the pandemic in Somaliland and other parts of Africa as …
Ntailan Lolkoki was subjected to the gruesome practice of FGM when she was a child. Belonging to the Pokot tribe in Kenya, this girl was also circumcised following tribal tradition Ntailan Lolkoki and her sisters enjoyed an idyllic childhood in the north of her native Kenya. But as in many other African countries, girls continue to be circumcised, especially in …
