The Guardian.co.uk has released a video on female genital mutilation [1] and the women and girls who are against this tradition and bringing on new alternatives to this initiation ritual. In the story, two young women refuse to be cut and married off in exchange for dowry, instead they are trying to convince their families that education is a better financial investment and that womanhood can be achieved with their genitals uncut.
Kenya: Creating Alternative Initiation Rites to Womanhood without Cutting Girls
· Written by Juliana Rincón Parra
Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya, Development, Education, Ethnicity & Race, Health, Human Rights, Women & Gender, Youth