UN calls for ban on ‘grotesque practice’ of female genital mutilation (Photo: Florian Seefried / Getty Images) In 1970, when Waris Dirie was a 5-year-old in Somalia, her mother held her down on a rock. She gave her a piece of root from an old tree. “Bite on this,” she said. Her mother leaned over and whispered: “Try to be a good girl. Be brave for Mama, and it will go fast.” Then, an old woman who was with them in the African bush cut off parts of her genitals with a broken razor blade. Read the complete story.
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UN calls for ban on ‘grotesque practice’ of female genital mutilation

(Photo: Florian Seefried / Getty Images)

In 1970, when Waris Dirie was a 5-year-old in Somalia, her mother held her down on a rock. She gave her a piece of root from an old tree.

“Bite on this,” she said. Her mother leaned over and whispered: “Try to be a good girl. Be brave for Mama, and it will go fast.” Then, an old woman who was with them in the African bush cut off parts of her genitals with a broken razor blade.

Read the complete story.

Source: worldnews.nbcnews.com

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    It’s about fucking time.
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    Read the book many times.
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    woman who had gone through this as...was still sad, 25 years later, that
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  19. aaronmscott said: Thank God that this awful practice is ending.
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    I can only hope that the UN has enough influence to start implementing changes. So much hope.
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