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.
View Separately

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