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Break with tradition, #endFGM - full episode

August 26, 2015

The pain of being cut and the trauma of having something stolen from you - female genital mutilation (FGM) affects 140 million women worldwide. Meet young women dealing with having been cut.

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Life Links - weibliche Genitalverstümmelung
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Break with tradition, #endFGM - full episode

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#endFGM: The scope of the problem in graphics and numbers

It's considered a violation of human rights, nonetheless two million girls undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) each year - adding up to 140 million cases. This graphic series shows the scope of the problem. (25.08.2015)
August 25, 2015
Life Links - weibliche Genitalverstümmelung

#endFGM: 'They force a razor blade inside to open you'

#endFGM: 'They force a razor blade inside to open you'

Bintou was a teenager when she 'faced her crocodile' - that's how they imagined FGM in her village. She was in a group of 30 girls. Three girls died. But that wasn't the last traumatic experience in her life with FGM. (27.08.2015)
August 27, 2015
Life Links - weibliche Genitalverstümmelung

#endFGM: 'During sex, people cry with pleasure. I cry with pain'

#endFGM: 'During sex, people cry with pleasure. I cry with pain'

As a child Aminatu remembers being held down naked and cut. She suffers pain when she has sex as a result and fears she will for the rest of her life. (27.08.2015)
September 2, 2015
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