Julie L. Kessler
lawyer traveler writer

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The tribal divide – protecting women against FGM

My article “Despite Progress, challenges remain in fight to end FGM” appeared in today’s edition of The L.A. Daily Journal and The S.F. Daily Journal.

 

The article covered my interview two weeks ago in Kenya of Naomi S., a 23-year-old Maasai woman who was a victim, at age 11, of female genital mutilation (FGM). Despite that FGM is now illegal in Kenya – since 2011 – the rate of FGM among Maasai women is 73 percent. Over 125 million women have been victims of FGM in the 29 countries in which it is concentrated.

 

A few days after I left Kenya, on Oct. 30, UN chief Ban Ki-moon launched a global campaign to end “within our generation,” the often deadly FGM. Here’s hoping.

 

Full article off copyright and now available:

https://www.vagabondlawyer.com/uploads/News/The_tribal_divide_–_protecting_women_against_FGM.pdf
Date Posted:  Nov. 7 2014