By Kamau Maichuhie/ The Nation (Kenya)
March 9, 2023 at 07:00 JST
A reformed circumciser from Leparya village in Isiolo County, Margaret Kotol. She says those carrying the outlawed practice are lured by the 2,000 Kenyan schilling they receive from parents of every girl they subject to the cut. (Photo by Mwangi Ndirangu)
Kenya’s former President Uhuru Kenyatta made history during the 2019 Nairobi Summit on International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) when he pledged to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by 2022. According to UNICEF, about four million girls and women in Kenya have undergone FGM; 21 percent of girls and women aged 15 to 49 have been subjected to the practice. [Read More]
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