By Kamau Maichuhie/ The Nation (Kenya)
March 9, 2023 at 07:00 JST
Kenya’s Anti-FGM Board CEO Bernadette Resian Loloju. She says FGM is rampant in some of Kenya’s neighboring countries, posing a major challenge locally because Kenyans cross the borders for the cut to avoid facing the law locally. (Photo by Lucy Wanjiru)
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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