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Hibo Wardere
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Cut: One Woman's Fight Against FGM in Britain Today
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2016
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5 editions
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“Maintaining custom and ritual among their people outweighs the horror of the suffering that they are prepared to see their daughters undergo. Being judged by their community seems far more important than the risk of losing their little girl.”
― Cut: One Woman's Fight Against FGM in Britain Today
― Cut: One Woman's Fight Against FGM in Britain Today
“We were kept pure for men, and then broken in by them. And what happened to us in the meantime was completely irrelevant in the pursuit of their pleasure, or their integrity, their masculinity. Were females really valued so little? Would my own daughters face the same fate?”
― Cut: One Woman's Fight Against FGM in Britain Today
― Cut: One Woman's Fight Against FGM in Britain Today
“To these women it is a rite of passage to be endured on the way to womanhood and it is also a security, a form of protection. The cutting will keep you clean; it will strip you of your natural desire; it will mean that your family is not judged; and, one day, it will hopefully ensure that your own child marries well, into a family just as upstanding as your own, thereby reinforcing the security of your family. To these mothers, FGM is not about needless pain, it is about survival.”
― Cut: One Woman's Fight Against FGM in Britain Today
― Cut: One Woman's Fight Against FGM in Britain Today
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