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Aug 14

My #FGM Torture💔
"I Was Bleeding Heavily But The Circumciser Assured My Father That It Was Normal As My Heavy Blood Loss Would Lead To Loss Of Sexual Desire And Energy Later During My Womanhood!"

Mrs Igiósé Recounts:
"I'm from Edo State in Nigeria. It was my dad that arranged

for my genital to be circumcised. He claimed he didn't want me to take after my older sister who he said was 'sleeping around with men and disgracing his name'! He said he didn't have her circumcised when she was little, and that was the reason she was living 'like a prostitute'.

He said 'every woman is a born-prostitute until they are 'delivered' when their genitals are cut off'!
I was eleven years old when he paid a circumciser to come deliver me 'from prostitution'. She was a middle-aged woman who came with two women. I was asked to undress and lie

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Girdle Advocacy Projects #EndViolenceAgainstWomen

@thegirdlengr

Mar 29

My #FGM Torture💔
"There Are Girls Who Killed Themselves On Their Wedding Night Because They Couldn't Stand The Pain Of Being Forcefully Penetrated By Their Husbands!"

Asha Ismail Recounts:
"I was five years old when my mother took me to Moyale, a small town in #Kenya where my

grandmother was waiting for me.
I was very happy because suddenly, everyone was focused on me.
Something special was going to happen.
My mother bathed me and put a dress on me. They were waiting for me in the kitchen.
My mother, my grandmother and another woman grabbed me, took

off my underwear, held my hands and opened my legs with theirs.
And the woman started cutting and sewing my genital!
My nightmare did not end there: I had an arranged marriage.
My mother told me that, 'There were girls who committed suicide on their wedding night', and on the

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Girdle Advocacy Projects #EndViolenceAgainstWomen

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Feb 28

My #FGM Heartbreak
"I Still Remember My Playmate's Tears As She Bled To Death From FGM And No One Could Save Her!"

Mrs Nyima Recounts:
"I am from Gambia and was circumcised with nine other girls at the age of nine. We all knew each other because we used to play together. We were

excited, and we talked at length how lucky we were, going to a party. Of course, this was before we knew the horror that was to dawn on our innocent and tender genitals. We went in as ten girls but came out one less. One of our playmates died and we were told to never talk about

it. I remember her laughter; her tears as she bled to death and no one could save her.
I do not know what the other girls went through, but I can tell you mine was extremely brutal! I screamed for help. I was forced down by women I trusted and brutally violated with a razor blade

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Girdle Advocacy Projects #EndViolenceAgainstWomen

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Mar 5, 2023

My #FGM Confession🙏🏽
"I Circumcised Many Girls Because Many Men Reject Uncircumcised Girls And Often Return Them To Their Maiden Homes To Be Circumcised!"

Ms. Nkotito Oyie (58) Recalls:
“I started circumcising girls when I was 25 years of age. The job is well paying as I charged

Sh2000 for every girl I circumcised. During high seasons like long holidays, I could cut up to 10 girls a day.
My skills were in high demand as it was a taboo to find a girl who is not circumcised in the Maa community.
Girls get circumcised as early as nine years because of the

pressure from the community. At this stage, the circumcised girl is viewed as a mature person who can play a wife's roles.
Many girls opt for #FGM because many men in the Maasai Community reject uncircumcised girls and often return them to their maiden homes to be circumcised.
I

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Girdle Advocacy Projects #EndViolenceAgainstWomen

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Mar 4, 2023

My #FGM TORTURE💔
"They Cut Off My Clitoris And Threw It To Chickens To Eat!"

Mrs Layla Recalls Hers:
"I had just passed my school exam; instead of rewarding me for my good grades, my family gave me a midwife, locked me in a room and surrounded me.
My grandma and two neighboring

women were among the women who gathered around me that day.
Living in the village, like everyone else, we raised chickens at home. When this woman cut this part of my body, I was in pain and crying when I saw her threw my clitoris (soaked in blood) to the chickens, and they

gathered to eat it!
Since that day, I have been unable to eat chicken and don't even want to raise the poultry in my yard.
After the #FGM, I wanted to play and feel free but I couldn't walk unless I had my legs wide apart.
It took me a long time to understand what happened to me,

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Girdle Advocacy Projects #EndViolenceAgainstWomen

@thegirdlengr

Mar 3, 2023

Just IN: Somali-Dane Indicted for Forcibly Circumcising And Selling His 12-Year-Old Daughter As Sex Slave In #Kenya And #Somalia!

#Denmark: A 44-year-old Somali-Dane has been indicted by a Danish court for selling his 12-year-old daughter into sexual slavery in Kenya and Somalia

and forcibly circumcising her.
The trial against the 44-year-old, who was arrested in January of 2022, began this week on Tuesday at a Danish court and is related to allegations that the man abused his daughter and his son in Africa between June 2017 and December 2021.
The

indictment claims that the 44-year-old took his two children, aged nine and 12, from their home in the Odense district of Vollsmose to Africa where both were subjected to Muslim “re-education” with the aid of family members.
The girl was forcibly subjected to #FGM by her own

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