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Ending FGM: What Would It Mean for a Girl to Say No and Still Belong? | Grace Uwizeye & Michael Marwa

Mindful Mondays with Shudu

Ending FGM: What Would It Mean for a Girl to Say No and Still Belong? | Grace Uwizeye & Michael Marwa

October 5, 202642:05
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In this episode of Mindful Mondays with Shudu, Shudu travels to Tarime, Tanzania, spending three days on the ground with police officers, social workers, families, survivors and faith leaders to understand what female genital mutilation looks like within the communities where it is still practiced. She is joined by Grace Uwizeye, a harmful practices and social norms expert at UNFPA, and Michael Marwa, CEO of C-Sema, who comes from the region and has spent more than 13 years working to end FGM…