Some key points- Wed October 15th, 2014.
- UK and Tanzanian government figures in attendance
- 28 Too Many and Lynne Featherstone –Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development at DFID- strongly believe FGM will end if we all play a small part
- Men’s involvement will ensure faster results, as men tends to be heads of families in the affected regions
- Education in rural areas key to ending ignorance around the benefits and values of FGM
- Those listening and attending also gave strong positive , critical views
- We cannot let a girl be cut every ten seconds any more
- It will be tricky to handle the FGM cutters. This is their livelihood. Community coherence is key
- In Nigeria sales of girl’s clitoris as lucky charms due to FGM made us all gasp
- Young dead FGM victims in Tanzania thrown into the bushes to be eaten by wild animals
- Hon Jeremy Lefroy MP for Stafford, kicked off the evening with Swahili words “Mabibi na Mabwana...”
- Despite thousands of years of the evil foot binding for women in China, campaigns at the beginning of 20th Century, intense and determined ended the abhorring practice very quickly.
FGM should follow suit, so said Dr Anne- Marie of 28 Too Many...
- Feet of a Chinese woman in the old days, before the common evil was abolished. Pic by Jo Farrell
Humanity has developed fast. Yet backward, primitive,
inhuman, evil acts continue unabated. Some of these shameful acts are ill
treatment of women.
Violence against
women include : honour killings, dowry deaths, human trafficking, sexual
slavery, genocide rape (especially in war zones) and FGM. For more graphic materials about FGM check this blog HERE....
