A documentary about female genital mutilation (FGM). Made with support from The Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs.
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The Cutting Tradition
The Cutting Tradition is a 47-minute film, narrated by Meryl Streep, commissioned by FIGO – the International Federation of Obstetricians & Gynecologists. Filmed in Ethiopia, Egypt, Djibouti, Burkina Faso and the UK, it looks at the reasons for female genital…
I will never be cut’: Kenyan girls fight back against genital mutilation
Nancy is a Kenyan girl about to face a brutal passage to womanhood. Narrated by Angela Griffin. This video is one of a series of investigative documentaries about poverty, commissioned and editorially controlled by Guardian Films, produced in association with…
Posted in Video Tagged with: Alternative ceremony, Dowry, Education, FGM, Grassroots, Kenya, Marriage, NGO, Pokot, Social Pressure, Stigma
Reversing Female Circumcision: The Cut that Heals
On the International Day for Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, VICE News reports on a little-known surgery that restores sexual function to the clitoris for women who had their genitals mutilated as children. We meet and follow a 32-year-old…
