“Handful of Ash” is about Iraqi-Kurdish women and girls who are talking about their traumatic experiences with genital mutilation. In this documentary, we learn about the underlying beliefs and the serious consequences of this practice which, as the film proves,…
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Under the Knife
Last month, Nigeria became the most recent African country to formally banfemale genital mutilation, a barbaric practice performed on 150 million girls across the world. The move was cheered around the globe, but the celebration was tinged with some reservation. Realistically,…
