Female Genital Mutilation is not a woman's issue, it is everyone's

“I curse the practice of FGM and I don’t want any daughter of mine to go through this process that almost claimed my life," says Margaret Chepoteltel who was 13 when she underwent Female Genital Mutilation. She was looking forward to it back then. Little did she know that the procedure could cause lifelong health problems. When giving birth to her first child, Margaret faced complications, “I was lucky because somehow I stayed alive, but I eventually lost my baby.”

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Female Genital Mutilation is not a woman's issue, it is everyone's issue

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Female Genital Mutilation is not a woman's issue, it is everyone's issue

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