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whatsoever and my mom didn’t know that that was happening to us. My mother didn’t know her daughters had been taken to be circumcised.
Later, when I got married, I couldn't have sex. I had to return to the doctor, and then, I had to wait until I healed."
Let's #EndFGM 🙏🏽
Later, when I got married, I couldn't have sex. I had to return to the doctor, and then, I had to wait until I healed."
Let's #EndFGM 🙏🏽
October 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
whatsoever and my mom didn’t know that that was happening to us. My mother didn’t know her daughters had been taken to be circumcised.
Later, when I got married, I couldn't have sex. I had to return to the doctor, and then, I had to wait until I healed."
Let's #EndFGM 🙏🏽
Later, when I got married, I couldn't have sex. I had to return to the doctor, and then, I had to wait until I healed."
Let's #EndFGM 🙏🏽
whatsoever.
Then, they took us to this man’s house and they just tied us on the bed and we were circumcised.
We were tied in the legs. Couldn’t pee. Couldn’t move. When we needed to pee, they would carry us and put us on the grass. I just didn’t understand what was going on
Then, they took us to this man’s house and they just tied us on the bed and we were circumcised.
We were tied in the legs. Couldn’t pee. Couldn’t move. When we needed to pee, they would carry us and put us on the grass. I just didn’t understand what was going on
October 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
whatsoever.
Then, they took us to this man’s house and they just tied us on the bed and we were circumcised.
We were tied in the legs. Couldn’t pee. Couldn’t move. When we needed to pee, they would carry us and put us on the grass. I just didn’t understand what was going on
Then, they took us to this man’s house and they just tied us on the bed and we were circumcised.
We were tied in the legs. Couldn’t pee. Couldn’t move. When we needed to pee, they would carry us and put us on the grass. I just didn’t understand what was going on
We Need $80 To Complete Payment For Production Of 1000 Copies Of Anti-FGM Handbooks🙏🏽
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October 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
We Need $80 To Complete Payment For Production Of 1000 Copies Of Anti-FGM Handbooks🙏🏽
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flow to protest against the suspension.
ALSO, in 2021, many traditional leaders (led by Chief Zanzar Kawar) unashamedly, pleaded with the Govt to consider them before banning FGM because their livelihoods depended on cutting girls and women!
How you can HELP us to #EndFGM👇🏾
ALSO, in 2021, many traditional leaders (led by Chief Zanzar Kawar) unashamedly, pleaded with the Govt to consider them before banning FGM because their livelihoods depended on cutting girls and women!
How you can HELP us to #EndFGM👇🏾
October 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
flow to protest against the suspension.
ALSO, in 2021, many traditional leaders (led by Chief Zanzar Kawar) unashamedly, pleaded with the Govt to consider them before banning FGM because their livelihoods depended on cutting girls and women!
How you can HELP us to #EndFGM👇🏾
ALSO, in 2021, many traditional leaders (led by Chief Zanzar Kawar) unashamedly, pleaded with the Govt to consider them before banning FGM because their livelihoods depended on cutting girls and women!
How you can HELP us to #EndFGM👇🏾
Our APPEAL🙏🏽
Many #EndFGM advocates and groups have closed their services because of funds.
We would have too BUT you all have selflessly donated to support this productive advocacy for 7 years now.
To continue supporting our advocacy, kindly donate here:
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Many #EndFGM advocates and groups have closed their services because of funds.
We would have too BUT you all have selflessly donated to support this productive advocacy for 7 years now.
To continue supporting our advocacy, kindly donate here:
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October 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Our APPEAL🙏🏽
Many #EndFGM advocates and groups have closed their services because of funds.
We would have too BUT you all have selflessly donated to support this productive advocacy for 7 years now.
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Many #EndFGM advocates and groups have closed their services because of funds.
We would have too BUT you all have selflessly donated to support this productive advocacy for 7 years now.
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secured to transport her back to Loroo Health Centre III.
There, the doctor identified that 'some of her body parts had been removed,' as community members would later describe, and the fetus had died.
My sister was rushed to Amudat Hospital by ambulance, BUT she died en route!"
There, the doctor identified that 'some of her body parts had been removed,' as community members would later describe, and the fetus had died.
My sister was rushed to Amudat Hospital by ambulance, BUT she died en route!"
October 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
secured to transport her back to Loroo Health Centre III.
There, the doctor identified that 'some of her body parts had been removed,' as community members would later describe, and the fetus had died.
My sister was rushed to Amudat Hospital by ambulance, BUT she died en route!"
There, the doctor identified that 'some of her body parts had been removed,' as community members would later describe, and the fetus had died.
My sister was rushed to Amudat Hospital by ambulance, BUT she died en route!"
fight for her life, as there was no one available to rush her to the hospital.
Early the next morning, our mother received word from neighbours that her daughter was dying.
My sister was unconscious by the time our mother arrived. A motorbike taxi, known as boda boda, was
Early the next morning, our mother received word from neighbours that her daughter was dying.
My sister was unconscious by the time our mother arrived. A motorbike taxi, known as boda boda, was
October 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
fight for her life, as there was no one available to rush her to the hospital.
Early the next morning, our mother received word from neighbours that her daughter was dying.
My sister was unconscious by the time our mother arrived. A motorbike taxi, known as boda boda, was
Early the next morning, our mother received word from neighbours that her daughter was dying.
My sister was unconscious by the time our mother arrived. A motorbike taxi, known as boda boda, was
oblivious to the act; she mistakenly thought the woman was aiding in the childbirth.
But when she began to hemorrhage, the elderly woman fled.
Realizing that her daughter-in-law might bleed to death, the mother-in-law left my sister alone to find our family.
My sister was left to
But when she began to hemorrhage, the elderly woman fled.
Realizing that her daughter-in-law might bleed to death, the mother-in-law left my sister alone to find our family.
My sister was left to
October 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
oblivious to the act; she mistakenly thought the woman was aiding in the childbirth.
But when she began to hemorrhage, the elderly woman fled.
Realizing that her daughter-in-law might bleed to death, the mother-in-law left my sister alone to find our family.
My sister was left to
But when she began to hemorrhage, the elderly woman fled.
Realizing that her daughter-in-law might bleed to death, the mother-in-law left my sister alone to find our family.
My sister was left to
need to return to the health centre; that the elderly woman could assist with the childbirth instead.
My sister laboured for hours into the night.
During her intense contractions, the elderly woman performed the FGM on her, cutting off her clitoris and inner labia.
My sister was
My sister laboured for hours into the night.
During her intense contractions, the elderly woman performed the FGM on her, cutting off her clitoris and inner labia.
My sister was
October 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
need to return to the health centre; that the elderly woman could assist with the childbirth instead.
My sister laboured for hours into the night.
During her intense contractions, the elderly woman performed the FGM on her, cutting off her clitoris and inner labia.
My sister was
My sister laboured for hours into the night.
During her intense contractions, the elderly woman performed the FGM on her, cutting off her clitoris and inner labia.
My sister was
an elderly woman who was a traditional birth attendant, was also a practitioner of FGM!
After a period of time, my sister started to feel uneasy due to the lateness of the hour and emphasized the urgency of returning to the health center.
But her mother-in-law said there was no
After a period of time, my sister started to feel uneasy due to the lateness of the hour and emphasized the urgency of returning to the health center.
But her mother-in-law said there was no
October 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
an elderly woman who was a traditional birth attendant, was also a practitioner of FGM!
After a period of time, my sister started to feel uneasy due to the lateness of the hour and emphasized the urgency of returning to the health center.
But her mother-in-law said there was no
After a period of time, my sister started to feel uneasy due to the lateness of the hour and emphasized the urgency of returning to the health center.
But her mother-in-law said there was no
contractions began.
After an examination, health workers instructed them to return in several hours after the labour had progressed a bit more.
But rather than go home, her mother-in-law proposed they stop to rest at the nearby home of a friend. My sister had no idea this friend,
After an examination, health workers instructed them to return in several hours after the labour had progressed a bit more.
But rather than go home, her mother-in-law proposed they stop to rest at the nearby home of a friend. My sister had no idea this friend,
October 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
contractions began.
After an examination, health workers instructed them to return in several hours after the labour had progressed a bit more.
But rather than go home, her mother-in-law proposed they stop to rest at the nearby home of a friend. My sister had no idea this friend,
After an examination, health workers instructed them to return in several hours after the labour had progressed a bit more.
But rather than go home, her mother-in-law proposed they stop to rest at the nearby home of a friend. My sister had no idea this friend,
sister became pregnant shortly after getting married, at age 18. Her mother-in-law was extremely supportive and involved throughout the pregnancy until she went into labour.
She was taken to the Loroo Health Centre III, accompanied by her mother-in-law, the morning her
She was taken to the Loroo Health Centre III, accompanied by her mother-in-law, the morning her
October 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
sister became pregnant shortly after getting married, at age 18. Her mother-in-law was extremely supportive and involved throughout the pregnancy until she went into labour.
She was taken to the Loroo Health Centre III, accompanied by her mother-in-law, the morning her
She was taken to the Loroo Health Centre III, accompanied by her mother-in-law, the morning her
about FGM because we don't practise it in our community. But when my sister married her husband Ikomol, who was from an ethnic group that does FGM, he promised that he had no interest in subjecting her to the custom.
But unbeknownst to them, Ikomol's mother had other ideas!
My
But unbeknownst to them, Ikomol's mother had other ideas!
My
October 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
about FGM because we don't practise it in our community. But when my sister married her husband Ikomol, who was from an ethnic group that does FGM, he promised that he had no interest in subjecting her to the custom.
But unbeknownst to them, Ikomol's mother had other ideas!
My
But unbeknownst to them, Ikomol's mother had other ideas!
My
painful experience to me!"
Our APPEAL🙏🏽
Many #EndFGM advocates have closed their services because of funds.
We would have too BUT you have selflessly donated to support this advocacy for 7 years now.
To keep supporting our advocacy, kindly donate here:
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Our APPEAL🙏🏽
Many #EndFGM advocates have closed their services because of funds.
We would have too BUT you have selflessly donated to support this advocacy for 7 years now.
To keep supporting our advocacy, kindly donate here:
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September 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
painful experience to me!"
Our APPEAL🙏🏽
Many #EndFGM advocates have closed their services because of funds.
We would have too BUT you have selflessly donated to support this advocacy for 7 years now.
To keep supporting our advocacy, kindly donate here:
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Our APPEAL🙏🏽
Many #EndFGM advocates have closed their services because of funds.
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'circumcision seal' between my vulva and my anal region.
I had been sedated but it was like I hadn't been. I felt the pain - very hard to describe.
She later said that the #FGM was done wrongly (any right FGM?) such that my urinal part joined with the anal region.
That was a very
I had been sedated but it was like I hadn't been. I felt the pain - very hard to describe.
She later said that the #FGM was done wrongly (any right FGM?) such that my urinal part joined with the anal region.
That was a very
September 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
'circumcision seal' between my vulva and my anal region.
I had been sedated but it was like I hadn't been. I felt the pain - very hard to describe.
She later said that the #FGM was done wrongly (any right FGM?) such that my urinal part joined with the anal region.
That was a very
I had been sedated but it was like I hadn't been. I felt the pain - very hard to describe.
She later said that the #FGM was done wrongly (any right FGM?) such that my urinal part joined with the anal region.
That was a very
they tried to help me but it was still very hard for my child to come out.
However, it was one of the midwives who discovered the reason my baby couldn't come out, and told the rest to hold me down.
She put both index fingers into my vulva and forcefully tore down to break the
However, it was one of the midwives who discovered the reason my baby couldn't come out, and told the rest to hold me down.
She put both index fingers into my vulva and forcefully tore down to break the
September 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
they tried to help me but it was still very hard for my child to come out.
However, it was one of the midwives who discovered the reason my baby couldn't come out, and told the rest to hold me down.
She put both index fingers into my vulva and forcefully tore down to break the
However, it was one of the midwives who discovered the reason my baby couldn't come out, and told the rest to hold me down.
She put both index fingers into my vulva and forcefully tore down to break the
childhood, I avoided going to ease myself for fears of the pain down there. I grew up and started to daily take 'pain relievers' to cool my pain down there.
I got married and became pregnant.
When the time for delivery came, I had a prolonged labour but when the midwives came,
I got married and became pregnant.
When the time for delivery came, I had a prolonged labour but when the midwives came,
September 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
childhood, I avoided going to ease myself for fears of the pain down there. I grew up and started to daily take 'pain relievers' to cool my pain down there.
I got married and became pregnant.
When the time for delivery came, I had a prolonged labour but when the midwives came,
I got married and became pregnant.
When the time for delivery came, I had a prolonged labour but when the midwives came,
the circumciser had intentionally or unintentionally sewn up part of my vulva down to my anal region.
So, I grew up in great pain whenever I wanted to ease myself (taking a pee or going to the toilet) - each time I did so, it was like I was sitting on a pot of fire.
Throughout my
So, I grew up in great pain whenever I wanted to ease myself (taking a pee or going to the toilet) - each time I did so, it was like I was sitting on a pot of fire.
Throughout my
September 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
the circumciser had intentionally or unintentionally sewn up part of my vulva down to my anal region.
So, I grew up in great pain whenever I wanted to ease myself (taking a pee or going to the toilet) - each time I did so, it was like I was sitting on a pot of fire.
Throughout my
So, I grew up in great pain whenever I wanted to ease myself (taking a pee or going to the toilet) - each time I did so, it was like I was sitting on a pot of fire.
Throughout my
investigation is underway to establish the exact responsibilities and clarify the circumstances of this family tragedy with tragic consequences.
Source: Seneweb
#EndFGM 🙏🏽
#WomenSafety #WomanLifeFreedom #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #WomensRights #womenforreform #womenshealth
Source: Seneweb
#EndFGM 🙏🏽
#WomenSafety #WomanLifeFreedom #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #WomensRights #womenforreform #womenshealth
August 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
investigation is underway to establish the exact responsibilities and clarify the circumstances of this family tragedy with tragic consequences.
Source: Seneweb
#EndFGM 🙏🏽
#WomenSafety #WomanLifeFreedom #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #WomensRights #womenforreform #womenshealth
Source: Seneweb
#EndFGM 🙏🏽
#WomenSafety #WomanLifeFreedom #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #WomensRights #womenforreform #womenshealth
of this act, the maternal grandmother, deeply distraught, filed a complaint, leading to the arrest of the suspect on Tuesday, August 18, 2025, at her home by the gendarmerie.
Placed in custody at the Conakry Central Prison, Mariam Diallo is now awaiting a court appearance. An
Placed in custody at the Conakry Central Prison, Mariam Diallo is now awaiting a court appearance. An
August 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
of this act, the maternal grandmother, deeply distraught, filed a complaint, leading to the arrest of the suspect on Tuesday, August 18, 2025, at her home by the gendarmerie.
Placed in custody at the Conakry Central Prison, Mariam Diallo is now awaiting a court appearance. An
Placed in custody at the Conakry Central Prison, Mariam Diallo is now awaiting a court appearance. An
given that this practice is prohibited and criminally punishable in the Republic of Guinea, highlights the persistence of this tradition despite the laws in force.
According to initial investigations, the circumcision was carried out by the victim's aunt, Mariam Diallo. Informed
According to initial investigations, the circumcision was carried out by the victim's aunt, Mariam Diallo. Informed
August 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
given that this practice is prohibited and criminally punishable in the Republic of Guinea, highlights the persistence of this tradition despite the laws in force.
According to initial investigations, the circumcision was carried out by the victim's aunt, Mariam Diallo. Informed
According to initial investigations, the circumcision was carried out by the victim's aunt, Mariam Diallo. Informed