Despite a few responses we got in Ogbomoso that FGM has been quelled, statistics show that its prevalence rate is 75% in the town. Our first stop was at New Waso market, where we explained the negative effects of FGM to over 500 people, including a woman who just mutilated her child two days earlier. […]
How traditionalists’ ego is fueling FGM
In the course of the Last Mile Reach campaign on stopping Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), we found that proponents of the act will do their best to sustain the culture, despite the negative effects they’ve learned. A man was asking if FGM affects menstrual cycle and sperm retainment, during our outreach at Oranyan market, but his voice was […]
Saving the girl child from FGM myths
During our market outreach at the popular Bodija market in Ibadan, we were astonished by the opinion of a woman that an end to Female Genital Mutilation was a dream that can never come through. She would soon be supported by an Okada rider, who believes in the heresies that an uncut girl is not complete and […]