Female genital mutilation:activists and survivorsspeak out

Aisha*, 13, Guinea- Bissau,cut when she was 8

*Name has been changed to protect girl's identity

THEY TOOK ME INTO THE BUSH AND MADE ME SHUT MY EYES. THE OTHERS HELD ME

DOWN. I I WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN WHERE THEY CUT ME.

Nagah Ettia, 53, Egypt,midwife who stoppedpracticing FGM

ALL THIS HAPPENED DUE TO ILLITERACY, IGNORANCE, POVERTY AND CLOSED MINDS

Mzee Mwamba, Kenyan elder

I FIGHT FGM BECAUSE IT ROBS WOMEN OF THEIR DIGNITY AND SELF- ESTEEM

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO HAVE A DAUGHTER. AND SHE WILL NOT BE CUT.Birtukan, 15, Ethiopia,

member of the Uncut Girls Club

Alemayehu, 14, Ethiopia

It used to be unacceptable [to speak about FGM as a boy] but if I and other but if I and other boys stay silent, our sisters and friends

will die.

learn moreabout FGM

plan-international.org/EndFGM

Meet the Kenyan elders campaigning against FGM

See how we are transforming attitudes to FGM

Why Nagah stopped practicing FGM after 17 years

Find out more aboutthe Uncut Girls’ Club

What boys and men think of FGM