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Don’t do to your daughters what has been done to you! They are perfect and beautiful.


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Because women and girls are not valued equally as human beings, they are treated as less than such. Female genital mutilation is one example of this that has to be stopped.

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I love the truth. Tell the truth and live the truth, because we've seen enough lies and look what it's doing.



I always knew, from the very day of my own mutilation, that I would one day fight against this practice. I did not know how and when, but I knew that I would fight it.

I always knew, from the very day of my own mutilation, that I would one day fight against this practice. I did not know how and when, but I knew that I would fight it.



I know what I am fighting for. I am fighting for the most basic rights of innocent children. And that is why I never take the criticism too deep under my skin.

I know what I am fighting for. I am fighting for the most basic rights of innocent children. And that is why I never take the criticism too deep under my skin.



We need to empower women: provide them with work for their own income, and teach them to become independent of men so they will never have to have their children suffering the same torture.

We need to empower women: provide them with work for their own income, and teach them to become independent of men so they will never have to have their children suffering the same torture.



Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.

Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.





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