Date Published : February 9th, 2022
Books over Razor Blades:Ending FGM in North Mara, Tanzania
Girls in Mara region at a safe house. ATFGM protects young women in Mara from FGM by setting up shelters and safe houses with support and funding from the Foundation for Civil Society (FCS), Muya Magesa*, 62, sells milk and eggs in Nyabitocho village, right above the Serengeti in North Mara, Tanzania. She has the spritely walk and booming laughter of a youthful woman, but speaks with the self-assured straightforwardness of an elder. Muya’s market runs as a milkmaid are a far cry from her days as a traditional circumciser,…