Vowing „I will never be cut,“ the young women of Pokot, Kenya are fighting the centuries-old tradition of female genital mutilation with the help of the grassroots group Kepstono Rotwo – Abandon the Knife. In an award-winning video, Nancy Tomee fiercely confronts her bewildered mother, insisting, „I’m moving forward, moving forward.“
„I will never be cut, over my dead body. It’s a vicious cycle, I bury you, then you bury me with the same sorrows….I refuse to witness my mothers‘ suffering and then repeat the cycle.“
-Abby Zimet – ComlonDreams
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