Three girls die after FGM rituals in Sierra Leone

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Three girls die after FGM rituals in Sierra Leone

Children’s parents and those who performed the procedure are in police custody, according to local reports

Weronika Strzyżyńska
Fri 2 Feb 2024 06.00 GMT
Last modified on Fri 2 Feb 2024 06.03 GMT

Police in Sierra Leone are investigating the deaths of three girls who underwent female genital mutilation (FGM).

Adamsay Sesay, 12; Salamatu Jalloh, 13; and Kadiatu Bangura, 17, died during initiation ceremonies in the country’s North West province last month, according to local reports.

Aminata Koroma, the executive secretary of the Forum Against Harmful Practices (FAHP), an organisation working to end FGM in Sierra Leone, said the girls’ parents and those who cut them were in police custody.

FGM involves the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, and is considered a violation of women’s and girls’ human rights. In 2012 the UN passed a resolution to ban it, but it is still practised in about 30 countries.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/02/girls-die-after-fgm-ceremonies-in-sierra-leone

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. There are no words for my disgust, horror and anger.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. You and me both, Ferrets.

[niyad]

3. This is just heartbreaking, but, sadly, unsurprising. And, let us not forget

that there are reported cases here as well.

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. IMO, the most egregious version of misogyny in existence.

And even using that word makes it seem tame to what is really happening.

[niyad]

5. Agreed. Maybe people would understand if there were graphic, detailed

descriptions of what is really done, especially in the most extreme cases, and how they are done.

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. Many would just LALALALALA it and pretend it really doesn't happen.

It is frustrating.

[niyad]

7. Sadly, you are quite correct.