Our campaign against FGM comes with true life stories of another victim. Here, she recalls her harrowing experience at that time. She said:
"I was circumcised by my grandmother, who was a valued member of the community for her ‘surgical skills’ as well as a traditional birth attendant.
I was with other girls when she circumcised me. The parents of
the other girls asked her to do the Sunni cut. But my step-mother insisted that l should undergo the Pharaonic cut.
After the cut, my grandmother tied me up from the toes to the waist, thinking it would stop me from moving around as this would tear my wound.
Three days after, l
was unable to pass urine. My abdomen was swollen because l could not pass urine. My grandmother cut me again!
When I got married, it took my husband two days to try and penetrate me. So, I had to be cut again for the third time.
When I gave birth, I was cut again. I went through cutting and more cutting. I got all my 5 children through cutting. I have scars all over. If you look at it now it’s like a cloth that has been sewn. You're left with a hole at the end that you use for menstruation, urine and for giving birth."
For your information, PHARAONIC CUT is Type 3 #FGM.
#ENDFGM.
Source: @TheGirdleng
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