‘A girl who has not been circumcised will be called a buuryogab. It’s an insult, says Hargeisa based Nutritionists Fatima
Somalilandsun – In Somaliland, a deeply conservative state where more than a third of households live in poverty, an estimated 98% of girls endure FGM.
According to ActionAid which visited Somaliland to mark International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, FGM causes huge physical and psychological damage, yet – in this deeply conservative society – girls spared the procedure face a lifetime’s isolation.Continue reading the pictographic story
