Female Genital Mutilation is violence against the girl-child
Do you know that female genital mutilation is the partial or total extirpation of the external female genital organs for non-medical reasons? This act has caused terrible damage to the organs of girls, as it causes intense pain and can cause prolonged bleeding, infections, infertility and even death. This is a violation against the right of a girl that you should be aware of. Many of you whose parents are aware of the campaign against this are lucky to have escaped the terrible act, but what about other girls in the villages? What about your friends whose parents, those educated, still believe in the tradition of female genital mutilation? Did you know that despite the campaign against this act, we could have had a case last week, but because of the intervention of the mother who escaped with her twins in the state of Imo? Last week it was reported in the Vanguard Newspapers that a Mrs. Vivian Ogechi Nwanebu, from Umuoku, Umuazalaukwu in the state of Imo, prevented ...