female genital mutilation

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Sarah Kajira. She is a reformed circumciser turned saviour and advocate of anti-FGM in Tharaka Nithi. www.businesstoday.co.ke
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Former Circumciser: “I could cut 50 to 60 girls every season.”

As the law enforcers continue cracking down on the cutters, some are abandoned the crude tools to embrace alternatives.

Moi Kabarak High School students sing in celebration after it produced the top KCSE candidate on February 28, 2011. Kenyan workers receive more education than they did in 1990. The Education ministry has proposed ways to control re-entry and discourage pregnancy in schools www.businesstoday.co.ke
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Govt seeks to streamline readmission of school dropouts

Proposed guidelines provide a framework to facilitate re-entry into educational institution for any learner who dropped out of school for whatever reason, and...

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Uhuru pledges to end FGM by end of his term

President Uhuru Kenyatta has pledged to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the country by the end of his tenure in 2022. Mr...

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Female circumcision lives on in a modern world with tough laws

The decision to cut girls remains a parental and societal matter, with fathers as the main decision-makers as well as chiefs and other...

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Woman who escaped cut named among most influential people

Nice Nailantei Leng'ete was named among the world's Most Influential Persons in the world for her crusade against Female Genital Mutilation

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KTN anchor wins award for anti-FGM war

Ali Manzu received the prestigious award at the first ever conference by the UN held at Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD)

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Dream come true for young lawyer who escaped early marriage

Josephine Rokiten wanted her to get married at the age of 16 but she escaped to a pastor's home seeking help as he...