Traditional Leaders Say They Will Not Stop Female Genital Cutting Without More MoneyIn part two of a two-part series Rita Jlogbe Doue finds traditional leaders are defying a three-year moratorium and continuing to kidnap girls for bush schools. The head of traditional women in River Cess she has been a leader on efforts to protect the Sande culture as government and international organizations have pushed hard to stop female genital cutting and bush schools. “Teekpeh Town and Gumu – they not check it but that right outside the women’s open Bush,” Mamie says. One center is in Todee in rural Montserrado County where traditional leaders say they have suspended Bush schools after the construction of the center. For now heavy lobbying of traditional leaders continues behind the scenes.
