Chief Zanzan Kawar said the livelihoods of women traditional leaders including elders depend on preparing women and girls to become successful and respectable housewives and law abiding citizens, and as such, there was a need to provide alternative economic livelihood for practitioners. To mark the celebration of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, the government and its partners organized an event which brought together the traditional leaders and called on them to see reasons to end the practice. So, it requires continued engagements with the main players in order to end its most sacred rituals, FGM. He added that the livelihoods of most women traditional leaders including elders depend on preparing women and girls to become successful and respectable housewives and law abiding citizens, and as such, there was a need to provide alternative economic livelihood for practitioners. It is for your traditional leaders, the elders, and the women to work together.”

Source: Front Page Africa February 11, 2021 11:07 UTC