General News of Thursday, 6 February 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comPainful sex, torture and life-long scars are what I've been left with – Female Genital Mutilation victim speaksplay videoFemale Genital Mutilation is a bad age-long practice that has affected many girlsShe thought it was normal because all her life, she had been bathing with girls with the same ‘look’. Realising the difference, she had to ask her mother what accounted for her outlook, having being educated by her social studies teacher about the phenomenon of Female Genital Mutilation. This is the story of Kurima, a victim of Female Genital Mutilation, who lives in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region. In 2012, the UN General Assembly designated February 6th as the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, with the aim of amplifying the efforts on the elimination of this practice. The Day focuses on mobilising youth around the eliminations of harmful practices, including female genital mutilation under the theme: "Unleashing Youth Power: One decade of accelerating actions for zero female genital mutilation."

Source: GhanaWeb February 06, 2020 16:25 UTC