Sadia Hussein had been in labour for three days when she felt she could take no more. Photograph: Peter Caton/The GuardianNow 34, Hussein is one of Kenya’s most powerful and persuasive advocates for the eradication of FGM. Before she was cut, Hussein remembers being mocked as a young girl by classmates who told her she wasn’t clean. ‘Every time I go to those villages I really feel happy, I feel proud’ ... Sadia Hussein. “I really want to leave a legacy where I live on in people’s souls, so people can say: ‘Sadia Hussein: education and not mutilation’, you know?”

Source: The Guardian June 23, 2021 14:09 UTC