WHO defines FGM as the partial or complete removal of the external reproductive parts or other injuries to female reproductive parts for non-medical reasons. This crime is internationally known as “Female Genital Mutilation” which speaks volumes of the type of human rights violations that young girls are exposed to, as well as the type of physical and mental torments that befall them as a result of the partial or complete cutting of organs that have vital and important functions for their physical, psychological and reproductive health.

In conjunction with the “International Day of the Girl Child”, Tadwein for Gender Studies has launched a campaign titled “Speak Out Your Pain”. The campaign aimed at encouraging women and girls that have been exposed to crime and in-humane practices to share their stories and their struggles to ultimately raise awareness on the dangers of these crimes as a prelude to end it.