Jaha Dukureh, who is leading the campaign to finish female genital mutilation in the US, and the head of the joint UNFPA/UNICEF task to end FGM Nafissatou Diop will be answering your inquiries about FGM between 12-2 ET Tuesday twenty Could.
Jaha’s petition on Alter.org and backed by congressman Joe Crowley, UN secretary common Ban Ki-Moon, and the Guardian has reached in excess of 48,000 signatures.The petition is calling for a new examine to uncover out just how many ladies and girls are impacted by FGM in the US, as the very first stage to forming a national action prepare to tackle the practice. The amount of American females and girls impacted or at threat is believed to have grown by 35 per cent to at least 228,000 in between 1997 and 2000.
Jaha has said she is determined to keep fighting until finally FGM is recognised as a true chance for American girls and policies are place in area to protect them. “I really don’t want to be poster youngster. I want each lady who has been through this to be able to speak out,” she says.
What do you want to know? Inquire your query by posting a comment in the thread under. Jaha Dukureh and Nafissatou Diop will answer them in between 12 – 1 ET Tuesday twenty May possibly.
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Your questions about female genital mutilation and the campaign to finish it
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