According to TodayOnline.com, relaying word from the Sierra News in Sierra Leone, 15 women considered the “top” female circumcisers in their districts have publicly abandoned their trade. At a rally organized by an NGO called the Amazonian Initiative Movement, the women pledged to work toward “safeguarding the health of women and girls,” the state-owned newspaper said. As a symbolic gesture, they burned the tools of their trade.
For more about just how strong a statement these women have made, read this article from the United Nations.
