female circumcision

In Queens, New York, ten-year-old Akilah is determined to find out why her closest friend, Victoria, is silent and withdrawn after returning from a trip to her homeland, Nigeria.

Fadumo Korn recalls her experiences after undergoing female genital mutilation at the age of seven, a common ritual in her Somali tribe, discusses the complications that led her to Mogadishu, Rome, and Germany where she had reconstructive surgery, and urges anti-FGM activists to be sensitive to traditional practices.

Tells the unlikely and inspiring story of Molly Melching, an American woman whose experience as an exchange student in Senegal led her to found Tostan and dedicate almost four decades of her life to the girls and women of Africa.

Discusses female genital cutting worldwide, as well as efforts to stop this practice. Also provides physical, psychological, and emotional resources for those affected.

A personal story of female genital mutilation. Mire reveals what it means to grow up in a traditional Somali family, where girls' and women's basic human rights are violated on a daily basis. She describes FGM is the ultimate child abuse, a ritual of mutilation handed down from mother to daughter and protected by the word "culture.".

Chronicles the making of Alice Walker and Pratibha Parmar's documentary on female genital mutilation in Africa, "Warrior Marks," including interviews with excised and infibulated women and girls, excisors, and workers against these practices; addresses social, religious, emotional, and health aspects.

A teenage girl living on a tropical island runs away to escape her tribe's customs of arranged marriages and female genital mutilation.

A teenage girl living on a tropical island runs away to escape her tribe's customs of arranged marriages and female genital mutilation.