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Genital mutilation on rise in Covid-19 constrained in Africa


Genital mutilation on rise in Covid-19 constrained in Africa
The pandemic has created a perfect storm for proponents of cutting: vulnerable girls stuck at home without teachers’ protection
07 February 2021 - 08:13 Nita Bhalla
This photo taken on January 30 2018 shows a warning sign against female genital mutilation (FGM) in Katabok village, northeast Uganda. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/AFP PHOTO/YASUYOSHI CHIBA
Nairobi When Margaret heard the family making plans for her genital cutting ceremony last August, the 15-year-old Kenyan schoolgirl knew there was no room for negotiation.
Her school in rural, western Kenya had been closed for five months due to the pandemic, and with no certainty when classes would resume, Margaret s parents decided she should wed. ....

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Covid-19 creates 'fertile ground' for rise in female genital mutilation in Africa


Covid-19 creates fertile ground for rise in female genital mutilation in Africa
By Reuters
By Nita Bhalla
Nairobi - When Margaret heard the family making plans for her genital cutting ceremony last August, the 15-year-old Kenyan schoolgirl knew there was no room for negotiation.
Her school in rural, western Kenya had been closed for five months due to the pandemic, and with no certainty when classes would resume, Margaret s parents decided she should wed.
They wanted me to be cut so I could be married and they would get dowry, Margaret told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone from a temporary foster home in West Pokot county, which borders Uganda. ....

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