‘I FELT EXTREME ANGER’: THE FGM SURVIVOR ENDING ABUSE AND GIVING A VOICE TO GIRLS IN SENEGAL

Woppa Diallo’s work to end FGM and keep girls in school has saved others from being cut. Now, she and her husband have won the Caine prize for their book based on her experiences. According to the UN, almost a third of women in Senegal are married or in a union before they turn 18, and more than one in 10 (12.4%) women aged 15 to 49 reported being subject to some form of violence by a current or former partner in the previous 12 months.