https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/17/leaders-in-sierra-leone-sign-f/ Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/17/leaders-in-sierra-leone-sign-f/#comment-534560 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:46:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/17/leaders-in-sierra-leone-sign-f/#comment-534560 I saw a doco that touched on the women who perform FGM in Sierra Leone, about a successful reeducation program there. They talked to a woman who used to do this and the saddest part of her story is that a lot of the women who perform the FGM feel like they have no choice economically — because of the respect they get for the job, it’s financially so much more rewarding than any other work they can do (unless they learn to read and write).

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