At least 200 million girls and women globally have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Despite FGM being condemned by a number of international treaties and conventions, the practice persists in many countries around the world, leaving girls and women at risk of both immediate and long-term health complications and impacting their physical and mental wellbeing.

Carrie is joined by Teleri Jardine from World Vision who explains some of the cultural beliefs surrounding FGM and how World Vision is working to address the issue and encourage change by supporting projects which start open dialogues between the generations and empowering both young girls and boys to understand the true impact of FGM.

And also, Purity Soinato Oiyie, a women’s rights activist from Kenya and co-founder of the ‘Silan Foundation’ which conducts conversations within communities to with the aim of eradicating female genital mutilation, as well as child marriage, gender-based violence and teenage pregnancies. Purity shares her own story of escaping FGM and marriage at the age of 10, and the consequences that followed.

Plus as Carrie continues her journey in Sierra Leone, she meets Tenema who campaigns to end FGM. Tenema talks about the pressures placed on girls and young women, amid ongoing concerns that FGM is still taking place but under increasingly secretive circumstances.

To find out more about the work of World Vision, visit worldvision.org.uk

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