Female Genital Mutilation violates rights

An episode of the General Podcast podcast, hosted by Channel Africa, titled "Female Genital Mutilation violates rights" was published on September 29, 2017 and runs 4 minutes.

September 29, 2017 ·4m · General Podcast

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Episode Description

Cultural practices such as Female Genital Mutilation not only violate the rights of young girls but also put them at the risk of death and infections. This is according to 14 year old Purity Obwocha, a Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative Child representative in Kenya. Millions of women and girls alive today have been mutilated in over 30 African countries. Obwocha is calling on the government of Kenya to educate the Maassai tribe among others about the danger of these practices.....She spoke to Channel Africa's Kgomotso Mophulane....