Meet Faizah, FGM Survivor from Uganda Faizah grew up in Sudan with the expectation that all girls would undergo female genital circumcision (considered widely as mutilation or FGM). In Faizah’s tribe, the procedure is a long culturally practiced method considered an induction into proper womanhood and is typically done to girls as young as five....
Meet Yacoub, Survivor from Mauritania For years, Yacoub moved from country to country seeking reprieve and refuge. Mauritania has been called “slavery’s last stronghold,” with an estimated 17% of the population still living in inter-generational slavery. As a child of the Wolof tribe, a disenfranchised ethnic group, Yacoub was forced into punishing labor and street...
