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Escaping Tanzania's Cutting Season

Escaping Tanzania's Cutting Season

FromCrossing Continents


Escaping Tanzania's Cutting Season

FromCrossing Continents

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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Apr 2, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In northern Tanzania there is a tradition of FGM - female genital mutilation. The 'cutting season' lasts for six weeks. Afterwards, the adolescent victims are often expected to marry. But girls in Serengeti District are saying 'no' to FGM. And dozens of them have fled to a new safe house in the town of Mugumu to escape this bloody, life-threatening rite of passage. For Crossing Continents, Linda Pressly travels to Mugumu to meet the girls - and the woman who has given them refuge, Rhobi Samwelly. She listens in as Rhobi engages in delicate and often emotional negotiations with parents intent on mutilating their daughters. Will the girls ever feel safe enough to return home?
Released:
Apr 2, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Series focusing on foreign affairs issues