Girls in Kajiado stands against FGM, They decided to fight!

In Kajiado County, young girls are beginning to fight against the brutal rite of female circumcision. It started with one girl, 13-year-old Damaris Naishorua, who stood against tradition and refused to get undergo FGM. The girls are now taking charge and even reporting their parents to authorities if they threaten to mutilate and marry them off. More than 200 in Sajiloni girls graduated from the alternative rite of passage, they made that transition to adult hood without undergoing FGM. <3.
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LEADERS OF GREAT REGION TO SIGN A TREATY AGAINST SEXUAL GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN 11 GREATER LAKE REGION, :)) THE FIRST LADIES PUSHED FOR THIS, I AM PROUD OF JANET MUSEVENI UGANDA AND DR KASEMBA ZAMBIA.

HEY GREAT REGION LEADERS THIS PICTURE IS AN EVIDENCE THAT THIS DAY YOU PROMISED AND IF YOU DON'T WELL.........

Leaders of the Great Lakes Region are expected to sign a declaration on how to handle sexual violence and negative forces.

The signing will mark the end of a two day summit at Speke Resort Munyonyo at the shores of Lake Victoria.

Delegates from eleven countries pointed out that militias use sex as a weapon of war during conflict. However they did not exempt national armies, peace keeping forces and civilians who they equally accused of perpetrating acts of sexual based violence.

Rape, defilement, sexual threats, exploitation, humiliation, assault, molestation, incest and female genital mutilation (FGM) were listed as some of the sexual offences commonly committed against women and girls.

Presidents, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Michael Sata (Zambia) Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania Mwai Kibaki (Kenya) and Pierre Nkurunziza (Burundi) are attending the summit. Sudanese Vice President Alhaj Adam Yusuf is representing indicted President of Sudan, Omar el Bashir.

The summit is organised under the theme; United to prevent, end impunity and provide support to the victims of Sexual and Gender based violence in the Great Lakes Region.

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LITERATE WOMEN IN EAST AFRICA TELL LIKE IT LIKE IT IS ABOUT FGM.

Kapchorwa — Human rights activists have called upon the East Africa bloc to honour the commitment to end female genital mutilation, describing it as a discriminatory and a harmful practice to girls.
While addressing delegates from Kenya and Uganda and traditionalists at the 12th Sebei Culture Day celebrations on Monday held at Sebei College Tegeres, the Speaker of Parliament, Ms Rebecca Kadaga, said ending FGM is crucial to the success of two of the Millennium Development Goals: Improving maternal health and promoting gender equality.
She said: "FGM is a violation of the women rights. It is a dangerous and irreversible procedure that negatively impacts the general health, child-bearing capabilities and educational opportunities of girls. God is not happy about the practice."
The Sebei Culture Day, an annual event, was held under the theme 'Education and quality reproductive health are key in FGM abandonment. This is regarded as a day of zero tolerance to FGM'.
Ms Teresa Malaba, a lecturer at Kenya University, said in order to end the practice, nations must build a generally protective environment for children. The chairman Sebei Elders Association, Mr Patrick Cheborion, said progress in fighting FGM needs collective support from all stakeholders, including toughening national laws against the practice.

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ORGANISATIONS THAT WANT THE CREDIT OF ENDING FGM AND OTHER ATROCITIES-DON'T SPREAD PROPAGANDAS ,SPREAD THE PAINFUL TRUTH AND LET YOUR LOYALTY REMAIN TO THE VICTIMS. FGM IS NOT A SHOW IT IS AN EVERYDAY NIGHTMARE TO THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS,SO STOP MAKING IT ABOUT YOURSELVES!! by Lucy Mashua

10 years ago in Senegal the village of Malicoundo Bambara declared their abandonment of FGM and 2,657 other villages have declared since then , what is shocking FGM is still practiced and girls are being mutilated everyday, some villagers told IRIN news same women dancing and showing off on camera declaring abandonment of FGM behind their closed doors are still mutilating :((. Yes that is Africa for you they will tell foreigners what they want to hear and even pose for the pictures hoping to get something out of it, but girls and women continue to suffer , I am telling you only Africans know Africans so foreign journalist and organizations that want to get credit so much for ending FGM or other man made atrocities make sure that you get the truth from the root don't buy lips service and dancing or any propagandas being spread !!

Let the truth be told, don't compromise the truth to please the perpetrators . The truth is your loyalty should remain to the victims!!

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KENYAN GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BLOODY MUTILATIONS THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND WHERE HUNDREDS OF GIRLS WERE MUTILATED UNDER POLICE WATCH!! I AM SO UPSET TOO UPSET WHAT KIND OF GOVERNMENT THAT WATCHES AS CHILDREN ARE BEING MUTILATED AND MURDERED AND SAYS NOTHING?

All the hundreds of girls mutilated over the weekend and all mutilated after the new FGM law was passed, and all who have died should sue the government of Kenya for not protecting them!!! Here is what the constitution of Kenya state!!.The children are protected under the constitution as evidenced here:
Children. Rev. 2010] Constitution of Kenya 37
(b) to free and compulsory basic education;
(c) to basic nutrition, shelter and health care;
(d) to be protected from abuse, neglect, harmful cultural
practices, all forms of violence, inhuman treatment and
punishment, and hazardous or exploitative labour;
(e) to parental care and protection, which includes equal
responsibility of the mother and father to provide for the child!!.
Kenyan government arrest those mutilators and their supporters ASAP.!! And after that may be your sentence for crimes against humanity committed under your watch will be lighter one day!!! . Human rights lawyers please step in , The state department,UNICEF and all the global human rights organisations.

Some of the tortured girls:((.
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MUTILATORS OVERPOWERS KENYAN POLICE AND HUNDREDS OF GIRLS ARE MUTILATED:(( FROM AGE 8-16 AND ARE READY FOR MARRIAEGE THAT MEANS NO SCHOOL FOR THEM!!.AND ONE SHAMELESS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CIVIC LEADER DEFENDS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IN NYANZA PROVINCE KURIA DISTRICT!! AM STILL COMING TO TERMS POLICE WITH GUNS AND VILLAGERS WITH MACHETTES/PANGA!! I HATE DECEMBER THIS IS THE MONTH MANY GIRLS LIVES ARE RUINED FOR GOOD!!!

Girls are congratulated and decorated after their genitals are mutilated !!called Esaro as friends and relatives join in the celebrations. so sick!!!!!

The sound of gun shots pierced the air as seemingly intoxicated youth joined girls and women in wild celebration.
Tradition had triumphed over law as hundreds of girls, some as young as eight years old faced the knife in a procedure that is internationally loathed and outlawed — female genital mutilation.

The setting is Kuria East and West districts. It’s is the third year since the last rite, and so a fresh set of girls are supposed to undergo the FGM among the Bugambe and the Buiregi clans.

Tuesday was the culmination of three days of activities that saw the villagers throng footpaths in wild celebration, armed with home made guns, machetes, spears, knives, clubs and other weapons that would ordinarily have their wielders jailed.

Hundreds of schoolgirls underwent the traditional rite of passage that now allows them to get married, raising doubts as to whether they will continue with their studies in the New Year.

Among the health concerns associated with the practice are complications during childbirth, heavy bleeding after birth and prolonged hospitalisation, with the degree of complications increasing depending on the extent and severity of the mutilation that can also cause infections and death.

The killer virus, HIV, is also readily transmitted this way.

Teachers in the area said that while the practice had been part of culture, it lead to significant deterioration in the standard of education as girls dropped out of school soon afterwards.

But Guitembe ward councillor from Kuria constituency Protrus Kohe defended the practice, arguing that the constitution protected cultural practices of communities.

Early in the week, two women mutilaters were arrested by police while “cutting” five young girls. The law enforcers laid a trap near the mutilaters’ homes and nabbed them soon after they began the “surgery”.

But the locals, who are predominantly members of the Kuria community, blocked the police vehicle, demanding immediate and unconditional release of the women.The officers were then forced to fire in the air several times to scare off the adamant protesters.
But more drama was to unfold when armed youths joined in the protests and blocked the busy Kenya-Tanzania highway for several hours.

They then engaged the police in running battles along the highway in a move that paralysed transport and blocked cargo trailers heading to or coming from the neighbouring country.

Even attempts by the Kuria West DC James Mugwe to calm them down bore no fruit.

The DC however insisted that they would not allow FGM to continue in the region, saying the practice was illegal.

FGM is practised in at least 26 of 43 African countries and prevalence varies from 98 per cent in Somalia to 5 per cent in Zaire/Congo.

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TOURIST AND INVESTORS FLOCKS ARUSHA REGION AND IGNORES THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION TOWARDS WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS, LIKE FGM AND EARLY MARRIAGES .

Arusha, christened the Switzerland of Africa, has in recent days been a centre of political tension and not to mention of the several human rights violations against women.
The northern Tanzania region of Arusha occupies third place in the country in terms of the vice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) after Dodoma and Manyara.
Apart from the outdated tradition, so-called investors are clamouring for Arusha’s fertile land wanting to put up their investment projects.
The booming tourism industry has made the town one of the most potential investment destinations in the country, a situation that could be partly to blame for the land-grab phenomenon.
In the same rich Arusha region, there are poor people who have failed to convert their land into wealth. Perhaps one of the most notable achievements would be to see more people become aware of their rights, a task which is being done by the Arusha Legal Aid Clinic.
This clinic has managed to provide legal services to 2,822 clients, surpasssing its goal of serving 2300 clients per year.
As of October 32, the clinic won 31 cases and the number of clients could even jump by the end of the year.
Furthermore, the clinic has managed to reconcile 27 out of the 38 matters brought before it while 114 clients have been educated to represent their cases in court.
Apart from the provision of legal aid, the clinic has been making a follow-up on human rights violations in the area and this year alone, has managed to follow up on seven issues, including the Mererani saga where teenage girls were forced into early marriages.
The problem of early marriages is common in Arusha, and it is not surprising for a teacher on leave to come back find that half of the schoolgirls have absconded schooling.
Rose Mwapinga, a former teacher and District Education Officer admits that there were times when a teacher would make a roll-call in class only to be told that so and so “ameolewa”(the girl pupil has been married off).

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