My FGM reconstruction surgery journey - BBC Africa
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- Almost 230 million girls and women around the world have undergone some form of female genital mutilation. Over half of them are in Africa. FGM is the partial or total removal of the external female genital organs for non-medical reasons. Shamsa Sharaawe, or Shamsa Araweelo as she is known on TikTok, underwent reconstructive surgery in Europe to repair the damage done to her as a child in Somalia. She spoke to us about her experience.
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I’m from South Sudan 🇸🇸 we don’t have this but! The child marriages are still happening 😢.
As if being a female isn’t painful enough. I praise our sister for making something so dark less taboo. ❤
Mutilating any part of the human body for cultural or cosmetic purposes is strange.
You are a beautiful woman. I won’t pretend to understand anything you have gone through. You are so strong, kind and selfless to share your personal journey with others.
Lucky to be born in Zambia where FGM is not practiced.
Hello, I am Haja from the Video. Thanks so much for the support!
For all those commenting about "Africa", a) this practice isn't present in all cultures from the African continent, and b) it is also present in Asia.
Great job BBC on this. Q few years ago for the first time they discussed FGM At my job. O was shocked such a practice existed I then told my friend what we learned and how horrible it is and she confided her parents had her do it. I was so shocked and didnt know what to say. I apologised. She said she is always jealous of women who have not had it done and the only ones who didnt have it done in her area where a particular group. The men who demand this are so wicked and evil.
You are so strong! To have been abused so badly and now a wonderful life!
This evil pratice of FGM has been ban today in the Gambia🇬🇲.# Girls and women lives matters. #
Very informative 👌🏾there's hope 🙏🏾
Pls lend a voice to the plight of Gambian women as it seems the government is trying to make a legislation to return to the darkness of FGM. This is really destruction of the human rights of women.
How does it improve sexual pleasure if the reconstruction is tissue taken from the inner thighs, it's plastic surgery to make it look like nothing is missing.
In the states there’s a great doctor who works on similar patients especially Somali community
I want my foreskin back, and the NHS (who sliced if from my body) say they can't reverse it with reconstruction surgery, because it's "cosmetic". We have an FGM act in the UK, but no MGM act. Disgraceful sexism.
It happened and won't change much regardless of what was done to her nor the reconstructive surgery she went through. It's not an African culture, nor based on any religion. It is believed to have originated in ancient Egypt during the rule of Pharaohs. Without parents changing their attitude towards this practice, it'll continue to take place and some chicken in the UK won't change much in remote parts of Africa.
This is a brave thing to do. Remain strong.
can we also stop MGM?
So sad to think something that was part of you was painfully taken away, without your will, only for you to pay in future to get it back. It's so cruel for anyone to think and do this to a child or anyone else against their will.
I am so proud of them❤. I hope each and every one of us does whatever they can to stop this, especially us Africans.