Jaha's Promise - Full Jaha Dukureh Documentary
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Jaha’s Promise tells the story of a young woman who returns home to campaign against the brutal practices that almost destroyed her life. Jaha Dukureh was subject to female genital mutilation as a baby and when she was 15 she was taken to New York City to marry a middle-aged man she’d never met before.
A decade later, having escaped the forced marriage she returned to the Gambia in west Africa. This film constructs Jaha's life story from her own vivid testimony, family archives and witnesses, and centers on her life’s see-saw narrative of setback and success.
Jaha exists in two worlds, Africa and the United States, though neither are places in which she feels she completely belongs. It is also a documentary that focuses on the trials that women like her endure from an early age. As Jaha says, “In our culture a woman is built on sacrifices.”
The 'issue' at the centre of the film, female genital mutilation, is to most people both distasteful and repellent. The women subjected to it are marginal to our society and cultural norms. We view them as hapless victims of a brutal, backward, and ultimately inexplicable practice.
Instinctively we avert our eyes from them and the cruelties they suffer. But Jaha is not a victim and she doesn’t want our sympathy. She wants to hold power structures accountable both in the West and in Africa: she demands respect for the rights of girls no matter what society they live in. Jaha’s Promise captures her story and her spirit.
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She is an absolute wonder woman, she didn't stop and didn't let her sufferings pass on. Salute to her!!
No woman deserves to be cut, it's a total humiliation and violence against our rights. Jaha, you are a strong woman, we are many out here who have survived FGM just like you.
We will continue the fighting spirit against FGM and early child marriage.❤️❤️
Sometimes human are the worst animal on earth. Hurting others to get their own pleasures. She is so brave, hope she has success in her pursuit. Jaha is a beautiful soul, heaven blessed you.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I just finished watching this. 9/16/22. Lady your are a very strong woman, I applaud you.
Wow, what a beautiful woman she is. Beauty and brains. You go girl. Good luck and I believe your name will be in the History books for someone who saved girls and woman from FGM and worthy of being real unscared woman.
Absolutely! Her story and activism belongs in US and Gambian history books as well as told in traditional story form! She is the modern Rosa Parks and I love her so very much!
This was so POWERFUL!!! What a beautiful thing to witness. Truly inspiring. And to all my sisters across the world who had this done these roses are for you.🌹🌹🌹🌹
You're so strong!!!
You're actually a heroine!!❤️❤️❤️
Thank God you protected your own Daughter.
Im so sorry for everything youve gone through jaha god bless you
Brave woman !! So proud of her
I watched this and it brought back flashbacks i have the same story as jaha except that i was 18 and i stayed in that marriage for 5 yrs 2 kids. Losing all my self worth and zeal to leave. I ended up divorcing only to chose another toxic man. Now I’m in a useless marriage with a totally useless man and i still think had i not been cut/forced into marriage i might have had a better chance in life
I'm so sorry. You are in my prayers now.
Ma sha allah I am so proud for her🥰🥰
Wow! What a remarkable woman!
Jaha you are such amazing woman.
Brave woman...... May God comfort you and guide you in your journey to stop FGM.
Thank you for sharing your story!
I am glad I was born on Canada. My grandparents were from Ireland, Norway, Mexico, and married Native American women!
And its violence against innocence
Yes it is
Cut at a week old thats so barbaric you poor child im so sorry you were made to go through that jaha
What a bunch of selfish possessive men!
Many counties have a national ban but they still do it.
Egyptian women who I speak with, none of them admit that they had it done. They say it is a very small number of people.
But they all had it done and they are afraid to speak because they may be killed by the husband or father or brother
Amazing. U r so strong to stand up and speak Even tho Other countries might be able to sign against it I had never understood to that extremity.
We have a culture of silence 😥
And its violence against the whoe world
Congratulations on a well done and informative documentary! 👏👏👏
Just WAW!!! I’m impressed
❤Thanks Jaha for being our voice 🇬🇲all victims of act around Africa
Its so sad that these women arent educated education can stop fgm,education and awareness gives women knowledge,wisdom stops fgm,ignorance encourages fgm
So sorry for what you went through
That poor girl,I'm so sorry for what that young woman went through
I'm so sorry jaha for what you were forced to go through
Jaha you are a force of nature.
Jaha and the president do their part. Even the president is intelligent and openminded it means a lot. I love how the Gandhians not argue, they wait that one is finish with their talk.
Aww it’s unfornate how brain washer the older woman are
Write a book , tell the world, change the world. You have the power & NO MAN ON EARTH can take your Power/Voice.
Fgm needs to be outlawed globally forever
It should be damned to hell
Praise Yahweh that I will never go through that
God never told us in the bible to cut women it's not needed the mother of our Lord wasn't cut,neither was her mum,or Elizabeth,or Hannah,no to fgm
I'm glad I follow God not the devil
Imagine having less rights than an animal
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I don't understand. If the Kuran say nothing about mutilation it means that their religious leaders didn't read it?
is no one going to talk about how cruel it was how they killed that goat !????
The problem is the ignorance of people. Wrong information that had bean trasmite for generations. Like the lady who ask how the baby will be deliver if a woman is not mutilated.
Educate don't mutilate knowledge,awareness,education and compassion can stop fgm our bodies belong to God not to tradition 😢
God doesn't require it no to fgm 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
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That precious child belongs to Yahweh not to an extremely outdated custom no to fgm
Imam Fatty is a monster!
No to fgm nooooo