every day fatima coren battles with what was done to her as a child in somalia for more than 30 years she has worked in germany as an interpreter and author of now more and more unaccompanied young women who have undergone f.p.m. have been coming to germany for help. vs the buy and push from just that's what the key to this massive destruction of sexuality is absolutely deliberate. and sometimes that is the central motive for this 1000 year old tradition women are not supposed to be able to act out their sexuality on sex and especially not enjoy the god stuff on software. 95 percent of women in somalia have undergone genital mutilation fatima corn was born there are $964.00 to a family of nomads she was caught at the age of 7 according to what is sometimes called fairy onic tradition. in its own money away here in somalia where i come from there's only one type of cutting the clutter is removed and partially scraped off down to the bone. yet then the entire in the lady are scraped out totally like scraping leather. yes. because and then what's left of the labor mature a is either peel

fatima coren has brought the case to decide or where she and a colleague are attending a meeting of integra it's a network of organizations in germany that are active against f.p.m. they include plan international amnesty international in ms area or among other aid organizations. the main topic at this annual meeting the band. and a group here and can be broken off immediately if the woman says look i'm making an application because i'm afraid that i will be caught or because i have already been caught. then the employee has to stop immediately and say i'm getting my superior and they will decide who will continue the hearing. via the other who i just said thank goodness since last year the banff is invited me for the 2nd time and more in the future to school the decision makers. and that's a good start to giving them some information about because. it. says the bamf employees often apply western standards when they make decisions about african families a mistake he says because africans tend to be more strongly bound up in family and tribal structures women are generally associated with th