Gambia News Circumcisers want ban lifted on FGM March 6, 2017 60 Tot ADP 'Female Circumciser Lays Down Her Tools' Before downing her tools, this circumciser, Divinah Murkomen, aged 50 circumcised 500 of the 800 girls circumcised in Marakwet District in December 1999. She put down her tools - a knife and a razor blade -- at the encouragement of NGOs like World Vision, who enlightened her on the myriad hazards associated with FGM. Female circumcision is a deeply rooted cultural practice in Kenya. World Vision Kenya has developed an alternative initiation ceremony that maintains the important period of older women sharing their knowledge and advice with the young girl, without genital mutilation taking place. For twenty years, the women of the Tot region in Kenya have called on Divinah Murkomen to circumcise their daughters. Now Divinah has renounced her trade and insists her two younger daughters will not be circumcised. Africa color horizontal Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsAppEmail - Advertisement - Tagscircumsisersfemale Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsAppEmail Previous articleUNFPA donates vehicle to NYCNext articlePartisan bias in Barrow’s Jamaa Hall speech to Diasporans Join The Conversation RELATED ARTICLES MAGISTRATE WEEPS SENTENCING LECTURER CONVICTED OF ABDUCTING STUDENT April 25, 2024 Judiciary finally meets FPAC, laments lack of financial autonomy April 25, 2024 Gambians protest over killing of compatriot by German police April 25, 2024 - Advertisment - - Advertisment - MAGISTRATE WEEPS SENTENCING LECTURER CONVICTED OF ABDUCTING STUDENT April 25, 2024 Judiciary finally meets FPAC, laments lack of financial... April 25, 2024 Gambians protest over killing of compatriot by German... April 25, 2024 Court admits autopsy reports of slain PIU officers April 25, 2024 Sri Lanka seeks enhanced ties with Gambia ahead... April 25, 2024 UTG PROPOSES INCREMENT IN TUITION FEES April 24, 2024