Non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) in Uganda are fighting to eradicate the practise of circumcising young girls in Uganda.
NGO's fight to end FGM in Uganda
With inhumane tools ,these vulnerable girls are made to undergo the procedure as a rite of passage into womanhood.
A girl who was not circumcised is considered impure ,called promiscuous and faces daily ridicule.
“We hope they’ll stop, but they … if it’s culture, something that’s part of the culture, they will not stop it “,Rachael Nafuna,a teacher said.
She added “it is good to tell the mothers what to do – to stop circumcising the girls because they are the ones who take them to the bush to have them excised. “
The consequences of this endemic problem is taking a toll on the youth.
“When you go to hospitals in Kenya as well as in Uganda, a lot of women are dying because of the practice and some of them have had big operations to repair the problem “, William Louma, a student of theology lamented.
In Uganda, the Sebei sub-region in the districts of Kween, Bukwo and Kapchorwa have the highest number of girls who have undergone Female Genital Mutilation.