She didn’t even realise until she was a teenager that she had been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). The horrific procedure, which involves partial or total removal of the external ...

The traditional role of a wife and mother is conferred on young women during the ritual ... the Bondo culture. We believe what you have introduced is good,'" Koroma told DW. The anti-FGM ...

About 83% of Sierra Leonean women aged 15 and over have undergone FGM, according to Unicef estimates from 2023, typically during an initiation rite into the all-women Bondo Society, which prepares ...

Bondo and Poro societies "still play a leading ... remove the whole clitoris and apply a tissue impregnated with medicinal herbs." - No-FGM rituals - In the northern regions of Tonkolili and ...