Open Discussion:

Is everyone aware that more than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone a process called female genital mutilation in 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia ?

Female Genital Mutilation is a practice that involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons (WHO).

Children who are under 18 years old have been subjected to this abusive act. Parents who have let their children suffer from this act said that it was for culture.

“Culture should not be a defense for child abuse” -Khadija Gbla

Here, we will see the role of diversity on how it can open our minds to the world around us. Below is the link of the video entitled “BORN A GIRL IN THE WRONG PLACE”.

WARNING: Mentions of abusive acts and bleeding. Watch at your own discretion.

Born a girl in the wrong place | Khadija Gbla | TEDxCanberra – YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4n0zcsdoN0&t=912s

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Khadija Gbla grew up in Sierra Leone. As a young girl, she was subj…