{"id":2403,"date":"2025-03-06T08:01:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/?post_type=stories&#038;p=2403"},"modified":"2025-06-10T12:43:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:43:25","slug":"silence-on-female-genital-mutilation-by-kaata-minah","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/stories\/silence-on-female-genital-mutilation-by-kaata-minah\/","title":{"rendered":"Silence on Female Genital Mutilation by Kaata Minah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our Impact West Africa fellow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/community\/?_search_bar=kaata%20minah\">Kaata Minah<\/a>, has written a powerful op-ed on the urgent need to end <strong data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"128\">female genital mutilation (FGM)<\/strong>\u2014a practice that has affected over <a href=\"https:\/\/sierraleone.unfpa.org\/en\/topics\/female-genital-mutilation-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-start=\"163\" data-end=\"204\">200 million women and girls worldwide<\/strong><\/a> and remains deeply entrenched in cultural traditions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"27\" data-end=\"385\">In <strong data-start=\"221\" data-end=\"251\">Sierra Leone, <a href=\"https:\/\/sierraleone.unfpa.org\/en\/topics\/female-genital-mutilation-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">83% of women<\/a><\/strong> aged 15\u201349 have undergone FGM, often as part of cultural traditions tied to the Bondo Society\u2014a space of sisterhood and solidarity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"387\" data-end=\"698\">Her piece reflects on the <strong data-start=\"413\" data-end=\"473\">lasting impact of FGM on health, education, and autonomy<\/strong>, while considering the deep cultural significance it holds for many communities. Through her writing, she invites thoughtful conversation on how traditions evolve and how societies can honor both heritage and human rights.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"387\" data-end=\"698\">Read her piece below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","publication_category":[49],"publication_theme":[56,57,67,66],"class_list":["post-2403","stories","type-stories","status-publish","hentry","publication_category-oped","publication_theme-gender","publication_theme-health","publication_theme-sexual-and-reproductive-health","publication_theme-women-and-girls"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/2403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stories"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_category?post=2403"},{"taxonomy":"publication_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_theme?post=2403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}