Excised at 8 in Guinea, forcibly married at 13, Diaryatou Bah militates against sexual mutilation and calls on men to testify.

Employed in France in an institution that helps the excluded and in fragility, Diaryatou Bah published in 2006 a book entitled "I was robbed my childhood" to denounce the practice of excision.

She's now dedicated to alerting the dangers to adolescents who spend Their vacations in their parents' country of origin. She shares her painful experience.

"I was asked to follow a woman in a room and we were dressed in a Simple loincloth. Nobody told me what was going to happen, I was held arms, legs and excised, "the 31-year-old told AFP.

"The cry of excision is a cry of pain that one can never forget," continues Diaryatou, arrived in France at the age of 17 years.



The ambassador of the prevention campaign called “Excision, let’s talk about it! “Recalls that at the time, in her village,” if a girl was not excised, it was not normal. ”


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