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Our Bodies. Our Cultures. Our Religions. Our Choice.
Don't miss our key events open to the public:
Breaking News:
First Lady of Sierra Leone's Statement Receives Backlash
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NOSLINA Diamond Award Winner 2018: Dr. Fuambai Ahmadu! Thanks to the co-founder of AWAFC for 15 years of service to Sierra Leonean and Gambian communities! |
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Read more about cultural diversity in Universalism Without Uniformity.
Thanks to all for attending the performance of Human Rites, a play inspired in part by the life of Dr. Fuambai Ahmadu and the writings of Dr. Richard Shweder!
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Watch more discussions following the performance of Human Rites on our new YouTube channel!
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Sierra Leonean Women Are Free to Choose and Gambian Women Are Free to Choose are now officially registered Community Based Organization in Sierra Leone and The Gambia.
SLWAFC is the first organized resistance to western financed anti- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) campaigns, followed by GWAFC. We join hands with the governments of Sierra Leone and The Gambia, the Council of Sowies and Council of Paramount Chiefs to promulgate pro-choice female initiation for the 21st Century and beyond! The specific aim of SLWAFC and GWAFC is to advance inter and intra gender equality of circumcised women and girls and to advocate for the constitutional and human rights of Bondo or Sande members. Visit SLWAFC page here Visit GWAFC page here |
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Controversial Views on "FGM"
By Brian Earp "In other words, there are apparently no firm data on how many (female) individuals have actually been affected by non-therapeutic genital altering procedures in the United States in recent years: 'being at risk' seems to have been defined as 'coming from a country where such procedures are known to be performed in some communities'...read more |
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