Bintou was a teenager when she 'faced her crocodile' - that's how they imagined FGM in her village. She was in a group of 30 girls. By the end three were dead. But the trauma doesn't end here.
As a child Aminatu remembers being held down naked and cut. She suffers pain when she has sex as a result and fears she will for the rest of her life.
For a long time Mariam wouldn't talk about her FGM. She felt alone and withdrew. But reconstructive surgery and the ability to speak openly in Germany has given her hope.
Gundo comes from a village in Senegal where it was normal for girls to be cut. But the women and girls living in Dougue were determined to stop the practice. Now they want to convince others to #endFGM
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