FGM survivor's hope: 'I just want to feel whole again'

In Mitithi village, in Kenya's Kirinyaga County, 29‑year‑old Evelyn Nyambura lives with the emotional scars of female genital mutilation (FGM). Cut as a child, she has lived for years with pain, shame and a sense that a part of her was taken away. 

Today, the practice is illegal and less common, but some girls are still cut in secret — often by relatives. FGM practitioners in these areas are targeting newborns to evade detection. Most of these cases come to light at clinics only when complications set in as the girls grow older.