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They have been made to accept the belief that a woman who has not been circumcised is not yet mature.

— Gertrude Kulany

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Most of my contemporaries went through it because every girl in the village who attained puberty had to be initiated into womanhood through circumcision.

Even some women have been discouraged from voting for women who have not gone through female genital mutilation.

I have personally known of deaths of girls and women to have directly resulted from Female Genital Mutilation.

I believe that the cultural practice of Female Genital Mutilation has no medical and social benefits and violates human rights provided for under the Constitution of Uganda and international human rights Covenants.

I'm one of the lucky ones who escaped the practice because I had support from my parents.

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