title: Female genital mutilations - a testimony.
abstract: In Djibouti, the prevalence of female genital mutilations (FGMs) amounts to 98% and the practice is still in use. When I left, in 1999, I knew I would involve myself in the fight against FGMs and I describe here the outcome of an obstacle course of more than ten years duration. This paper is written on behalf of innumerable women, who could give you a similar account.
authors.affiliation: Collectif Liégeois Contre les Mutilations Génitales féminines, Liège, Belgium. mgfliege@live.be
authors.forename: Samia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Youssouf
mesh_terms: D019093:Circumcision, Female / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D015730:Djibouti / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014933:Women's Rights