From villages to clinics: How doctors are keeping FGM alive in hospitals

The potency of some retrogressive cultural norms lies in the hearts and souls of its people, who act as the bearers of the same, for their future generations. While culture defines a people, its dark side is engendered by the very same, especially when part, of the whole of it, is passed by time.

This was the case for Josephine Passienyi, a resident of Narok now in her 40s, who reflects on her experience with Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) with pain, regret, and resignation...