Ending female genital mutilation in Djibouti
DJIBOUTI, Djibouti – Mariam Kako was just five years old when she was subjected to female genital mutilation. “I can remember everything, every little detail about that day, those moments,” she says. “It’s all still in my head, where it happened, who held me down, the balcony above me. And how it was all masked by a party with gifts and music.”…