E7 Future campaigners; from Chalbi desert to campus activist, with Gumato Guyo
- Jun 3, 2019
- 1 min read
Updated: Nov 20, 2019
Gumato Guyo, 23, is an FGM survivor from Chalbi Desert in Marsabit County. Having been brought up by her grandmother, she, like her age mates in the village, went through the cut. Her mother, an anti FGM campaigner protected her sister. Gumato wants to help other girls avoid the cut, and she has began her journey in her campus in Nairobi,”Ninety-nine percent of my age mates have been cut,” she says “I want to change that!”
About the End FGM Podcast
This podcast features people working in individual and organizational capacities in Kenya and beyond. They share their experiences, successes, failures and lessons learnt in the Anti FGM Campaign.
About FGM
According to the World health Organization, Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
