Jaha Dukureh
Jaha Dukureh
Jaha Dukureh is a Gambian women's right activist and anti-female genital mutilation campaigner. Dukureh was subjected to female genital mutilation in the Gambia when she was a little more than a week old. She is the founder and executive director of Safe Hands for Girls, an organization working to end FGM, and was the lead campaigner in The Guardian's End FGM Guardian Global Media Campaign. In Apr
"I am proud to join UN Women in their fight for the rights of women and girls all over Africa. I want to see the day when no parent makes a decision that will change and limit their daughters’ lives. The girls of Africa and worldwide need to know that their future is bigger than they imagine."
"I remember feeling silenced and alone,the pain was almost too much to bear."
"It was important to lead an organization that was by people like us, who have lived experience and know how to tackle these issues in a respectful manner."
"These issues are personal to me, they’re part of my life history. We won’t have equality until girls can grow up with control over their own bodies and futures."
"This is a battle of women around the world—because you may not sound like me, you may not look like me, but what they are trying to do to our bodies is the same everywhere."
"I can’t tell you the amount of times in a day that I hear that I’m going to hell."
