"It's just so different from my mom's expectations … I kind of feel like I'm disappointing her a little bit, you know?" - Afiqa Mariya speaks with three Voices storytellers representing issues and communities not typically included in discussions of FGM/C: Comfort talks about labial pulling, a little-known practice in...

"When people bring it up, it's an opportunity to ground FGM/C within the world of violence against girls and women." - ArefaVoices storyteller Arefa Cassoobhoy introduces this detailed exploration of the 2017 legal case against a Bohra physician in Michigan, which made headline news and put the topic of FGM/C on...

"By the gestures, at the beginning, it seemed like a friendly conversation…" - JonathanVoices alumni Su and her husband Jonathan talk with Mariya about grappling with the realities of FGM/C in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community. Both Su and Mariya grew up in Bohra households, and together, they explore the...

"Suddenly she was gone. Today, she was playing with us outside, and tomorrow, she was not there anymore." - Angela Angela Peabody, who shared a story in a Voices workshop in Washington, DC, speaks frankly about the experiences that led to her commitment to ending FGM/C. Amy provides context for the...

"My memory blocked it out, because it was so damn painful on so many different levels." - Shabana Mariya and Amy are joined by Voices storyteller Shabana Feroze, who speaks of her journey through the rage she felt when she learned she had been cut, and licensed therapist Joanna Vergoth,...

"It took me a very long time to get to where I am now and talk about things as openly as I do. " - MariyaMariya Taher and Amy Hill, the original co-founders of Voices to End FGM/C, interview each other, weaving a conversation about the value and risks of...