By Anonymous

Attending the digital storytelling workshop was an opportunity that came by and seemed interesting. After the first meeting and learning more about the Voices To End FGM/C program, I was even more intrigued. I wanted to be able to create a story that people would feel deeply and find some sort of hope when it came to addressing the issue of  female genital cutting (FGC).

I chose to tell a personal story on how my trauma from undergoing female genital cutting was hidden away until it came up during a lesson in a college class. The end point was: if people are willing to learn and change then there definitely is a sense of hope.

I’m not sure if my experience at this Voices  workshop resulted in learning something, but I really appreciated people sharing their stories through their perspectives. It was interesting to see how different people from different parts of the world took this common experience of undergoing female genital cutting and handled it in a different way.

In my story, the art may seem simple, but know that these pictures play a huge part in the visual aspect. I also want to emphasize how important having an open mind is when hearing stories by those impacted by FGC, because everyone’s experience is different.

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