Waris Dirie Quotes

[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/14/waris-dirie-female-genital-mutilation-fgm Waris Dirie: 'Female genital mutilation is pure violence against girls] (14 October 2013) by Emine Saner

Women’s loyalty has to be earned with trust and affection, rather than barbaric rituals. The time has come to leave the old ways of suffering behind.

What really made me take a stand was that nobody was doing anything.

I just knew that I had to tell the world that there was torture, an undercover war against women. But this is not one person's war – all of us have to do something.

I knew most married women in my community put up with everything and anything. Any abuse, hopelessness, and I thought, was I here to be used and be abused? I knew there was so much I could do with my life, but on my terms.

Every 11 seconds a little girl is being mutilated somewhere in the world, it has nothing to do with religion, culture or tradition but against all rights of humanity its a crime its cruel its unacceptable.