Behind the Wall by Isatou Jallow | Voices to End Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting

Isatou tells the story of hearing drumming and singing one day in her family’s compound in the Gambia. When she went outside to find out what was happening, she was grabbed, carried to a shack on the outskirts of the town, held down, and cut. As an adult, Isatou has suffered chronic infections, vaginismus, and depression. Now, she is learning to heal her pain, with the help of therapists, doctors, and advocates.
This story was created in a Voices to End FGM/C (www.voicestoen...) workshop led by StoryCenter (www.storycenter...), Sahiyo (sahiyo.org/), and Asian Women's Shelter (www.sfaws.org) and funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime.

[@chinuataylor-johnson3911]

Thank you for portraying my friend as I remembered her, BEAUTIFUL & STRONG!!! I am proud of you woman❤

[@bradmazon716]

Thank you for posting this. Her story is heartbreaking, yet at the same time trimphant. #endFGM

[@SahiyoVoices]

Thank you for watching!

[@bethhaines6340]

Fgm isnt carried out over here in perth australia its forbidden