A Bloodless Rite | A Film from the Sierra Leone Feminist Movement #EndFGM

**TRIGGER WARNING**
Please be aware that this film contains a detailed account of what FGM/C involves, which some viewers may find distressing.
A growing grassroots movement in Sierra Leone, working to preserve the solidarity and significance of the Bondo Society while ending the harmful practice of female genital cutting/mutilation (FGC/M), has partnered with Purposeful and successfully organised the first ‘Bondo without cutting’
ceremony.
Despite signing up to the 2005 Maputo protocol which supports women’s rights including the eradication of FGC, there is no law in Sierra Leone that prohibits FGC/M. Around 90% of Sierra Leonean women have undergone the procedure, 40 percent were cut between the ages of 10 to 14 years and, until recently it was an integral part of initiation into the Bondo Society
– the important and influential Sierra Leonean women’s secret society.
For most women in Sierra Leone, joining Bondo is an essential step in the transition from girl to womanhood. The secret society passes knowledge and skills from one generation to the next, strengthens solidarity among local women and promotes their social, economic and leadership interests.
In order to support the growing local movement that challenges the
values, narratives and institutions that perpetuate FGC/M in Sierra Leone, Purposeful has partnered with grassroots organisations including Amazonia Initiative Movement (AIM) and Girlz Empowered to reimagine Bondo - without cutting.

Видео A Bloodless Rite | A Film from the Sierra Leone Feminist Movement #EndFGM канала Purposeful