Metro coverage on International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM by Payzee Mahmod

“I was 34 years old when I fully understood what had happened to me. 

It was a routine pregnancy appointment. The midwife was asking me all the standard questions: do you smoke? Do you drink? Do you exercise? 

I answered each one without much thought. And then, she asked me a question that changed everything: ‘Have you ever been subjected to FGM?’ 

I said yes. And her reaction was immediate; the entire appointment shifted to become about female genital mutilation (FGM).”