In a special report that is part of the
BBC's 100 Women Season, I found out more about the grass roots campaign that led
to this practice being outlawed. I wanted to know if enough is being done to
enforce the law, and end FGM in Kurdistan altogether.One leg of my journey was
to the sleepy village of Toutkhal - in a remote and mountainous area in Iraqi
Kurdistan. At first glance, life seems untouched by the modern world. The small
mud houses, surrounded by farm animals and people living off the land make it
hard to imagine why this village would make the news.But there have been
dramatic changes here. Toutakal is one of a handful of villages in Iraqi
Kurdistan to have banned female gentile mutilation after the practice was
outlawed in 2011. The mayor of the village, Sarhad Wahab, proudly told me that
after the ban the government started paying attention to Toutkhal - providing
the village with a new school and electricity in the past few months alone. But
he tells me that's not why they banned it."We believe that your body is yours
and cutting part of it is an act of violence. We are very proud to be the first
to start this campaign. We banned FGM because we knew it was wrong".
The mayor and his wife Nesri seem to have a genuine commitment to
the cause they stopped their youngest daughter Dunia from being cut years ago.
But her elder sister Seibar was cut in secret by her grandmother while her
parents were out of the house.I suggest a regimen of daily use of small amounts
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along with proper nutrition and diet.Nesri told me what happened to
her eldest daughter. "They knew I would not want to cut my girl. So they cut her
when I was out. And it was irreversible.You could desire to purchase a pillow
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hypo-allergenic if you are experiencing facial acne. For many, the ban has come
too late here - almost every woman and girl I spoke to had already had
'khatana'.Deeman, one of Dunia's friends, told me about her experience: "I was
very little and I was playing with a friend of mine when my mum grabbed me and
said the man who sells fruits and vegetables and sweets is here in the village,
so we're going to buy you something.When the transmission in the gearbox is set
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is quite a diversity of gear box areas included in the sign. They took
me to a house and that's where i had khatana. If I had known I would not have
gone."She told me,"I remember it was very painful...two women held me down. I
know our bodies belong to us so why did they take something that was mine why
did they cut a piece of me that was mine?