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Women empowerment crucial to growth

Female Genital Mutilation has a direct correlation to early marriage, two social evil practices that stalk our society, despite the gains in the recent past.

These are some of the most harmful cultural practices that confront girls and women today, variously camouflaged as rites of passage, sexual purity or religious fulfillment.

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