Kate Henshaw champions war against female circumcision

By Taiwo Okanlawon

Popular Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw, has urged people, particularly women, to stop female circumcision widely known as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision is the partial or total removal of the external female genital organs for non-medical reasons.

UNICEF data reveals that Nigeria has the third highest burden of FGM globally.

Henshaw, who is a UNICEF ambassador, while speaking with News Agency of Nigeria berated the practice callling for its end.

She urged women who she described as the “gatekeepers” of the harmful practice to desist from it and give females a “chance to grow”.

Henshaw clarified that “the act is not supported by science and has no medical or moral value attached to it”.

“We need to talk to our gender, women because we are at the forefront of these harmful practices,” she said.

“Women are the gatekeepers to some of the harmful practices, we have some for widowhood too, even domestic violence, child abuse is sometimes perpetrated by women.

“So, we need to be more empathetic, give ourselves a chance, give young girls a chance to grow, to have a life because there’s nothing to be gained from FGM.

“We should always sound the alarm on anything harmful to another human being.”