In order to change her fate, and that of the other girls in her community, 12-year-old Sabina demands that her parents give her permission to become a woman without undergoing FGM. In My Body, My Life Sabina fights for her rights and, together with hundreds of other girls her age, strives for change in hope that the tradition can be abolished for the next generation.
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My Body My Life
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