In The Name of Your Daughter

December in northern Tanzania is “cutting season” - the school holiday period during which young girls between 8 and 15 (or even younger) are submitted to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), in the name of tradition, curbing promiscuity, and securing a better bridal dowry. Torn between pressures from families and the wider community, and their own desire not to be “cut”, over 200 girls find their way to the safe house, run by the compassionate and commanding Rhobi. Some make a dangerous journey on foot; others are protected by teachers and the Women’s Division of the local police. Direc...