In the Name of Your Daughter

Terrified of stories of girls bleeding to death young Tanzanian children face a terrible choice whether to submit to female genital mutilation and child marriage or risk their lives and run away from home Rhobi Samwelly a brave local hero stands up to her community and provides a Safe House to protect the courageous girls Although female genital mutilation FGM is harmful and illegal in Northern Tanzania it is widely believed that girls clitorises must be cut off to reduce promiscuity Mutilated girls also demand twice the bride price as uncut girls The chillingly named cutting season runs through the school holidays in December Now some of the most courageous girls in the world some as young as eight are leaving everyone they love behind to run to a Safe House not knowing if theyll ever see their families again