Secrecy, stigma and social pressure are pushing married women into hidden harmful practice across remote Baringo villages.
By Florah Koech
Correspondent
Nation Media Group
What you need to know:
Married women in Baringo who had escaped FGM in childhood are mocked and called ‘children’ by peers, hence prompted to undergo the practice to avoid ridicule, exclusion and pressure.
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