Aug 14, 2015
VIDEO OF THE DAY (UK): [TRIGGER WARNING: This video may be distressing for some viewers] Forward, a UK-based nonprofit working to protect the rights of African girls, recently released “Needlepoint,” a short animated film that sums up the irreversible effects of FGM.
In the video, a girl named Maria is sewn into a picturesque scene, only to be abruptly torn from her home. Her nose is sliced off, her ear is removed and closed shut and her lips are the last to get sealed together –- symbolizing how FGM mutilates the body and robs a girl of her voice.
Read more about the making of this video at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/11/forward-fgm-film_n_7562180.html