Maasai Cricket Team Uses Notoriety To Promote Women’s Rights, Ending FGM

The Guardian: Maasai Cricket Warriors determined to hit female genital mutilation for six
“When Maasai tribesmen took up cricket in 2009, media attention soon followed. It gave the young men — whose story is the subject of a new film — the perfect platform to campaign for women’s rights and demand an end to FGM…” (Ford, 11/12).

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