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Amref Health Africa Staff Named to TIME 100
Kenyan Nice Nailantei Leng’ete on TIME’s annual list of the world’s most influential people New York, USA: Amref Health Africa’s global CEO, Dr. Githinji Gitahi, today congratulated staff member Nice Nailantei Leng’ete on being named to TIME 100, TIME’s annual list of the world’s most influential people. Ms. Leng’ete received the honor for her work with Maasai communities in Kenya to end the practic
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She Ran From the Cut, and Helped Thousands of Other Girls Escape, Too
LENKISEM, Kenya — The first time cutting season came around, Nice Leng’ete and her older sister ran away and hid all night in a tree. The second time, her sister refused to hide. For Maasai families, the cutting ceremony is a celebration that transforms girls into women and marks daughters as eligible brides. But to 8-year-old Nice, it seemed like a threat: She’d be held down by bigger, stronger women, and her clitoris would be cut. She’d bleed, a lot. Most girls fainted. Some died. Still, her sister gave in. “I had tried to tell her, ‘We are running for something that’s
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