Non-Formal Education Helps Senegalese Women Combat FGM and Harmful Practices

[IPS] Hyderabad, India — Growing up in Senegal’s southern Casamence region — a conflict zone — Fatou Ndiaye, now 43, often heard gunfire and watched fearfully as she saw people flee their villages. But what she dreaded more than a flying bullet was Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).