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In 1998, the village of Keur Simbara, was among the first communities in Senegal to publicly abandon female genital cutting (FGC) and child marriage, traditions that had been practiced for centuries.

In this BYkids short documentary, 13-year-old Ndèye Fatou Fall from Senegal explores her village’s shift away from female genital cutting and child marriage

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In her film, 13-year-old Ndèye Fatou Fall tells how her life has been affected by profound changes that occurred in her village a few years before she was born.