Africa: Anti-FGM strategies discussed at Nairobi conference

Isnino Shuriye grew up in the northeastern Kenyan District of Garissa believing that circumcision of women was an important aspect of her culture. As an adult, she learnt how to circumcise girls and spent many years practising her trade. Two years ago, however, she got "converted". That was when she turned into an anti-FGM [female genital mutilation] activist and started sending away women who come to her to have their daughters circumcised.