A family at war: saving my granddaughter from FGM

Thirty years ago, US anti-FGM campaigner *Assetou Sy *refused to cut her daughter. Decades later in New York, another battle began For those who do not know her, Ban Soon-taek is a quiet first lady, married to the secretary general of the United Nations but rarely vocal on global issues. She showed another side, as a champion of human rights equalling her more famous husband, at a recent event on ending female genital mutilation (FGM). Her ringing call to “end harmful traditional practices and unleash the power of young girls” came on at an event organised in the margins of the U... more »