Your father beats your mother, because she let you go.
But mothers never stop loving their daughters.
Your father will never forgive you. But you can't stay with us.
I can't go back home, grandmother.
Marium, a sister of your mother,
is the wife of the Somali ambassador in London.
She is looking for a maid.
It's Allah's will that you move on.
There will be war in Somalia. In Europe you are safe.
Don't come back.
They will try to change you there.
Never forget where you come from.
Here is your passport.
It tells people who you are. Without it you are no one.
May Allah protect you, Afyareh.
Go in peace.
There is a Coup d'Etat in Somalia! The president is deposed.
The embassy staff has been recalled! Waris, pack your belongings!
I can't go back!
UN HEADQUARTER, NEW YORK
130 million girls and women are affected worldwide.
Immigrants continue this tradition not only in Africa and Asia
but also in Europe and the U.S.
Waris Dirie was the first woman to publicly discuss Female Genital Mutilation
and succeded at drawing attention to the issue.
United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan,
selected Waris Dirie as an UN,Special Ambassador to fight against this atrocity.
Since then, Female Genital Mutilation has been officially forbidden in many countries.
Despite this, the practice goes on until today. 6.000 girls are mutilated every day.