Nairobi, March 19 -- At the age of 11, Domitila Chesang', a curious young girl managed to sneak to a female genital mutilation (FGM) ceremony that was going on in her home village.

While such ceremonies were strictly meant for mature women and the girls undergoing the cut, Domitila, eager to see her cousins partake in this 'important' cultural practice, managed to sneak in.

The ceremony was in a small forest near their home in Chepararia village, Pokot South Constituency, in West Pokot County.

"While growing up, FGM was the way of life and fashionable. Every girl looked forward to it. I too, looked up to the day I would be cut. That is why I decided to sneak and see my cousins undergo this important rite of passage," Domitila says when...