Dar es Salaam, Sept. 28 -- TANZANIA: “If all Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) survivors shared the detrimental effects the practice has had on their lives all the communities practicing the acts in Tanzania would stop the act.”

These are the powerful words of Girls Rights Advocates member Ms. Petrider Paul while speaking about the numerous challenges FGM activists face in Tanzania.

In an interview with the ‘Daily News Ms. Paul the use of the fight using laws alone amid the culture of silence surrounding the genital cut survivors wont help stop the practices that continue to leave big and painful scars in the majority of women and girls in the country.

It is estimated that 7.9 million women and girls in Tanzania have un...