Every day they walked in the health facility, they were ver… - Josephine Kulea

" "
Every day they walked in the health facility, they were very young girls carrying babies, and I would think they are their sisters but they were their children. Sometimes they would invite me to their weddings yet they are young girls. Anytime I saw the young girls I knew they were at risk. Sometimes I would ambush their weddings and rescue them.

Josephine Kulea

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Josephine Kulea

Josephine Kulea Kenya Woman Human Rights Activist born in Samburu, Kenya.

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Josephine Nurture

All quotes from Josephine Kulea Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Josephine Kulea:

Nice Nailantei Leng'ete Hadja Idrissa Bah Buchi Emecheta Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Agnes Pareiyo

Additional quotes by Josephine Kulea

FGM is practiced in my community as a rite of passage to womanhood and accounts for 97 percent of Kenya’s FGM cases. This is why I decided to rescue young girls from early marriages and the cut and return them to school

We were bundled outside by my mother, where we met a large crowd of women… there was not a single man in sight. I knew what was coming

Then I saw the old woman bend in to cut the private parts of my sister who was sitting legs apart

Every day they walked in the health facility, they were very young girls carrying babies, and I would think they are their sisters but they were thei… - Josephine Kulea

About Josephine Kulea

Also Known As

Limited Time Offer

Additional quotes by Josephine Kulea

Enhance Your Quote Experience