By Joseph Tumbey.
Massa Kandakai
The Montserrado Women traditional Leader Ma. Massa Kandakai unveiled that only paying Zoes regularly will put stop to the Female genital mutilation or hold the moratorium posted on the sande Bush activities.
Speaking at the African Goodwill Ambassador, Jaha Dukureh documentary presentation to end FGM in Liberia during the week at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ministerial Complex in Congo Town, the Montserrado traditional Women Leader said the sande schools are not only traditional but have economic benefits which they rely on.
According to her, the female zoes are awarded with resources to sustain their families when the practices are conducted as it makes no logic to stop the practices without proper negotiation.
She called on the Government with her International partners to provide more fundings as the only means to go away the FGM they are demanding to eradicate.
“In Monsterado, I have over 200 proper Zoes with about 2000 across the Country. How do they expect us to live when the Government in fact is not living by their promises to us”, Massa Kandakai emphasized.
Meanwhile, Jaha Dukureh who services as an African Goodwill Ambassador to eradicate the harmful traditional practices also a survival of FGM called for initiation without Mutilation and said the Culture has lot of components that are beneficial to womanhood without conducting the mutilation aspect.
According to her, the Harmful part of the traditional practices is posting health hazards and stigmatizing many African Women across the globe.
“Our Culture is very reach, it teaches girls of becoming mature Women to take their responsibilities and manage their family properly but the act of the Female genital mutilation is harmful and causing serious problems in many life including stigmatization”, the African Goodwill Ambassador to eradicate the harmful traditional practices Jaha Dukureh asserted.
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