55. FGM: Aisha's Story

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

Storytelling, Personal Journals, Story, Podcast, Stories, True, Society & Culture

4.4 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

One woman's experience with female genital mutilation (FGM) and how it's impacted her life. A story of perseverance and triumph.

Here is the World Health Organization's fact sheet on female genital mutilation.

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0:00.0	The Secret Room T-shirts are back on Amazon Prime with free returns.
0:05.2	Check them out in men's and women's styles in five great colors,
0:09.4	just search for the Secret Room podcast on Amazon.
0:14.0	Hi. Hello.
0:15.4	So have you got a secret that you want to share with me this evening?
0:19.4	I was the station manager of our student radio at University,
0:23.8	and we used to have cash come through.
0:26.4	And I used to use it to buy Yeager bombs when I was two four
0:30.0	and wait under my student loan came in to pay it back.
0:33.4	I never told anyone because I was the responsible one of my group.
0:38.0	So you used to take money from our student radio station,
0:42.0	broke student radio station to pay my nights out.
0:56.6	How many people know your secret?
1:01.2	Well, my partner and my partner's family,
1:04.2	my mom and some relatives,
1:06.6	anyone who's met me since 2012 has no idea.
1:12.4	Hey, everyone, it's Ben.
1:14.0	On this edition of the podcast, a personal story about a widespread problem.
1:19.2	Hi, I'm Aisha and I underwent FGM when I was a teenager.
1:26.2	Female general mutilation.
1:28.2	I'd like to talk about how it's impacted my life.
1:32.2	Today, one woman's experience with FGM.
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